After working with his muse Greta Gerwig on several projects, Noah Baumbach returns to his dysfunctional family roots with The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), creating what is basically his own The Royal Tenenbaums (and that is definitely a compliment.) The film follows three generations of the Meyerowitz family, a creative bunch who all have […]
London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes place in London, England, usually at the start of October. It’s renowned for the huge stars that come and the high caliber of films that it shows.
London Film Festival 2017: ‘Princess Cyd’ Review
Coming-of-age stories revolving around teenage girls are not uncommon, and most of the time, we see the same cliches that never really capture what being young is actually like. But when 16-year-old Cyd (Jessie Pinnick) asks for the WiFi password not 5 minutes into her stay with her estranged aunt, I knew that Princess Cyd […]
London Film Festival 2017: ‘Ava’ Review
Lea Mysius’s debut Ava is a daring piece of filmmaking – a confident, though sometimes wavering, examination of teenage rebellion. The film begins with a stunning shot of a French beach brimming with tourists, setting a precedent of gorgeous cinematography full of vibrant colours. This beach is where most of the action takes place, and […]
London Film Festival 2017: ‘The Nile Hilton Incident’ Review
Transferring the film noir from classic Hollywood to modern Egypt, The Nile Hilton Incident attempts to reinvent the genre with middling results. The film stars Fares Fares (who you may recognise from Rogue One) as a corrupt Cairo police officer investigating the murder of a singer in the midst of the Egyptian Revolution. What starts […]