Merry awards season, one and all. Preparations of excitement, glee and eye-rolling apathy are well under way. We’ve had the Golden Globes and Baftas and today, we’ll have the Oscars – the most confusingly tiresome yet still engrossing film event of the year. While I’m too old to watch the Oscars (I’ve always been too … Continue reading
Compared to other social commentary films like LA HAINE, BLACK is a love story set against the violent world of urban warfare of young second generation immigrants – the 1080s of Moroccan descent and the Black Bronx, presumably of Congolese descent. Both groups alienated by the racism and prejudice in language and skin colour of … Continue reading
I won’t tell you how I managed to watch an Academy screener of SELMA at a friend’s house, a few weeks before the film’s general release. Because I’d have to kill you all. Or be killed by the kind person – who shall not be named – who entrusted us with this precious parcel. Massive buildup … Continue reading
I had planned to repeat last year’s prediction and results analysis of the Oscars. But because life just…is, I haven’t had the time to write a long-winded dissection about how ultimately pointless and yet bewitching the whole Oscars charade is. So I thought it would work if I combined the two processes and discuss the … Continue reading
I have been AWOL for a very good reason. Round my parts, ’tis the season to be a film lover. It’s the annual BFI London Film Festival. The 57th to be exact and I think I’ve broken the record for sheer amount of film seen. The majority of film gorging occurred during the block press … Continue reading
The following review is rather special for me. A bit of a milestone if you wish, for it’s my first foray into guest reviewing for someone else. I am privileged to have been asked to review Riot From Wrong a special screening held last week at Genesis Cinema as part of Urban Screen and B … Continue reading
I’d really like to say I’m joking with my tagline but alas I’m not. The Act of Killing is as powerful as the hype has claimed. However is it a masterpiece? I’m not sure. It is however a thought-provoking and memorable film indeed. It’s set-up as equally interesting as its protagonists, men who in their … Continue reading
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners Dir. Shola Lynch Can I just state that this was the first film that I have been truly anticipating for quite some time. All because of this woman who I discovered via the excellent and highly recommended Black Power Mixtape: In amongst the amazing footage and stories told about … Continue reading
It’s been a long long while. I’m back from Sheffield Doc Fest! What an experience that was! If there is a festival that I would wholeheartedly recommend, this one is it! I was humbled to be part of a festival that was solely about films…and parties. There were a lot of parties! In amongst the … Continue reading
Little back story. Back last year while working for a small film festival, our small team embarked on a doomed project to obtain Mama Africa for our Opening night film. Alas it seems we needed this pesky thing called money, which we didn’t have enough of to screen this important film. It was a bitter … Continue reading
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