This year’s edition of the BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival, which took place 16th – 26th March 2017, offered … More
Author: Filmgeist
A French and Scottish Londoner with eclectic tastes in film, music, theatre, arts and food. I think in French, write in English and drink in Spanish. Share your thoughts on films you have enjoyed and let's chat!
Neruda (2016): Chile’s national treasure takes you on a playful and poetic epic
I was lucky enough to visit “La Sebastiana”, Pablo Neruda’s home in Valparaíso in Chile about 10 years ago. It’s … More
Trust in me, just in me… watch Embrace of the Serpent
Ciro Guerra’s Embrace of the serpent (2015) is one of those films in which the story matters less than the … More
Moonlight (2017): the audacious, melancholy portrayal of a man who wasn’t allowed to be himself
Hailed as one of the first mainstream films about being a black gay man in today’s America, Moonlight by Barry … More
Californian women on the verge of a new century
Mike Mill’s light drama 20th Century Women explores the ups and downs of a peculiar group of women (and men) … More
Mustang (2015): the beautiful story of five fillies fighting for their rights in traditional Turkey
Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven was one of the great sensations of Cannes in 2015 and received great critical acclaim … More
T2 Trainspotting (2017): what’s life like when you’ve been on drugs for 20 years?
Unlike superhero franchises, bespectacled magician sagas and New-Zealand-based heroic fantasy trilogies, 90’s cult film Trainspotting wasn’t exactly begging for a … More
La La Land: from whiplash to Hollywood smash
I first became acquainted with Damien Chazelle’s work through his short film Whiplash, shown at the London Film Festival in … More
Suddenly, I write about Suddenly, Last Summer by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1959)
The human brain is a universe of its own. It encloses such unfathomable mysteries that modern science is only at … More
Pack your compass, Davy Crockett hat and favourite books. Moonrise Kingdom: to the rescue!
Isn’t it great when one of your favourite directors of the moment delivers a film that’s even more brilliant and … More
