The Last Video Store is a wonderful look at persistence and love of a format that appears to be on its way out. If there were more places like this little store on a side street in Bristol, we would be the richer for it. This was meant to be
Category: Raindance 2020
FOMO: Fear of Missing Out ★★★1/2 – Raindance
Attila Hartungs debut feature FOMO is a scathing look at over the top masculinity and the lasting effects of abusive use of social media. Teenage friends Gergö (Yorgosz Goletsas), Patrik, Bandi and Ábris are into three things: partying, sex and their online following. One night, at a drunken house party,
Force of Habit ★★★★1/2 – Raindance
Nothing will quite prepare you for the awkwardness and pain you will have for these characters and for women overall after viewing Force of Habit. Filmed by seven directors (Kirsikka Saari, Mila Tervo, Elli Toivoniemi, Jenni Toivoniemi, Reetta Aalto, Anna Paavilainen and Alli Haapasalo. We follow a multitude of characters
A Dim Valley – Raindance 2020 ★★★★
A Dim Valley is a wonderfully dreamy exploration in what can only be described as a slow mythic folk drama. A film with many more layers than you would imagine. That’s boosted by the final two acts wasting no time in its intentions. Professor Clarence (Robert Longstreet) and his two
Endless Sunshine on a Cloudy Day ★★★★ – Raindance 2020
Endless Sunshine on a Cloudy Day peppers in optimism in the face of death. It is a difficult watch despite its big heart for we can see the devastation her cancer is having not only on her but her family. John Connors’ debut feature is a heartbreakingly honest account of
I Am Not A Hero ★★★★1/2 – Raindance 2020
I Am Not A Hero is essential viewing for audiences to fully grasp the events of what happened during the first wave of COVID-19 inside our hospitals. Focusing on the Belgian Erasmus Hospital in Brussels, three filmmakers stayed from the early beginnings of the pandemic until the last day the