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Blade Runner and Marjorie Prime: Memories on Film
MEMORIES maketh man. Memories are an integral tool of the brain and are vital to human experience. They tether us to the past and allow us to shape ourselves, our futures. As we grow up we collect them – good, bad and ugly – and in doing so they help form the core of our…
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What a party! – The Party (Film Review)
IF you can spare 71 minute of your precious life, please watch The Party, the latest film offering from Sally Potter (Ginger & Rosa, 2012; Rage, 2009). Indeed, I implore you to see it. This is film making at its very best. A belter of a film that you will want to watch time and…
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Round-up: Prestridge² at the BFI London Film Festival 2017
THE BFI London Film Festival 2017 came to a close on Sunday. Catch up on all the films PrestridgeSquared.com reviewed over the last two weeks. Faithfull – ★★ ‘Faithfull is disjointed documentary making. Maybe unlike Whitney: Can I be Me (Nick Broomfield) and Amy (Asif Kapadia), Faithfull’s long life makes it impossible for Bonnaire to…
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A Life’s Work On Film – Jane (Film Review)
SOME people are born with a passion and tenacity for their work that, regardless of age, never subsides. It is such a drive that often fuels greatness. In the world of ethology, Jane Goodall – 83 years old and still travelling the world to educate children – stands out as an example of this, following…
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What Might Have Been: On Chesil Beach
THE novels of the quite brilliant Ian McEwan often make for great cinema as evidenced by Enduring Love (2004) and Atonement (2007) amongst many others. Now add to the list On Chesil Beach shown on the final day of the BFI London Film Festival at a packed Curzon Mayfair. The focal point for the story,…
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Close-up: An Interview with Victoire Du Bois
VICTOIRE Du Bois is a promising young French actress. She has featured in films such as The Forbidden Room (2015) and won acclaim for her performances on-stage as Sasha in Chekhov’s Ivanov, directed by Luc Bondy. Victoire spoke to Prestridge² ahead of the UK release of her latest film Call Me By Your Name. Q:…
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Plenty of Sour and Little of the Sweet: Angels Wear White
CHINA’S phenomenal economic growth in recent years has not been without its consequences. Consumerism has marched forward hand in hand with rampant pollution. Urbanisation has changed the way of life for millions of Chinese people. Economic migration has fractured families. The whiff of corruption is never far away as is the friction caused by the…
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Makala: An Epic Documentary about an Epic Pilgrimage
MAKALA is as tender a documentary as you will view next year – when it goes out on general release in February. Directed by Emmanuel Gras, and previewed at the BFI London Film Festival, it shows the hazardous journey a young Congolese father must make in order to provide for his family. A tortuous mission…
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Claustrophobia, Isolation and Survival: Trapped on Film
THE fear of being trapped is by no means irrational. The desire to flee an uncomfortable or potentially dangerous situation is instinctive – built into our DNA. On film, these fears are intensified and stretched to almost unthinkable boundaries. Characters are placed in situations of terrifying jeopardy and with no easy route to escape forced…
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties and April’s Daughter (Film Reviews)
ALIEN cults and a manipulative mother populated the screen on my second day at the BFI London Film Festival. How to Talk to Girls at Parties – ALEX Sharp (To The Bone) plays Enn, an enthusiastic young Punk lover in 1970’s London. He runs a fanzine with his two friends as they attend parties and…
