Kajillionaire – LFF 2020 Review Joni Blyth October 8, 2020 Reviews Crime doesn’t pay. Or at least, it doesn’t pay well. Kajillionaire’s con artists are a far cry from ripping off a Vegas bank; a good day’s haul to the Dynes is a gift certificate and a big rock....
The Disciple – LFF 2020 Review Anna McKibbin October 7, 2020 Reviews Early on in Chaitanaye Tamhane’s The Disciple, someone declares that Indian classical music is “an eternal quest.” Our protagonist, Sharad (Aditya Modak), is on this quest, both wrestling with and...
Mangrove – LFF 2020 Review Tom Bond October 7, 2020 Reviews With Mangrove, there’s a sense that writer-director Steve McQueen is searching for a new way to tell stories about the injustices inflicted on Black people. Where his previous films, particularly Hunger and...