LFF 2020 ‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’ Review: Last Orders
Following the final day of operation of an American bar as it’s patrons celebrate good times past, bond with each other and fight a little....
Author: Paul Salt
LFF 2020 ‘Mangrove’ Review: How Far Can A Community be Pushed?
Frank Crichlow (Shaun Parkes) runs a resturuant catering towards black people in Notting Hill in the 1960s. Chriclow and his community are regularly terrorised by...
LFF 2020 ‘Stray’ Review: Dickensian Dog Tale
How can we approach poverty from a new angle? What new perspective could be taken towards the down-trodden and forgotten? Elizabeth Lo’s film follows Zeytin,...
LFF 2020 ‘180° Rule’ Review: Grief, Misfortune and Marriage
Sara (Sahar Dolatshahi) wants to attend a family wedding. Her husband has forbidden it and the Iranian society in which they live make this refusal...
LFF 2020 ‘Relic’ Review: It’s Rotten Getting Old
Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcotecome) to Kay’s mother’s house to investigate her recent disappearance. The house reveals a troubled mindset, with...
LFF 2020 ‘I am Samuel’ Review: A Gay Kenyan Man Seeks Understanding From His Family
Samuel is a gay Kenyan man. Over five years we see him struggle against a society that hates him for who he is, including his...
LFF 2020: ‘The Disciple’ Review: Striving for Perfection in Indian Classical Music
Sharad (Aditya Modak) seeks to become a classical singer like his father. But in spite of faithful practice he finds himself falling short of his...
LFF 2020 ‘The Painter and The Thief’ Review: Friends in Low Places
A Czech painter, Barbora Kysilkova, has two of her paintings stolen by a thief. The thief is caught but the paintings are not recovered. Hoping...
LFF 2020 ‘Mogul Mowgli’ Review: Cultural Schism Within and Without
Following a big break in his rap career, Zed (Riz Ahmed), returns home to his Pakistani Muslim family in London. He’s been away for a...
“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” Review: Strange Reflections on Isolation
A young woman (Jessie Buckley) is thinking of ending things. She’s travelling with her new boyfriend (Jesse Plimons) to the farm house he grew up...