My Brother The Devil Archives

★★, UKMay 8, 2015

Still (2014)

By Mark Wilshin

★★☆☆☆
Unpicking class tension in the aftermath of the London riots, Simon Blake’s Still blends genres to create a strange yuppies-in-peril gangster-horror hybrid.

★★★, UKDecember 5, 2014

★★★☆☆
Down-on-his-luck Carter has recently become homeless, single and unemployed. Desperate to win back his ex-girlfriend, he goes off on an adventure throughout London to find her, picking up some odd helpers along the way.

festivals, London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2013, queerMarch 26, 2013

Film Festival: 27th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2013

By Mark Wilshin

Taking on sham gay marriages, oppression and homophobic violence, the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival holds back on taboo in favour of a global step forward.

★★★★, queer, UKNovember 9, 2012

My Brother The Devil (2012)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
A London La Haine, Sally El-Hosaini’s mesmerising debut My Brother The Devil looks at brotherhood, homosexuality and turf wars in post-riot Hackney.

festivals, London Film Festival 2012October 23, 2012

Film Festival: The 56th London Film Festival 2012

By Mark Wilshin

In the year of London 2012, the 56^th London Film Festival is exploring the capital, from Dickensian Smithfield via the brutalist Barbican to modern-day Hackney.