Category: non-fest

Out of seeing Othello with Lucian Msamati as Iago. Fucking brilliant. He plays the role in a way I’ve never seen, a man heartbroken by betrayal from Othello, whose revenge is not one of cynical ambition or even psychopathic mischief, but of deep-centred, soul-destroying passion and need. He infuses his performance with ambiguity as to…

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.…