Review originally published here. Beata Gårdeler’s Flocking (Flocken) is a pared-back Swedish thriller and winner of the prestigious Crystal Bear at Berlin’s International Film Festival earlier this year. With Sweden’s rise to notoriety in recent years for its disproportionately low conviction rate of sexual offenders, it seems likely that quite a few of the audience members … Continue reading Flocken (Flocking) London Film Festival review
Review originally published here. Making geology sexy is the order of the day in new Norwegian disaster movie The Wave, a high-action thriller which explores the effect of a possible tsunami on a small coastal tourist town. Spectacular fjords and mountains form the backdrop to the Eikfjord family home. Geologist father Kristian (Kristoffer Joner) and … Continue reading “The Wave” London Film Festival review
Review originally published here. There’s a lady: her name is Belfast and she wants to tell her story. Festival favourite Mark Cousins writes and directs this dreamlike exploration of Belfast’s past, present and possible future. Part documentary, part drama and part old-fashioned storytelling, Cousins’ latest film takes a gentle pace through the life of this … Continue reading “I Am Belfast” London Film Festival review
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