Film Editorial
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Stardust
Not quite the disaster forewarned, but David Bowie deserves better than this glum biopic/road movie that charts the pre-Ziggy artist’s first trip to the USA in 1971.
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Dear Comrades!
A gripping character study as well as illuminating historical drama, veteran Russian director Konchalovsky’s latest picture revolves around the massacre
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The Macaluso Sisters
Set over three acts, playwright Dante’s affecting second picture, adapted from her stage play, chronicles the fallout of a family tragedy reaching over decades.
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Wonder Woman 1984
2017’s ‘Wonder Woman’ came as a pleasant breezy surprise, refreshingly free of the clutter and murk of the DC adaptations that preceded it
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The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
While this comprehensive documentary about the iconic Gibb brothers doesn’t really go to deep into the personal stuff, despite the leading title
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Cocoon
Set over a hot Berlin summer writer-director Krippendorff’s second feature is an appealing and astute coming of age/coming out story.
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Il Mio Corpo
This lyrical, understated and deeply empathetic documentary charts the experiences of two young men scrambling to survive in Sicily.
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County Lines
Based on his experiences as a youth worker, writer-director Blake’s impressive debut is a taut, and well-played coming-of-age drama with striking visuals.
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Murder Me, Monster
Cult status awaits this visually impressive but elusively allegorical supernatural thriller set in rural Argentina, pitched somewhere between Guillermo del Toro and David Lync...
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Patrick
Congratulations if you had offbeat Flemish comedy drama set in a nudist colony from the ‘Peaky Blinders’ director on your 2020 movie release card.
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Asia
This tender and compellingly understated Israeli drama about a young single mother and her sick child is saved from the mawkishness of such fare as
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Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
Pop video pioneer & documentarian Julien Temple brings his usual bricolage brio and sense of mischief to this rousing portrait of Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.
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I Am Woman
First things first: this biopic of Helen Reddy was scheduled for release before her death on 29th September. Alas, this rote and lifeless retelling is not a great memorial.
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