Director: Regina King | 1h 50mins | Drama Set on a fictional night in Miami Florida, Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) meet in a hotel room. The discussion drifts from heated to celebratory as they begin to discuss their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Regina King’s debut feature is an almost … Continue reading REEL Review – One Night in Miami (2020)
Director: Steve McQueen | 2h 4mins | Drama Based on the true story of the Mangrove 9, Steve McQueen’s latest instalment in the Small Axe series dramatises the story of the protesters fighting against police brutality during the late 1960’s in Notting Hill. Spanning across multiple decades, Steve McQueen’s latest writing and directing outing is a series of features for the BBC, two available at … Continue reading REEL Review – Mangrove (2020)
Director: Cathy Brady | 1h 25mins | Drama After a year of being missing, Kelly (Nika McGuigan) returns home to the surprise of her Sister Lauren (Nora-Jane Noone). Together they must face the trauma that was left by their Mother who may or may not have killed herself. Brady’s visceral debut is a bold telling of sisterhood and the connection of family through trauma. Lauren … Continue reading REEL Review – Wildfire (2020)
Director: Harry Macqueen | 1h 33mins | Drama Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci) take a road trip across England in order to see their friends and family, relaxing Tusker as well as he deals with his newly diagnosed Dementia. As the trip goes on, the two struggle to avoid the future that awaits them. Harry Macqueen’s touching new Drama is about a couple, … Continue reading REEL Review – Supernova (2020)
Director: Garrett Bradley | 1h 21mins | Documentary Fox Rich’s husband was incarcerated for robbing a bank and sentenced to 60 years without parole. 20 years on, Fox is still fighting for his release. In a particular part of Brady’s Documentary one of Fox Rich’s sons, named Justus, describes what time is. “Time is unbias, time is lost.” For the Richardson family, time is a … Continue reading REEL Review – Time (2020)
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert | 1h 53mins | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Languages: Polish, Russian Zhenia (Alec Utgoff), a Russian speaking immigrant, works as a masseur for wealthy people living in a large housing complex. When he gets a reputation for healing and hypnotising, the rich people hire him to take away their pain. Szumowska links up with her regular cinematographer Michal Englert (this … Continue reading REEL Review – Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)
Director: Ameen Nayfeh | 1h 36mins | Adventure, Drama | Language: Arabic, Hebrew, English Mustafa (Ali Suliman), a Palestinian man lives 200 meters away from the Palestine/Israel border. When his son is hospitalised on the other side of the wall, he must find a way to be smuggled across. 200 Meters is a film with a strong social discord, taking place on the conflicted border … Continue reading REEL Review – 200 Meters (2020)
Director: Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri | 1h 56mins | Drama Two people living deep in the heart of Nigeria attempt to leave and make a new life for themselves abroad. With a constant string of obstacles in their way, both Mofe (Jude Akuwudike) and Rosa (Temiloluwa Ami-Williams) struggle to find a way out of Lagos. If Farewell Amor (2020) was the personal and individualistic approach … Continue reading REEL Review – Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) (2020)
Director: Christian Petzold | 1h 30mins | Drama, Horror | Language: German Undine (Paula Beer) has her heartbroken when her boyfriend confesses being with another woman. When she finds a new love in Christoph (Franz Rogowski), the pain of her previous relationship starts to take it’s toll. Undine is the latest film by celebrated German auteur Christian Petzold, an often emotionally complex Romance that laces … Continue reading REEL Review – Undine (2020)
Director: Josephine Decker | 1h 47mins | Biography, Drama, Thriller Famed horror-writer Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss) is just about to begin writing a new novel when her husband, Professor Stanley Hyman (Michael Stuhlbarg), invites a young couple stay with them. Shirley doesn’t particularly enjoy the company until the girl, Rose (Odessa Young), starts to inspire her. Shirley is a deeply psychological ode to the works … Continue reading REEL Review – Shirley (2020)
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