“A boy at the end of the Seville screening came up and said ‘I want to be a dad now. A real dad’.” Rita Osei is the director-producer of Bliss!, set in North East England and Norway. Bliss! follows Tasha, a 16 year old girl with a seemingly indifferent mother and a violent stepdad, who… Director-producer Rita Osei on her journey to bring Bliss! to the big screen Read More
Late Night (Sundance London) 3 stars
When late night chat show host Katherine Newbury is told she’s being replaced, she finally has to face her writers’ room. Literally, as most of the men in there have never even seen her in the flesh before. Those men are all white, and privileged, though not as hirsute as I was expecting. They’re lazy,… Late Night (Sundance London) Read More
About “Late Night” – trailer released for Amazon’s big buy
UPDATE, 23 April: New film clip – check it out below Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) has her own late night talk show, called, rather unimaginatively, Tonight With Katherine Newbury. She’s tough on her employees, and doesn’t fall for the old “I’m a man and I need a pay rise because I’ve had another child” line. She… About “Late Night” – trailer released for Amazon’s big buy Read More
2018: The Good The Bad & The Ugly (But Mostly Good)
Well that went quick! It seems like no time since I was writing my 2018 To-Watch list and thinking how long it was until Aquaman was coming out. And in some ways, not a whole amount has changed in the past 12 months. We’re still in the EU (just), and we still haven’t seen Replicas…. 2018: The Good The Bad & The Ugly (But Mostly Good) Read More
“No Shade” Writer-Director Clare Anyiam-Osigwe On Colourism, Diversity In Filmmaking, & Her Love Of High Stakes
“Twelve years ago the British industry was really bleak for black creatives… The difference today is that festivals like BUFF have been operating as change-makers for unheard voices, providing a bridge for black talent to connect with decision makers or build cast, crew and resources to produce their own projects on their own terms” Clare… “No Shade” Writer-Director Clare Anyiam-Osigwe On Colourism, Diversity In Filmmaking, & Her Love Of High Stakes Read More