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The Last Tree (Sundance London) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

7th June 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

The Last Tree (Sundance London)

Shola Amoo’s second feature is an accomplished and absorbing film, following the teenage Femi as he struggles to create his own identity and sense of place from disparate memories, experiences and expectations. Little confusions, which for teenagers can still loom large, are woven into far more serious choices. There’s a sweet scene when Femi, walking along… The Last Tree (Sundance London) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Sundance London Tagged With: families, identity, london, nigeria, race

Late Night (Sundance London) 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

1st June 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Late Night (Sundance London)

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

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Sundance London Tagged With: chat show, diversity, race, sexism, tv, women

No Shade 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

15th May 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

No Shade

*** No Shade is showing as part of the Pan-African Film+ Arts Festival in LA this February – find out more here *** “If I’m natural I’m bush, and if I put on a wig I’m fake”, cries the beautiful and elegant Jade in frustration, as a succession of terrible dates and a broken love… No Shade Read More

Filed Under: Featured 3, Film Reviews Tagged With: colourism, photography, race, relationships

Get Out – 1 Minute Video Review Includes Video 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

13th June 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Click here for the full Get Out review

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: get out, get out review, get out video review, jordan peele, race, video-review

Lady Macbeth 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

31st May 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth certainly isn’t a Victorian morality play but you could probably call it a Victorian intersectionality play. It is also a not-very-cautionary tale about power, including the power of silence. New bride Katherine (who has been effectively sold to her husband’s family) is much more in control than her Shakespearean namesake, and more ruthless, always crushing any… Lady Macbeth Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, misogyny, murder, northumberland, race

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Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, John Wick lover and Gerard Butler apologist. My top 5 films:
1. John Wick: Demonhunter (AKA Constantine)
2. John Wick
3. Mike Banning vs John Wick
4. Mike Banning vs John Wick: Requiem
5. Anything with bonnets

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