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Nomadland (2020)

Posted by Gui on February 17, 2021

Review 108min Genre:       Drama Director:     Chloé Zhao Cast:         Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May…and more Writers:     Chloé Zhao and Jessica Bruder -Synopsis- Alone and reeling from the loss of her way of life in the years following the financial crash of 2008, a free-spirited, hard-working middle-aged woman traverses the American Southwest and its heartland in […]

One Night in Miami… (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on December 3, 2020

Review 110min Genre:       Drama Director:     Regina King Cast:         Eli Goree, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Leslie Odom Jr.…and more Writers:     Kemp Powers -Synopsis- During the aftermath of Cassius Clay’s historic heavyweight championship victory over Sonny Liston in 1964 and on the eve of his conversion to Islam, cultural icons and leaders of the black community Clay, Muslim minister […]

New Order (2020) (Spanish Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on November 25, 2020

Review 88min Genre:       Drama Director:     Michel Franco Cast:         Naian González Norvind, Diego Boneta, Fernando Cuautle… Writers:     Michel Franco -Synopsis- A wealthy Mexico City family wedding becomes a bloodbath when anarchy reigns after angry protests against corruption and inequality turn into a violent wave which rips through the fabric of society, while the aftermath for both […]

Possessor (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on November 18, 2020

Review 103min Genre:       Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller Director:     Brandon Cronenberg Cast:         Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh… Writers:     Brandon Cronenberg -Synopsis- A deadly but troubled operator for a shadowy organisation infiltrates the bodies of high value targets with brain implants and mind control technology, turning them into avatars for profit, only for her latest […]

American Utopia (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on November 11, 2020

Review 105min Genre:       Drama, Music, Musical Director:     Spike Lee Cast:         David Byrne, Angie Swan, Bobby Wooten III…and more Writers:     David Byrne -Synopsis- David Byrne gets the Spike Lee treatment as the veteran New York director captures the singular new wave star’s 2019 Broadway show in all its glory. An expertly executed minimalist concept featuring Byrne […]

Another Round (2020) (Danish Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on November 5, 2020

Review 117min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Thomas Vinterberg Cast:         Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang…and more Writers:     Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm -Synopsis- An indifferent, straight-laced pushover Danish high school teacher in an existential rut and his three scholarly colleagues think they have found the key to a successful and fulfilling life within […]

Supernova (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on October 29, 2020

Review 93min Genre:       Drama, Romance Director:     Harry Macqueen Cast:         Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood…and more Writers:     Harry Macqueen -Synopsis- A RV road trip home to rural England for a middle-age artist/intellectual long-term gay couple is made all the more precious and definitive when the one suffering with dementia begins to steadily decline, while the […]

Relic (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on October 25, 2020

Review 89min Genre:       Drama, Horror, Thriller Director:     Natalie Erika James Cast:         Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote…and more Writers:     Natalie Erika James and Christian White -Synopsis- An Aussie grandmother’s inexplicable disappearance becomes even more bizarre when she returns a changed figure, plunging her daughter and granddaughter into despair when they lose touch with a matriarch […]

Ammonite (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on October 21, 2020

Review 120min Genre:       Drama, Fact-Based, Romance Director:     Francis Lee Cast:         Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones…and more Writers:     Francis Lee -Synopsis- On the Southern windswept coast of 19th century England, the solitary life of a withdrawn fossil hunter and academic is upended by the arrival of a young and melancholy gentleman’s wife who becomes […]

Kajillionaire (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on October 18, 2020

Review 104min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:     Miranda July Cast:         Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins…and more Writers:     Miranda July -Synopsis- The curious life of scrounging a living on the streets of Los Angeles is thrown into turmoil for a family of con artists and petty thieves when a stranger enters the […]

Mogul Mowgli (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on October 14, 2020

Review 90min Genre:       Drama, Music Director:     Bassam Tariq Cast:         Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, Anjana Vasan…and more Writers:     Riz Ahmed and Bassam Tariq -Synopsis- On the brink of music superstardom and his first world tour, a British-Pakistani rapper is thwarted by an illness which threatens to derail his dreams and define his future, as his body […]

Mangrove (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on October 10, 2020

