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The History of Time Travel

This might be an early contender for best film of the year. I love a good time travel story, and this is incredibly clever, but without being obnoxious about how clever. It’s a documentary about the person who created time travel. It tells an in depth story, and then when they get to the point of using it suddenly things in the documentary change. Items in the background, people’s titles, the clothes they’re wearing. Some of these changes are small, but you see them snowballing as the film goes on, in quite a dark and interesting way. I recommend watching it, and watching closely.

This Changes Everything

A documentary about women in film, both in front of and behind the camera. Really interesting, but as with all such documentaries now needs a couple of key updates, as the industry has shifted. Still well worth watching as the basis for how the industry has performed so far in terms of gender.

Real Women Have Curves

I’d been hoping to find this for a while now and it was randomly on Sky One. A good coming of age type tale, with a heavy side of societal expectations on the Latinx community. Sterling performances and very well grounded.

Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé

The opening moment when Beyoncé turns around is breathtaking. From there it launches and never comes back down. The swaps between the two performances are seamless and make it a joy to behold. A great way to spend an evening.

One Cut of the Dead

Another contender for best film of the year. I’m not going to say too much, as this is so clever but to know that cleverness is to rob it of something. However I can see why everyone was talking about it and I can’t wait to share this with more people.

Female Perversions

One of Tilda Swinton’s early films, and if this came out now it would be hailed as an interesting insight into women’s fears and anxiety in the modern world. It’s a mixture of gripping quasi-erotic thriller and arthouse film, all of it interesting.

Beyond the Lights

I thought this was going to be the Bodyguard, but it’s a lot more than that. Really interesting takes on the two leads, some obvious romantic movie moments, but all in all a well done take on a story we’ve seen done elsewhere.