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Read MoreReview: I Carry You With Me (Te Llevo Conmigo) – “Essential and much-needed cinema”
Some films have the power to connect with audiences on a level so deep and personal that by the time credits roll, the emotional catharsis leaves you stunned. With her first foray into narrative filmmaking, Oscar-nominated documentarian Heidi Ewing achieves that and much more. I Carry You With Me (Te Llevo Conmigo) is a gorgeous cinematic experiment that blends in documentary and fiction, and the result...
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Read MoreLFF 2021 Review: The Wolf Suit – “A bold, often raw piece of work”
The nature of memory and conflicting recollections are examined in forensic detail in filmmaker Sam Firth’s debut feature-length documentary. “How do I know the truth, when everyone around me tells a different story?” She asks at the start of the film. As her mother prepares to sell her old house in Walthamstow, Firth goes on a journey to the past to piece together what happened when her parents broke up...
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Read MoreLFF 2021 Review: The Lost Daughter – “A thrillingly-weird ride with a resonant message”
A man held court outside the screening of The Lost Daughter, surrounded by a small group. “I just didn’t get it,” he exclaimed, “I thought Colman would go full psychopath, what a shame,” voice raising, “and why call it the lost daughter? Everyone is found!” Heads nodded all round. He was right about one thing, he just didn’t get it. When making a film, the director learn they can only lead the...
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Read MoreLFF 2021 Review: Petite Maman – “Utterly charming”
Céline Sciamma’s follow-up to 2019’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a quieter and more playful film. But despite its lean running time of 72 minutes — Petite Maman is a subtle, but captivating modern fable on grief, loneliness, and motherhood. Sciamma uses the restrictions of shooting during Covid-19 to create an atmospheric film with a woodland setting and a beautiful Autumnal colour palette. The colours...
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Read MoreGhostbusters: Afterlife gets a new trailer
Set in the universe of the first two Ivan Reitman films from the 1980s, Ghostbusters: Afterlife tells the story of Callie, a single mom struggling to survive in Chicago with her two kids, 12-year-old Phoebe and 15-year-old Trevor. When Callie receives news of her long-estranged father’s passing – a father she never even knew – she and the kids pack up the Subaru and move to the small...
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Read MoreReview: Halloween Kills – “A total shambles, but I loved it”
Halloween Kills is, in many ways, a total shambles. For a film that was pitched as the middle section of a planned trilogy, it feels totally lost at sea. It somehow manages to pick up right where Halloween (2018) left off, whilst simultaneously feeling like it’s from another dimension. I have to say, on the whole, I loved it and I’m more than happy to die — likely impaled — on that hugely bloody and...
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Read MoreThe Batman gets a new trailer
Directed Matt Reeves, The Batman stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne / Batman. Starring alongside Pattinson as Gotham’s famous and infamous cast of characters are Zoë Kravitz (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” “Mad Max: Fury Road”) as Selina Kyle; Paul Dano (“Love & Mercy,” “12 Years a Slave”) as Edward Nashton; Jeffrey Wright (the “Hunger Games” films) as the GCPD’s James Gordon; John...
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Read MoreLFF 2021 Review: Language Lessons – “A bittersweet film that will resonate with our need for connection after long months apart”
Stories featuring Zoom have been a growing trope of filmmaking in the time of Covid-19. But Natalie Morales’ debut feature deftly avoids any kind of lockdown or pandemic reference to make a simple but heartfelt film. Instead, the device is used to frame a bitter-sweet two-hander about connection and communication, starring Morales and co-writer Mark Duplass. The pair have an easy chemistry from the start,...
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