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★★★★, Cannes Film Festival 2023, China, documentary, Drama, Japan, out now, Reviews, USAMay 18, 2023

Cannes Film Festival 2023: Day 3: 18 May 2023

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2023: Day 3: 18 May 2023

★★★, Black filmmakers, Female Filmmakers, festivals, out now, Reviews, USA, Women FilmmakersFebruary 27, 2023

I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking) (2021)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
US festival favourite I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking) is a touching, positive indie movie, female written and directed, made during Los Angeles’ lockdown (see the mask use) focusing on the struggles to be independent of a widowed mother who happens to be homeless, black and female – and beautiful.

★★★★, out now, Reviews, Sundance, USADecember 9, 2022

A Love Song (2022)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
Dale Dickey plays a widow reflecting on life and love and the possibility of connection with an old friend in writer/director Max Walker-Silverman’s tender character study A Love Song.

★★★, Black filmmakers, Canada, Cannes Film Festival 2022, Female Filmmakers, France, London Film Festival 2021, out now, Reviews, Rwanda, USANovember 3, 2022

Neptune Frost (2021)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Neptune Frost, a visionary collaboration between poet/artist Saul Williams and actress and playwright Anisia Uzeyman, is a unique Afro-futurist political musical filmed in Rwanda.

★★★★, biopic, Chris Drew, Female Filmmakers, Reviews, UK, USA, Women FilmmakersOctober 14, 2022

Emily (2022)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
Emily Brontë’s creative inspiration is explored through an imagined version of the author’s short life in Frances O’Connor’s stirring directorial debut Emily.

★★★, Canada, Chris Drew, Reviews, UK, USASeptember 16, 2022

The Forgiven (2021)

By Chris Drew

★★★☆☆
The unexpected consequences and repercussions of a terrible accident in the Moroccan desert are explored in The Forgiven, John Michael McDonagh’s adaptation of Lawrence Osbourne’s 2012 novel, starring Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain.

★★★★, documentary, Ethiopia, London Film Festival 2021, Mubi, out now, Qatar, Reviews, Sundance, USAJune 21, 2022

Faya Dayi (2021)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Faya Dayi, a poetic documentary by director, producer and cinematographer Jessica Beshir, paints a tapestry of haunting recollections and stories about khat that create a vivid picture of the socio-political landscape in Ethiopia.

★★★★, BFI Player, biopic, documentary, London Film Festival 2021, out now, Reviews, UK, USAFebruary 15, 2022

The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The Real Charlie Chaplin directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney is an immersive documentary that focuses on how Chaplin compulsively reflected his personal life in his films.

★★★★, festivals, out now, Reviews, Sundance, USAJanuary 29, 2022

Sundance Film Festival 2022 Winners

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Sundance Film Festival 2022 Winners

★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2020, Flare, London Film Festival 2020, out now, queer, USANovember 1, 2021

Cicada (2020)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
In Cicada by Matt Fifer and Kieran Mulcare, a twenty-something in New York finds love but his life is clouded by the memories of childhood abuse and the pain of not knowing how to deal with it.