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Category: London Film Festival

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Possessor (2020)

October 16, 2020October 17, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"The longer she stays in, the greater the risk to her brain"

Posted in horror, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Andrea Riseborough, Brandon Cronenberg, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rossif Sutherland

The Human Voice (2020)

October 15, 2020October 21, 2020 Dave McAllister1 Comment

"It made me imagine my hand was wielding a knife and I was sticking it in you"

Posted in cinema, drama, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Jean Cocteau, Pedro Almodóvar, Tilda Swinton

David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020)

October 14, 2020October 15, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"We're work in progress. We're not fixed. Our brains change"

Posted in cinema, London Film Festival, music, streamingTagged David Byrne, Spike Lee

The Intruder (2020)

October 11, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"That boy's a keeper. He's an angel"

Posted in horror, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Cecilia Roth, Daniel Hendler, Erica Rivas, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Natalia Meta

Siberia (2020)

October 10, 2020October 6, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"Do you actually believe you'll find your own soul here?"

Posted in drama, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Abel Ferrara, Anna Ferrara, Christ Zois, Christina Chiriac, Dounia Sichov, Simon McBurney, Stefano Falivene, Willem Dafoe

A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura (2020)

October 10, 2020October 6, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"How things change: now you like red bean paste with bits in"

Posted in drama, London Film Festival, streaming, TVTagged Ami Takad, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Tokushi Hasegawa, Tsutomu Fujiwara

Shirley (2019)

October 9, 2020October 10, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"Maybe disappearing was the only way anyone would notice her"

Posted in cinema, drama, horror, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Elisabeth Moss, Josephine Decker, Logan Lerman, Martin Scorsese, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, Orlagh Cassidy, Robert Wuhl, Shirley Jackson, Victoria Pedretti

The Disciple (2020)

October 7, 2020October 3, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"If you want to walk this path, learn to be lonely and hungry"

Posted in drama, London Film Festival, streaming, thriller, westernTagged Aditya Modak, Alfonso Cuarón, Arun Dravid, Chaitanya Tamhane, Kiran Yadnyopavit, Sumitra Bhave

Coup 53 (2019)

August 21, 2020January 19, 2021 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"...it's a 'debotle'!"

Posted in London Film Festival, streamingTagged documentary, Iran, politics, Ralph Fiennes, Taghi Arirani, Walter Murch

Make Up (2019)

August 18, 2020November 24, 2020 Dave McAllister4 Comments
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"Do you know a girl with long red hair?

Posted in cinema, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Claire Oakley, Joseph Quinn, Molly Windsor, Stefanie Martini

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