Review 124min Genre:       Drama, Fact-Based Director:     Steve McQueen Cast:         Shaun Parkes, Letitia Wright, Malachi Kirby…and more Writers:     Steve McQueen and Alastair Siddons -Synopsis- Tired of unprovoked police harassment and a legal system which treats them as second class visitors, the West-Indian community in West London clashes with the local cops after unwarranted raids on a […]

The Devil All the Time (2020)

Posted by Gui on September 18, 2020

Review 138min Genre:     Crime, Drama, Thriller Director:   Antonio Campos Cast:       Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Bill Skarsgård…and more Writers:   Antonio Campos, Paulo Campos and Donald Ray Pollock -Synopsis- In the churches and backwoods of god-fearing, post-war small town Ohio and West Virginia, the lives and ill deeds of corrupt and nefarious locals intersect with a […]

Mulan (2020)

Posted by Gui on September 11, 2020

Review 115min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy Director:   Niki Caro Cast:       Yifei Liu, Li Gong, Donnie Yen…and more Writers:   Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Elizabeth Martin… and more -Synopsis- Determined to prove her worth in traditional dynastic China, a young woman disguises herself as a boy to take her ailing father’s place when the Emperor’s […]

The Painted Bird (2020) (Czech, German and Russian language)

Posted by Gui on September 7, 2020

Review 169min Genre:      Drama, War Director:    Václav Marhoul Cast:        Petr Kotlár, Udo Kier, Julian Sands…and more Writers:    Václav Marhoul and Jerzy Kosinski -Synopsis- In bleak rural Eastern Europe at the end of the second world war, a young Jewish peasant boy wanders from village to village after the death of his foster aunt, […]

Tenet (2020)

Posted by Gui on August 28, 2020

Review 150min Genre:     Action, Mystery, Sci-fi, Thriller Director:   Christopher Nolan Cast:       John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki… Writers:    Christopher Nolan -Synopsis- When fragments of the future begin to move strangely through the present and give us a glimpse of catastrophe to come, a resourceful American agent and a shadowy group of characters target a […]

Babyteeth (2020)

Posted by Gui on August 21, 2020

Review 118min Genre:        Comedy, Drama, Romance Director:      Shannon Murphy Cast:          Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Ben Mendelsohn…and more Writers:      Rita Kalnejais -Synopsis- The quiet but complex lives of a suburban Australian couple are thrown into turmoil when their cancer-stricken teenage daughter develops a relationship with a local petty criminal and addict, as cracks in the […]

The King of Staten Island (2020)

Posted by Gui on June 26, 2020

Review 136min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Judd Apatow Cast:         Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr…and more Writers:     Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson and Dave Sirus -Synopsis- Still haunted by the childhood passing of his firefighter hero dad, a twentysomething Staten Islander with no direction and little motivation struggles with the transition into adulthood, living with his […]

Deerskin (2019) (French Language)

Posted by Gui on May 20, 2020

Review 77min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Horror Director:     Quentin Dupieux Cast:         Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel, Albert Delpy…and more Writers:     Quentin Dupieux -Synopsis- A curious French man develops an obsession with a brown suede deerskin jacket with its own personality, as he sequesters himself in a small country town and assumes the identity of a […]

Moffie (2020)

Posted by Gui on April 24, 2020

Review 104min Genre:       Drama, War Director:     Oliver Hermanus Cast:         Kai Luke Brummer, Ryan de Villiers, Hilton Pelser…and more Writers:     Oliver Hermanus and Jack Sidey -Synopsis- Struggling with his sexuality in early 80s apartheid South Africa, a stoic young white man is forced to keep his sexual identity hidden when conscripted to fight the […]

Bacurau (2019) (Portuguese & English Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on March 1, 2020

Review 131min Genre:     Crime, Drama, Thriller Director:   Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho Cast:       Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Sônia Braga…and more Writers:   Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho -Synopsis- In the arid rural Northeast of Brazil, the residents of Bacurau begin to experience strange happenings after the death of the village’s elderly matriarch, only to […]

Color Out of Space (2020)

Posted by Gui on February 29, 2020

Review 111min Genre:       Comedy, Horror, Sci-fi Director:     Richard Stanley Cast:         Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur…and more Writers:     Richard Stanley, Scarlett Amaris and H.P. Lovecraft -Synopsis- Things get weird in small town rural America when a meteorite strikes the Gardner farm, as their behaviour becomes increasingly bizarre and the lines of reality are blurred […]

