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Posted onOctober 8, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Eyimofe (This is My Desire)’ Review: The Journey to the West Starts at Home

Mofe (Jude Akuwudike) and Rosa (Temi-Ami-Williams) are living in Lagos but are soon to migrate to Spain and Italy respectively. The film explores their lives...

Posted onOctober 7, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Herself’ Review: Home is Where the Heart is

Sandra is fleeing domestic violence with her two children. Placed into a hostel and a waiting list that will get her housing in four years...

Posted onOctober 7, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Siberia’ Review: Abel Ferrerra and Willem Dafoe Undertake a Strange Journey into the Wild

In the Siberian wilderness there is a mountainside bar, catering to unusual individuals. Clint (Willem Dafoe) is the sole employee, and after a few strange...

Posted onOctober 7, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Shadow Country’ Review: A Terrifying New Warning

Holocaust films are an established genre of cinema. Over the past seventy years many filmmakers have attempted to capture the truly devastating scale of Europe’s...

Posted onOctober 6, 2020October 26, 2020

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,...

Posted onOctober 6, 2020October 26, 2020

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...

Posted onOctober 6, 2020October 26, 2020

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...

Posted onOctober 2, 2020October 26, 2020

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...

Posted onOctober 2, 2020October 26, 2020

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...

Posted onOctober 2, 2020October 26, 2020

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...

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