Author: Rhys Handley

Rhys Handley is a journalist and film critic currently reading Film Studies MA at King's College London. He has appeared in Sight & Sound, One Room with a View, CineVue, and Vague Visages.

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Review

A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood (Marielle Heller, 2020), TriStar Pictures, USA, 16mm / DCP, colour, sound, 109 Minutes, Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood (Marielle Heller, 2020), TriStar Pictures, USA, 16mm / DCP, colour, sound, 109 Minutes, Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks)

Tom Hanks inhabits a fellow American icon in this warm nostalgia trip

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Interview

SEBERG: IN CONVERSATION WITH BENEDICT ANDREWS

Benedict Andrews, Born 1972, Adelaide, Australia
Benedict Andrews, Born 1972, Adelaide, Australia

“It took a while to land on Kristen, but once we did it was like ‘Holy fuck, how could it have been anyone else!?'”

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Review

HONEY BOY

Honey Boy (Alma Har'el, 2019), Amazon Studios, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 93 Minutes, James Lort (Shia LaBeouf)
Honey Boy (Alma Har'el, 2019), Amazon Studios, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 93 Minutes, James Lort (Shia LaBeouf)

Shia LaBeouf mines patriarchal pain to bring his own coming-of-age to the screen

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BFI LFF Review

KNIVES OUT

Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019), Lionsgate, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 130 Minutes, Lieutenant Elliott (Lakeith Stanfield), Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig)
Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019), Lionsgate, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 130 Minutes, Lieutenant Elliott (Lakeith Stanfield), Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig)

Rian Johnson takes aim at modern America in a playful, ingenious murder mystery

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BFI LFF Review

THE REPORT

The Report (Scott Z. Burns, 2019), Amazon Studios, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 119 minutes, Daniel Jones (Adam Driver)
The Report (Scott Z. Burns, 2019), Amazon Studios, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 119 minutes, Daniel Jones (Adam Driver)

The truth will out as Adam Driver takes on the CIA in real-life post-9/11 thriller

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Interview

ZOMBI CHILD: IN CONVERSATION WITH BERTRAND BONELLO

Bertrand Bonello, Born 9 November 1968, Nice, France
Bertrand Bonello, Born 9 November 1968, Nice, France

“I became interested in looking into the truth of the zombie and bringing it back home to Haiti.”

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BFI LFF MUBI Review

ZOMBI CHILD

Zombi Child (Bertrand Bonello, 2019), MUBI, France, DCP, colour, sound, 103 Minutes, Fanny (Louise Labeque)
Zombi Child (Bertrand Bonello, 2019), MUBI, France, DCP, colour, sound, 103 Minutes, Fanny (Louise Labeque)

Teen trifles clash with sacred traditions and powerful voodoo in Bertrand Bonello’s diasporic meditation

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BFI LFF Review

GHOST TOWN ANTHOLOGY

Ghost Town Anthology / Répertoire des Villes Disparues (Denis Côté , 2019), Canada, 16mm, colour, sound, 97 minutes, Jimmy Dubé (Robert Naylor)
Ghost Town Anthology / Répertoire des Villes Disparues (Denis Côté , 2019), Canada, 16mm, colour, sound, 97 minutes, Jimmy Dubé (Robert Naylor)

Tragedy dredges up the spectres of the past in Denis Côté’s chilling community parable