Writer-director Shola Amoo’s debut feature, A Moving Image, about the gentrification of Brixton, a neighbourhood of South West London predominantly occupied by Afro-Caribbean residents from the 1940s to the early 2010s, was a didactic and at times tedious work that … Continue reading The Last Tree – Sundance Film Festival London Review
Jim Hosking, though only really creating two films, has one of the most unique voices in cinema. The filmmaker, who crafted the insanely brilliant movie The Greasy Strangler, has a brilliant and vivid imagination. The British director is daring to … Continue reading An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn – Review
There are many different layers to horror films (after all, it is the most diverse genre out there.) There’s the gross out horrors that deal with blood and guts, there’s the supernatural jump-scare fests that test the strength of your … Continue reading Hereditary – Review
The first feature film from Crystal Moselle, after her 2015 truth-really-is-stranger-than-fiction documentary The Wolfpack, is the kind of film that is both about everything and nothing. It’s about the big stuff – maternal, fraternal, platonic, romantic relationships along with self-image … Continue reading Skate Kitchen – Sundance London Review
For the last three years, I have taken Women in Media’s 52 films challenge, watching (at least) fifty-two films directed or co-directed by women per year. Although not the point, I made the challenge harder for myself by focusing on … Continue reading Half the Picture – Sundance London Review
