Some Reflections on the BFI London Film Festival 2022; PART 1
An especially good festival, there were some terrific films. Too many films to cover all here. Some have now been released but others will come out before the end of this year.
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Author: Carlie Newman
Amsterdam (12) |Close-Up Film Review
It’s a spot the stars sort of film! Amsterdam is an amusing film with a somber historical background. Great in showing the period – 1930s New York
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Official Competition (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Penelope Cruz – tick, Antonio Banderas – tick, Oscar Martinez – tick. And Banderas and Cruz together with that special chemistry on full power, is just wonderful!
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The Good Boss (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Javier Bardem brings a super slimy persona to director Fernando Leon de Aronoa‘s satire, The Good Boss. Bardem plays Julio Blanco who gives out the air of caring for his workers and referring to them as his family.
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Fisherman’s Friends: One and All (12A) |Close-Up Film Review
This is a lovely, feel good film. And, apart from a couple of brief scenes in London, the setting is the South West so should appeal to Fans of this part of England.
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Blacks Can’t Swim: The Sequel (12) |Close-Up Film Review
Amazingly 95% of black adults and 80% of black children in the UK do not swim. It’s not actually that they can’t but for reasons shown in this film, they don’t swim which could result in loss of life!
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Downton Abbey: A New Era (PG) |Close-Up Film Review
Like a warm comforting duvet, the second Downton Abbey film – a spin-off from the TV series – has come to us to the delight of its many fans. Bringing back almost all of the well-known characters from Julian Fellows’ TV series.
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Julia (PG) Close-Up Film Review
Fascinating documentary about a woman who changed the whole way of American cookery. Unexpectedly finding herself a star of TV, Julia Child brought French cooking to her home country.
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Master Cheng (PG) Close-Up Film Review
A slow, intimate, quiet film with gorgeous filming. We meet Cheng (Pak Hon Chu), who has come to Pohjanjoki, a small town in Finland looking for his former Finnish friend.
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The Batman (15) |Close-Up Film Review
Robert Pattinson takes on the role of Batman in the new Marvel comic hero film, The Batman. He is Bruce Wayne/Batman in the first of a new series.
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