Heal The Living
A film about two people’s stories linked by a heart transplant. Lovely.
Author: gffreviews
Paradise
Still shaking and crying from Paradise. Had to go wash my face. It’s the story of a Russian princess who is sent to the concentration camps for hiding Jewish children from the Nazis. It’s about how she manages to keep her strength of spirit throughout her ordeal, and the impact that has on the lives…
Mindhorn
A sort of Galaxy Quest meets Hot Fuzz. A washed up actor reprises his role from his ’80s tv cop show to help police solve a murder on the Isle of Man. Julien Barratt is great as this sort of BoJack Horseman-esque character, stumbling with delusional optimism around the wreckage of his old life. It’s…
Across The Waters
A solid but ultimately unremarkable escape from the Nazis movie.
Clash
Whoa. Just came out of Clash, a film about the 2013 Egyptian riots following the military overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood presidency installed after the fall of Mubarak, but shot entirely within the back of one police van. It basically spans a day and a night all within one claustrophobic location, as supporters of the…
The Chamber
A movie about a poor Swedish bastard who gets press-ganged by the US military into taking their operatives down in a sub to the floor of the North Korean sea. Unsurprisingly, things do not go well. I would rate this movie as ok. I’ve seen this kinda thing done before and better in movies like…
In The Radiant City
A film in which a prodigal son returns to a family blown apart when he testified against his brother in a murder trial years before. Excellent performances, everyone serving time for one person’s act, lives irrevocably changed, struggling to reconcile even for a moment. Solid film.
Louise By The Shore
A beautiful animation about an elderly woman who spends a year living in a shack on the beach, and finds nourishment in solitude.
Werewolf
A film about a couple of junkies trying to come clean, and the struggle as they sabotage themselves and each other. Opens with a suicide, so you know it’s gonna be cheery. I liked that the film was beautiful and humanising while not sugar-coating the characters, not making them super-likable or cast as martyrs. They’re…
The Chocolate Case
A documentary about a Dutch satirical sketch on slavery in chocolate production which develops into the creation of a global ethical chocolate company. It’s bizarre because what starts out as anti-commercialist comedy ends with a commercial entity. It’s a bit like the weird trajectory of Bob Geldof’s life which was to be a rock star…