A Nick Broomfield documentary about an American serial killer who may have killed more than a hundred women over a 25-year period, where the real horror is how little interest the police and the media took in the murders of black women, many of whom were sex workers. An almost unbelievable catalogue of explicit indifference…
Not part of the film festival but just went to see Ex Machina. Great movie. Tight three-hander, character-based with palpable tension. A movie about gender set in a sci-fi frame. The showing times for this have been shit, but I highly recommend you go see this. Also, best use of female nudity in a movie.…
Fucking hilarious! It’s one of those movies I’m gonna buy on DVD after the festival. Set in Brooklyn, it’s about a bisexual Iranian-American going through the first major break-up of her 20s. The whole thing has kinda a Portlandia vibe and I just laughed from start to finish.
A coming-of-age tale set in Jordan focused on a young Bedouin boy who knows nothing but the safety and happiness of home until one day a guest arrives to ask a favour, and for the first time things like war and colonialism enter his life. Just a beautiful film. There’s another showing tomorrow, if you…