Before the screening began, a letter from Edgar Wright was read aloud, asking audiences not to spoil the twists and turns of the final act of Last Night in Soho, and after seeing the film, I know exactly why he did this. In this review, there will be no spoilers or plot points ruined that …
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Herself (2020) – London Film Festival Review
An Amazon Studios Picture, Written by Malcolm Campbell, Clare Dunne, Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Young mother Sandra (Clare Dunne) escapes her abusive husband and fights back against broken housing and justice systems. She sets out to build her own home so that she can have somewhere to raise her two children safely, and in the …
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Wolfwalkers (2020) – London Film Festival Review
An Apple TV Picture, Written by Will Collins, Directed by Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart. In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn (Honor Kneafsey), comes to Ireland with her father (Sean Bean) to wipe out the last pack. …
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Mogul Mowgli (2020) – London Film Festival Review
A BFI Picture, Written by Bassam Tariq, Riz Ahmed, Directed by Bassam Tariq. On the brink of his first international tour, Zed (Riz Ahmed), a British Pakistani rapper, decides to fly home to the UK to visit the family he has not seen in two years. In the midst of trying to reconnect with his …
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Undine (2020) – London Film Festival Review
Written and Directed By Christian Petzold. ‘Undine (Paula Beer) works as a historian lecturing on Berlin’s urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.’ This is the basic premise of Undine, the …
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Kajillionaire (2020) – London Film Festival Review
A Universal Picture, Written and Directed By Miranda July. Two con artists, Robert (Richard Jenkins) and Theresa (Debra Winger), have spent 26 years training their only daughter, Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood), to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger, Melanie (Gina Rodriguez) into …
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Relic (2020) – London Film Festival Review
A IFC Picture, Written by Natalie Erika James, Christian White, Directed by Natalie Erika James. When family matriarch Edna (Robyn Nevin) goes missing, her daughter Kay (Emily Mortimer) and granddaughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) return home to find her. They discover a haunting presence hanging over the home, which is taking over Edna’s mind. The film …
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Small Axe: Mangrove (2020) – London Film Festival Review
A BBC Picture, Written by Steve McQueen, Alastair Siddons, Directed by Steve McQueen. In the second entry of Steve McQueen’s made for TV series of films titled Small Axe, Mangrove (2020) revolves around the eponymous restaurant, located at 8 All Saints Road, Notting Hill, and its flamboyant owner, Frank Crichlow (Shaun Parkes). At the height …
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One Night in Miami… (2020) – London Film Festival Review
An Amazon Studios Picture, Written by Kemp Powers, Directed by Regina King. One Night in Miami (2020) takes place on the night of Feb. 25, 1964, in Miami, as Cassius Clay joins Jim Brown, Sam Cooke and Malcom X for one night only. They discuss the responsibility of being successful Black men during the civil …
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Small Axe: Lovers Rock (2020) – London Film Festival Review
In the second entry of Steve McQueen’s made for TV series of films titled Small Axe, Lovers Rock (2020) follows a single evening at a house party in 1980s West London, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance and music. McQueen’s Small Axe series focuses on the lives of Black immigrants in London …
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