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Author: Paul Salt

Posted onOctober 18, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Ammonite’ Review: Stark, Beautiful, Familiar

Underappreciated palaeontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) works in isolation on the stony beaches of southern England. She lives alone with her elderly mother for whom...

Posted onOctober 16, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘African Apocalypse’ Review: The Real Heart of Darkness

Femi Nylander explores the story of Paul Voulet, who’s story echoed Joseph Condrad’s novel The Heart of Darkness, a text that many have cited as...

Posted onOctober 16, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Possessor’ Review: Gory Sci-Fi Sees Brandon Cronenberg Mature as a Provocateur

Brain-implant technology allows corporate agents to possess another person. With this technology they orchestrate murders. They enter mind of someone well located to their target,...

Posted onOctober 14, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Wolfwalkers’ Review: Cartoon Saloon’s Best Film Yet?

Cartoon Saloon are potentially the most exciting animation studio working today. A new film from this studio is guaranteed to contain gorgeous and inventive animation,...

Posted onOctober 14, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Undine’ Review: Mythical Tragedy Sticks to the Shallow End

Undine is being dumped and she’s not taking it well. She promises to kill her ex lover if he doesn’t abandon his new partner. However...

Posted onOctober 14, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘One Man and his Shoes’ Review: A Mile in Mike’s Shoes

The story of Michael Jordan and his association with Nike Shoes. The film covers the context of the legendary sponsorship, the history of the production...

Posted onOctober 14, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Soul’ Review: Inside Out on the Other Side

Joe Gardner (Jaimie Foxx) has died. He was just about to finally get his big break as a jazz pianist, but he walked without looking...

Posted onOctober 14, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Review: Looking at Other Humans and Actually Seeing Them

Musician, artist and Talking Heads Frontman David Byrne takes to the stage to perform old hits, new compositions and guide a captive audience through a...

Posted onOctober 14, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Limbo’ Review: Migrants at the End of the World

Every year the film festival features films about the urgent crisis of worldwide immigration including the horrible circumstances that push people out of their home...

Posted onOctober 14, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘The Salt in our Waters’ Review: Suspicion and Magic in a Bangladeshi Vishing Village

Rudro (Titas Zia) is an artist, specifically a sculptor. After his father dies he abandons city life for a small fishing community in Bangladesh. What...

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