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jamespope
Reviews
Anthony (2020)
Moving and powerful.
Moving and powerful. A must-see. An imagined life. Imagined because Antony Walker was not allowed to live this life. Brilliantly structured, scripted, directed and acted.
Disobedience (2017)
Beautiful and claustrophobic
A beautiful film. Hard to watch in some ways because I felt the pain of the two female leads as they struggled to cope with male dominated and rigid community. I'm not Jewish and and wouldn't want to disrespect any faith, but the community portrayed in the film needs to grow up. Attitudes towards women and sexuality and duty in this community (as depicted in the film) are appallingly oppressive. But it's a film worth watching, along with many other portrayals of prejdice, oppression and the struggle to live a life of one's own. These films are important as society attempts to be more humane, tolerant and kind.
Beast (2017)
Powerful and disturbing
A really interesting and well made crime/thriller focussed on an outsider romance. Much more to it though than just a doomed affair story: intense and convincing character portrayals keep this always enagaging and unexpected. Excellent and gripping performance by the two leads, but the whole cast contributes to the mood of twisted darkness and danger throughout the film.