SXSW 2020 - The Donut King
Alice Gu’s The Donut King is a quintessential American story of immigration, ambition, downfall, and donuts
SXSW 2020 - I Used to go Here
Kris Rey's I Used to Go Here is a personal and wonderfully layered tale of self-acceptance and growth
Tyler Perry's A Fall from Grace
A Fall from Grace ultimately only offers entertainment to those who get a good laugh out of fascinatingly bad movies
Rare Beasts
Rare Beasts, is a tremendously intriguing and heartfelt existential crisis that explores gender and societal issues in a gloriously intimate and charismatic feature
IFFR 2020 - Filles de joie (Working Girls)
Filles de joie (Working Girls) ventures captivatingly into social themes, and this is not to be confused with facetious exploitation
BERLINALE 2020 - Semina il vento (Sow the Wind)
A wonderfully curated central performance from Yile Yara Vianello with deep thematic weight, and terrific cinematographer and a subtle telling score from Valerio Camporini, makes for an emotive and engaging drama
Esto no es Berlín (This is Not Berlin)
Despite the trite pastiche of other coming-of-age films that makes up the backbone of This Is Not Berlin, there are spots of brightness to be found
BERLINALE 2020 - Automotive
Automotive is a surprisingly clever documentary which is both structurally and narratively lean
BERLINALE 2020 - Days of Cannibalism
Days of Cannibalism is a dark and terror fuelled drama, expertly crafted in an organic manner of a documentarian eye that reveals the strange and often tragic paths of mankind
BERLINALE 2020 - Pari
Pari is a dark and traumatic modern tragedy on all fronts, but one that showcases a glimmer of hope against racial and gender pressures, with a stunning central performance from Melika Foroutan that speaks volumes through visuals
Unorthodox
Unorthodox, NETFLIX'S latest miniseries, is a somewhat satisfactory attempt at making a social drama that falters its journey to the end-point
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
James Lebrecht and Nicole Needham's NETFLIX documentary, Crip Camp is an incredible look inside the life of the biggest marginalised group in American society: disabled people
BFI Flare 2020 - Came the Wave
There is a profound weight to each and every moment in Vint la Vaguewith valuable consequence, and one that screams to be explored further
Frida. Viva la vida
An engrossing and illuminating biographical telling of the life of the infamous, revolutionary Mexican artist Frida Khalo
BERLINALE 2020 - Isabella (Encounters)
Everything from the cinematography by Fernando Lockett to the acting of Maria Villar and Augustina Muñoz feels extremely talented and vibrant
BFI Flare 2020 - A Battle in Waterloo (short)
Writer-director Emma Moffat's short film Battle of Waterloo is a remarkably poignant and profound short that utterly engulfs its audience with a compelling and clever juxtaposed plot.
BERLINALE 2020 - Death of Nintendo
Raya Martin’s Death of Nintendo is a light-hearted, fun coming of age story
SXSW 2020 - I'll Meet You There
Iram Parveen Bilal's I'll Meet You There not only as an engaging and profound story on race in America but a vital captivating story of the multifaceted dynamic of what religion means in the household
AKIRA KUROSAWA: A Celebration of a Filmmaking Icon
To celebrate Akira Kurosawa’s tremendous legacy CLAPPER will run a curated retrospective of his works with an aim to underscore the enduring relevance of his immense filmmaking output
BERLINALE 2020 - The Notes of Anna Azzori / A Mirror that Travels through Time (Gli appunti di Anna Azzori / Uno specchio che viaggia nel tempo)
Gli appunti di Anna Azzori / Uno specchio che viaggia nel tempo (The Notes of Anna Azzori / A Mirror that Travels through Time) is, more or less, an unwatchable albeit profoundly personal tale that discusses an array of societal issues