GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Stories from the Chestnut Woods
Stories from the Chestnut Woods is a leisurely look into a forgotten land and displaced people
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Pity the Lovers
Pity the Lovers takes the classic romantic comedy to look into male emotions and how men fall in love
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - The Last Autumn (Síðasta haustið)
The Last Autumn is a profound portrait and a dedication to Iceland’s remaining farmers, a tale of a vanishing way of life
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Pictures From Afghanistan
With the help of director Robbie Fraser, David Pratt through Pictures of Afghanistan, his photographs and storytelling, is able to convince a western audience to confront the realities of warfare in Afghanistan
The Call of the Wild
A decent venture for kids who probably won’t delve into the specifics of the CGI
FEMSPECTIVES 2020 - In Search…
While the film can be quite emotionally distressing, Beryl Magoko’s In Search… presents an opportunity to raise more awareness of the impact of FGM
FEMSPECTIVES 2020 - nîpawistamâsowin: WE WILL STAND UP
We Will Stand Up is a way of creating a world where indigenous children can safely be themselves in their own homeland, while they are still fighting for justice
FEMSPECTIVES 2020 - VAI
Vai is a beautifully endearing piece that explores the connections between the Pacific Islands
The Ranch: Part 8
Yes, The Ranch is for rednecks, but the show is good enough, funny enough, and sensitive enough, to appeal to everyone
To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Though the pacing may be off, it’s the chemistry between Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kavinsky that makes the audience fans of the series
Miss Americana
With its debut at the Sundance Film Festival to its NETFLIX drop a week later, Miss Americana is the latest in the subgenre of pop star documentaries
Clemency
An outstanding drama that questions the ethics of state-sanctioned murder, while asking why black men receive the harshest punishments for their alleged crimes
Antigone
Antigone is an angry film that demands to be seen
1917
1917 is an outstanding film that is emotionally impressive within the smaller scale of warfare
Togo
Togo is the perfect family film for Disney+ and it is these original stories that the entertainment company should be focusing on, not remake after remake
Hala
Hala is a piece of specifically South Asian representation, showing promising signs for more Pakistani, Indian, Bengali, Sri Lankan and more stories to be told, because brown girls deserve to see themselves in film
Alina Fauld's BEST OF 2019
You - Season 2
You asks the viewer to question how far their empathy goes, to the victims or to the love-obsessed killer, crafting quite the profound character study throughout for a compelling impact.
Little Women
Greta Gerwig delivers on all the classic aspects of the novel while also modernizing the film to reflect today’s brand of feminism
The Witcher
A standard entry into the fantasy genre, the first season leaves much of the world unexplored and though it starts off slowly, it becomes much more interesting as the episodes progress away from world-building and focus on the characters