The intricacy that Homeward dances around will perhaps prevent a wider appreciation of the film, but with a Cannes premiere and being Ukraine’s Academy Award entry for Best International Film, the film’s cultural poignance is its main grounding.
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Without diminishing the nominees, there is one screenplay that should have made the cut.
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Shana Myara talks to us about her debut feature documentary, ‘Well Rounded’, fresh from BFI Flare.
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The Banishing is a horror movie built on familiar ground, and despite good intentions never quite surpasses its origins
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Samuel Van Grinsven’s Australian coming-of-age debut feature centres on an intense exploration of anonymity, sex, and social media.
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From stairwells to suburbs and beyond, Los Angeles quite literally is cinema, and Thom Andersen’s Los Angeles Plays Itself sets out to prove it.
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PS: Burn This Letter Please goes beyond the chronological scope of the letters, providing measured glimpses of New York’s queer history.
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The opening does a grand job of hooking the audience in but unfortunately the rest of the film isn’t nearly as strong or coherent.
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These tropes have been around since the dawn of film and TV, and before that in books, stories, plays and other media.
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We spoke to director Peter Murimi about his documentary ‘I Am Samuel’, showing at this year’s BFI Flare Festival.
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