Petting Zoo (2015)
★★★☆☆
A portrait of the artist as a pregnant teen, Micah Magee’s Petting Zoo is a sensitive study of a girl growing up and finding her way in Texas.
London Film Festival 2015
BFI LFF 2016: PREVENGE (2016)
Prevenge is a darkly funny directorial debut for Alice Lowe, who also stars as a pregnant serial killer. Prevenge CAUTION: Here be spoilers Alice…
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Sembène! (2015)
★★★★☆
The life and times of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene, Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman’s Sembene! packs a powerful punch.
Men and Chicken (2015)
A bizarre black comedy by Anders Thomas Jenson, Men and Chicken plunges us messily into the grotesque underbelly of genetics. Men and Chicken CAUTION:…
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Festival Review: Cemetery Of Splendour (2015)
★★★☆☆
A visually haunting meeting of souls in a country hospital, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cemetery Of Splendour puts a spectacle of lights over story.
The Survivalist (2015)
★★★★☆
A stunning feature debut for director Stephen Fingleton, The Survivalist is a tense post-apocalyptic thriller with a strangely rural setting.
THE 59TH LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Opening and closing with the crowning achievements of the 20th century, the 59th London Film Festival brings the battle of the sexes centre-stage.
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Festival Review: Steve Jobs (2015)
★★★★☆
A binary biopic of the computer genius and flawed man, Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs is a dazzling, moving tale of the digital revolution.
Festival Review: My Golden Days (2015)
★★★☆☆
Childhood, studenthood and falling in love, Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days paints an intriguing and at times erratic portrait of a boy becoming a man.
Festival Review: Take Me To The River (2015)
★★★☆☆
A Californian family comes head to head with its Nebraskan relatives in Matt Sobel’s debut feature Take Me To The River is an indie tale of sexual dysfunction.
Festival Review: The Brand New Testament (2015)
★★★☆☆
God is alive and living in Brussels, Jaco Van Dormael’s The Brand New Testament takes on the Jealous One with quirk and fancy. And an enormous gorilla.
Festival Review: Office (2015)
★★★☆☆
An exuberant musical extravaganza about the financial crisis, Johnnie To’s Office offers an energetic, occasionally brash, satire on capitalism.
Festival Review: Dheepan (2015)
★★★★☆
Set on the battlefields of Sri Lanka and the banlieues, Jacques Audiard’s Palme d’Or winning Dheepan is an inspirational tale on the power of family.
Festival Review: Chevalier (2015)
★★★★☆
Gently prodding men’s insecurities and weaknesses, Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Chevalier offers a sardonic look at the games men play.