Little Joe (2019)

Posted by Gui on February 22, 2020

Review 105min Genre:       Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi Director:     Jessica Hausner Cast:         Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox…and more Writers:     Géraldine Bajard and Jessica Hausner -Synopsis- When a single mom scientist and plant breeder is looking to inject some happiness into her home, she brings one of her prototype therapeutic plants for her son, only to find […]

First Love (2019) (Japanese Language)

Posted by Gui on February 17, 2020

Review 108min Genre:        Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance Director:      Takashi Miike Cast:          Masataka Kubota, Sakurako Konishi, Becky…and more Writers:      Masa Nakamura -Synopsis- After receiving a bleak diagnosis, a young Japanese boxer’s life is forever changed when he inadvertently gets caught in the middle of a Yakuza drug-smuggling conspiracy and gang war, after he meets a […]

Parasite (2019) (Korean Language)

Posted by Gui on February 6, 2020

Review 132min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:     Bong Joon Ho Cast:         Song Kang-ho, Jo Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik…and more Writers:     Bong Joon Ho and Jin Won Han -Synopsis- Struggling on the margins of Korean society, a young man and his unemployed family find their fortunes changed when they infiltrate an all-too-trusting wealthy local family, only to […]

Richard Jewell (2019)

Posted by Gui on February 2, 2020

Review 131min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:     Clint Eastwood Cast:         Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde…and more Writers:     Billy Ray, Marie Brenner, Kent Alexander… and more -Synopsis- During the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, a humble Georgia security guard becomes an instant hero when he saves scores of people from a pipe bomb planted […]

Uncut Gems (2019)

Posted by Gui on January 30, 2020

Review 135min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:     Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie Cast:         Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Julia Fox…and more Writers:     Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie -Synopsis- When he smells a score that could solve all his financial woes, a wheeler-dealer New York jeweller takes a major gamble which ropes-in professional athletes, bookies, […]

The Lighthouse (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on January 27, 2020

Review 109min Genre:       Drama, Horror, Thriller Director:    Robert Eggers Cast:         Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman…and more Writers:     Robert Eggers and Max Eggers -Synopsis- The bleakness of a late 19th century New England island lighthouse holds the fate of its caretakers, one an ornery veteran seaman and the other his newly arrived Canadian apprentice, whose […]

1917 (2019)

Posted by Gui on January 10, 2020

Review 119min Genre:     Drama, Thriller, War Director:  Sam Mendes Cast:       George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth…and more Writers:   Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns -Synopsis- In the trenches and frontlines of the first world war, two young British soldiers are given a deadly mission—venture deep behind enemy lines to deliver a message and stop a doomed […]

The Gentlemen (2020)

Posted by Gui on January 3, 2020

Review 113min Genre:     Action, Crime, Comedy Director:  Guy Ritchie Cast:       Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant…more Writers:   Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies -Synopsis- When an American drug kingpin in London looks to cash out of the business, a whole cast of the city’s gangsters converge on an opportunity, triggering a turf war as […]

A Hidden Life (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on January 1, 2020

Review 174min Genre:     Fact-based, Drama, Romance, War Director:  Terrence Malick Cast:      August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Karl Markovics…and more Writers:   Terrence Malick -Synopsis- In the picturesque valleys and mountains of wartime Austria, a devout Christian farmer and conscientious objector has a crisis of conscience when drafted to serve in the German Wehrmacht, refusing to fight for […]

Little Women (2019)

Posted by Gui on December 27, 2019

Review 134min Genre:       Drama, Romance Director:    Greta Gerwig Cast:         Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson…and more Writers:     Greta Gerwig and Louisa May Alcott -Synopsis- In post civil war Massachusetts, a quartet of different but very close teenage sisters deal with the romantic and emotional growing pains of coming-of-age in their own disparate ways, balancing their […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Posted by Gui on December 21, 2019

Review 141min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Fantasy Director:  J.J. Abrams Cast:       Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega…and more Writers:   J.J. Abrams, Chris Terrio, Colin Trevorrow… and more -Synopsis- Brought back from the brink of destruction by a newly skilled ‘Rey’ and her friends, the remaining Resistance faces off against ‘Kylo Ren’s’ rampaging ‘First Order’ in a […]

