Category Archives: Festival Reviews

Release Date – 3rd September 2021, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 25 minutes, Director – Cathy Brady When her sister, Kelly (Nika McGuigan), returns after being missing for several years, Lauren (Nora-Jane Noone) must put up with circulating rumours and their pasts coming back to haunt them in their small Northern Irish borderContinue reading “LFF 2020: Wildfire – Review”

Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 42 minutes, Director – Matt Hulse Director Matt Hulse recreates his siblings’ punk band, The Hippies, from when he was eleven. Documentarian and short-maker Matt Hulse’s Sound For The Future could easily come across as some sort of breakdown or vanity project, as heContinue reading “LFF 2020: Sound For The Future – Review”

Release Date – 18th June 2021, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 22 minutes, Director – Jerry Rothwell Documentary, using the memoir of the same name, looking at the experiences of non-speaking autistic people around the world. It would be very easy for me to simply quote masses of Jerry Rothwell’s The Reason IContinue reading “LFF 2020: The Reason I Jump – Review”

Release Date – 25th June 2021, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 33 minutes, Director – Harry Macqueen Musician Sam (Colin Firth) and writer Tusker (Stanley Tucci) are travelling across England by motorhome to revisit old friends, family and treasured places as Tusker’s dementia worsens. It’s almost impossible to believe that Colin Firth andContinue reading “LFF 2020: Supernova – Review”

Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 53 minutes, Directors – Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert The residents of a gated community trust their deepest secrets and worries with a mysterious, quiet masseuse (Alec Utgoff) When it comes to being relaxed how much are you more likely to give away? What ifContinue reading “LFF 2020: Never Gonna Snow Again – Review”

Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 30 minutes, Director – Ameen Nayfeh A Palestinian father (Ali Suliman) is stuck on the other side of a border wall as he must smuggle himself into Israel where his son is in hospital. The world record for sprinting 200 metres is 19.19 seconds,Continue reading “LFF 2020: 200 Metres – Review”

Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 54 minutes, Directors – Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri Two Nigerians (Jude Akuwudike, Temi Ami-Williams), living separate struggling lives, dream of a better life outside of the country. The subtitle of Eyimofe – the feature directorial debut of brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri – ThisContinue reading “LFF 2020: Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) – Review”

Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 30 minutes, Director – Christian Petzold Undine (Paula Beer) works as a history lecturer in Berlin, after finding new love it appears that a mysterious secret of hers is gradually being revealed. If there’s one thing Undine (Paula Beer) is serious about it’s herContinue reading “LFF 2020: Undine – Review”

Release Date – 15th January 2021, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 55 minutes, Director – Regina King Four influential African American figures; Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr) meet in a hotel room one night, discussing their status in society andContinue reading “LFF 2020: One Night In Miami – Review”