The Survivor – Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review

by Jordan King Approximately six million Jewish people lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis during the atrocities of the Holocaust in World War Two. 965,000 of these deaths occurred at Auschwitz, Poland, and of those 965,000 Jewish people killed, 865,000 were sent to the gas chambers on arrival. That leaves 100,000 Jewish people whose deaths came in some cases days after their … Continue reading The Survivor – Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review

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Reviews

A Brixton Tale – Review

by Tom Beasley One of the most intriguing trends in cinema over the course of the last decade is that of movies trying to work out how to depict a world which already contains thousands of cameras. When everyone is filming both themselves and others at all times, what’s the role of the movie camera? The red light is always blinking, which makes it difficult … Continue reading A Brixton Tale – Review

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BFI London Film Festival, Reviews

Sundown – BFI London Film Festival Review

by Jordan King A quietly menacing malaise laps against the shores of Acapulco, resting at the feet of the Bennett family in Sundown, a sun-kissed and unsettlingly serene anti-thriller from Mexican provoc-auteur Michel Franco. Franco’s film opens with the Bennetts – Neil (Tim Roth), sister Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and her two teenage kids – enjoying life in the lap of luxury at a hotel resort … Continue reading Sundown – BFI London Film Festival Review

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The Guilty – Review

by Jordan King When Danish filmmaker Gustav Möller’s The Guilty came out in 2018, Jake Gyllenhaal was quick to swoop the rights to an American remake for his production company ‘Nine Stories’. A taut, tense thriller evocative in formal restriction of the Dogme ‘95 movement supported by the likes of European art-house auteurs like Lars Von Trier, The Guilty took the basic concept of a … Continue reading The Guilty – Review

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