When I walked into an early morning screening of Going Varsity in Mariachi as part of the 2023 edition of the Sundance London Film Festival, I did not expect to emotionally connect so much with…
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Sundance London 2023 Review – You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
It’s ten years since Nicole Holofcener and Julia Louis-Dreyfus combined their talents for Enough Said, a mature rom-com that captured hearts on the 2013 festival circuit. At long last, they’re back together for another comedy,…
Sundance London 2023 review – Past Lives (2023)
The voices at the start of Celine Song’s delicate Past Lives don’t have faces. They could be us. They’re fascinated by the body language of three people sat together in a bar – a Korean…
Sundance London 2023 review – Talk To Me (2022)
We’ve probably all done it. Got together with some friends to dabble in the supernatural, courtesy of a Ouija board or similar. That’s essentially the idea driving Michael and Danny Philippou’s feature debut, Talk To…
Sundance London 2023 review – Passages (2023)
Warmth and beautiful observation have characterized Ira Sachs’ best films – Love Is Strange and Little Men in particular – but his eye for detail has never shied away from the intricacies and difficulties of…
Sundance London 2023 review – Fairyland (2023)
For his feature debut, director/writer Andrew Durham has taken us to somewhere we know, or at least feel we do – San Francisco in the 70s and 80s. Yet that familiarity is far from a…
Sundance London 2022 Film Review – Brian And Charles (2022)
The relationship between humans and artificial intelligence has a fascination that never goes away. If anything, it continues to grow and inspire storytellers, whatever their medium. From 2001: A Space Odyssey and Ex Machina to…
Sundance London 2022 Review – Honk For Jesus, Save Your Soul (2022)
Regina Hall returns to comedy duties for her second film at this year’s Sundance. Honk For Jesus, Save Your Soul is a feature length version of 2018’s short of the same name, again made by…
Sundance London 2022 Review – Hatching (2022)
Remarkable weirdness of the highest order is what to expect in this Finnish genre, minor masterpiece, whilst maintaining a level of anxiety throughout intent to startle the senses, keeping constantly unusual story aspects front and…
Sundance London 2022 Line Up Announced
Emma Thompson’s Good Luck To You, Leo Grande To Open This Year’s Festival
Sundance London 2021 Film Review – Pleasure (2021)
“Business or pleasure?” an American immigration official asks 19 year old Linnea – soon to re-invent herself as Bella Cherry – as she lands in Los Angeles from Sweden. Her dream is to become an…
Sundance London 2021 To Open With Edgar Wrights The Sparks Brothers
After a year online, Sundance announce that Sundance Film Festival: London will return to Picturehouse Central for its sixth year. This years festival will open on 29th July with Edgar Wright‘s The Sparks Brothers. The festival…
Sundance London Virtual Festival Review – Uncle Frank (2020)
It’s been a while, Alan Ball. Nestled nicely into TV in recent years, it’s a welcome return to the big screen for the acclaimed writer/director. Hitting big with the double whammy of American Beauty and…
Sundance London 2019: The Farewell director/writer, Lulu Wang, on a film about a family lie – and Fleabag
Making a film based on personal experiences and, more crucially, those of your own family comes with built-in pitfalls. Especially if, like The Farewell’s writer and director Lulu Wang, it’s based on a family secret.…
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