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Posted onMarch 26, 2019July 25, 2020

BFI Flare: ‘Sunburn’ Review: Sun, Sex, Secrets

A sun drenched drama in which four very close friends (Ricardo Pereira, Oceana Basilio, Nuno Pardal and Ricardo Barbosa) share a sunny holiday home. Their...

Posted onMarch 22, 2019July 25, 2020

BFI Flare: ‘Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life’ Review: Porn, Drugs and Mum

Documentary filmmaker Tomer Heymann directs his lens at the life of internationally acclaimed gay porn star Jonathan Agassi. Picking up just as he wins an...

Posted onFebruary 15, 2019July 25, 2020

‘V’ Short Film Review: Affecting and Brooding Modern Vampire Story

Minnie (Synnøve Karlsen) is a teenage vampire. She spends her days in her small flat, drinking blood from a bottle, occasionally venturing out to do...

Posted onOctober 26, 2018July 25, 2020

‘The Chambermaid’ Review: Claustrophobic Drama About Modern Servitude

Eve (Gabriella Cartol) is a chambermaid in a luxury hotel in Mexico city. We follow her routine and the interactions she has with the hotel...

Posted onOctober 24, 2018July 25, 2020

‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Review: Love And Fear In Barry Jenkin’s Heartfelt Drama

Tish (Kiki Layne) and Fonny (Stephen James) are a young black couple expecting the first child. Their future together is far from certain as Fonny...

Posted onOctober 19, 2018July 25, 2020

‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ Review: Eerie Tale of Jealousy And Talent Lost

Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is a kindergarten teacher who writes poetry that fails to impress her class and who is losing her pride in her...

Posted onOctober 13, 2018July 25, 2020

‘Roma’ Review: Alfonso Cuarón’s Extraordinary Portrait Of Life In Mexico City

Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) is a maid working for a wealthy family in 1970s Mexico City. The family is undergoing a messy separation when Cleo discovers...

Posted onOctober 9, 2018July 25, 2020

‘Girl’ Review: Growing Pains and Ballet

Lara is a 15-year-old trans woman who dreams of becoming a great ballet dancer. She is in one of the most prestigious school’s in Europe....

Posted onOctober 2, 2018July 25, 2020

‘Petra’ Review: A Beautifully Shot Melodrama

A young woman named Petra (Bárbara Lennie) comes to a small Spanish town with a mysterious motive. Her life and many others in this small...

Posted onOctober 1, 2018July 25, 2020

‘A Paris Education’ (Mes Provinciales) Review: Melancholy Musings On Life And Cinema

Etienne (Andranic Manet) leaves his family and loving girlfriend to attend film school in Paris. Once there he makes some friends, sleeps with some ladies...

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