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

Posted by Gui on December 13, 2019

Review 123min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Comedy Director:  Jake Kasdan Cast:       Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart…and more Writers:   Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg… and more -Synopsis- Now college students who’ve drifted apart, the group of small-town teens reunite and return to the immersive video game to rescue their buddy, only to unexpectedly find an […]

Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

Posted by Gui on December 7, 2019

Review 144min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Mystery Director:    Edward Norton Cast:         Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin…and more Writers:     Edward Norton and Jonathan Lethem -Synopsis- When his friend and mentor is brutally murdered on the streets of 1950’s New York, a solitary private detective with Tourette’s Syndrome and an obsessive mind determined to solve the mystery […]

Marriage Story (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on December 2, 2019

Review 136min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Romance Director:    Noah Baumbach Cast:         Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Azhy Robertson…and more Writers:     Noah Baumbach -Synopsis- When their personal relationship breaks down as they begin to grow apart, a stage actress returns to L.A. with her young son to restart a Hollywood career, while her estranged New York theatre director […]

The Two Popes (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on November 25, 2019

Review 125min Genre:     Fact-based, Drama Director:  Fernando Meirelles Cast:       Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín…and more Writer:    Anthony McCarten -Synopsis- At the start of the new century, the dogmatic conservative Pope Benedict XVI clashes with Argentinean liberal reformist cardinal Jorge Bergoglio and future Pope Francis, tussling over the direction of the Catholic church as they […]

Judy & Punch (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on November 20, 2019

Review 105min Genre:       Crime, Drama Director:    Mirrah Foulkes Cast:         Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, Benedict Hardie…more Writers:     Mirrah Foulkes -Synopsis- In puritanical 17th century England, an irresponsible father and manipulative self-centred puppeteer takes out his shortcomings and alcoholism on his wife and baby, only to face a reckoning when she returns with new purpose as an […]

Le Mans ’66 (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on November 11, 2019

Review 152min Genre:     Fact-based, Action, Drama, Sport Director:  James Mangold Cast:       Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Caitriona Balfe…and more Writers:   Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and Jason Keller -Synopsis- Determined to dethrone the dominant Ferrari team at the 1966 24 Hours Le Mans race, automotive designer and engineer Carroll Shelby teams up with indomitable driver Ken Miles […]

Luce (2019)

Posted by Gui on November 7, 2019

Review 109min Genre:    Drama Director: Julius Onah Cast:      Kelvin Harrison Jr., Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer…and more Writers:  Julius Onah and J.C. Lee -Synopsis- A model student and all-star athlete, Luce’s life as an African child refugee turned into an adoptive American teen is flipped upside down when his parents discover a clash […]

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Posted by Gui on November 3, 2019

Review 151min Genre:    Drama, Horror, Thriller Director: Mike Flanagan Cast:      Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran, Rebecca Ferguson…and more Writers:  Mike Flanagan and Stephen King -Synopsis- Forty years after the events at the Overlook Hotel and with his psychic abilities in full flow, ‘Danny Torrance’ struggles to rebuild his life while being haunted by […]

Knives Out (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 30, 2019

Review 130min Genre:     Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery Director:  Rian Johnson Cast:       Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas…and more Writers:   Rian Johnson -Synopsis- When the wealthy author patriarch of a combative and dysfunctional American family unexpectedly dies at one of their gatherings, a police detective and a celebrated private investigator are sent to investigate, but […]

The King (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 28, 2019

Review 140min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama, War Director:    David Michôd Cast:         Timothée Chalamet , Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris…and more Writers:     Abe Forsythe and Joel Edgerton -Synopsis- In 15th century England, a reluctant young heir to the throne becomes the monarch when his tyrannical father dies, leaving him to navigate the precarious politics of court while dealing […]

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Posted by Gui on October 27, 2019

Review 128min Genre:       Action, Adventure, Sci-fi Director:    Tim Miller Cast:         Natalia Reyes, Mackenzie Davis, Linda Hamilton…and more Writers:     James Cameron, David S. Goyer, Justin Rhodes… and more -Synopsis- When a fearsome new ‘Terminator’ arrives to kill her and an enhanced super-soldier from the future is sent to protect her, a young Mexican woman soon finds […]