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Hello people! Let's do a quick wrap-up of this week. It's hard to be in front of the computer writing because it's 36ºc and I don't have air conditioning. We are trying to survive this heat in front of the rotating fan. Let's start with the worst. Passing . You can pass this one. It's a boring and unoriginal movie. Read the novel that inspired it instead. Then we have Ali & Ava , which is a romantic dramedy for forever-alone middle-aged people 😅. It has a great soundtrack: Bob Dylan, The Specials, Buzzcocks, etc. After Love , a slow-paced drama about a woman's unexpected loss of her husband and the finding of his double life. It revolves around themes of religion, identity and, of course, love. Me and Krasnaya loved the movie's cinematography. Last Night in Soho is a mystery horror thriller by one of my favorite directors from the UK. This Edgar Wright movie is the one that divided me and Krasnaya this week. She didn't like it very much. I love...

Passing is a 2021 black-and-white romantic drama film written, produced, and directed by Rebecca Hall in her feature directorial debut. It is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen, and its title refers to African-Americans who had skin color light enough to be perceived as white, referred to as "passing". The film stars Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga. For her performance, Negga was nominated for the Golden Globe Award, BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passing_(film) Mixed-race childhood friends reunite in middle class adulthood and become increasingly involved in each other's lives and insecurities. While Irene identifies as African-American and is married to a Black doctor, Clare "passes" as white and has married a prejudiced, wealthy white man. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8893974/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** F: I...

After Love is a 2020 British drama film directed and written by Aleem Khan in his feature-length debut. It stars Joanna Scanlan. The movie has been nominated for four BAFTAS, including best director for Aleem Khan, and won several British Independent Film Awards. Joanna Scanlan won the BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Love_(2020_film) Set in the port town of Dover, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10692788/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** F: Today we have a movie with common themes from the previous movie we just watched, Ali & Ava . In After Love we also have the Muslim faith integrated in England, and the grief of a lost child. This time we follow Mary AKA Fatima (Joanna Scanlan) as she finds ...

Ali & Ava is a 2021 British drama film, written and directed by Clio Barnard. The film stars Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook. The movie was nominated for 2 BAFTA awards. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_%26_Ava Ali and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava's past relationship, and Ali's emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11559472/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: We spent yesterday's evening with Ali & Ava on the streets of Bradford, a city in West Yorkshire. Clio Barnard made a very realistic indie movie, about the fact that all ages are submissive to love, and that despite all the hardships that fate brings you, you need to find the strength to move on. Also, there is a serious social connotation here. The topic of racism in modern Yorkshire seems acute. F: Hello gov...

Last Night in Soho is a 2021 British psychological horror film directed by Edgar Wright and co-written by Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns. It stars Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Rita Tushingham, Michael Ajao, Terence Stamp and Diana Rigg. It marks the final film appearances of Rigg and Margaret Nolan, who both died in 2020. The film is dedicated to the memories of Rigg and Nolan. The film was nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards, including Outstanding British. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Night_in_Soho An aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something darker. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9639470/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: Hello everyone! Today we plunged into the atmosphere of the 60s thanks to the movie Last Night in Soho. Edgar W...

Boiling Point is a 2021 British drama film directed by Philip Barantini and starring Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, Ray Panthaki and Hannah Walters. It is a one-shot film set in a restaurant kitchen. It is an expansion of a 2019 short film of the same name, also directed by Barantini and starring Graham. At the 75th British Academy Film Awards, the film received four nominations: Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer (writer James Cummings and producer Hester Ruoff), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Graham) and Best Casting (Carolyn Mcleod). source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_Point_(2021_film) Enter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11127680/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: Hey Freddy! Here we go to our new week theme and this time we have the BAFTA Outstanding movies 2021 category...

Hiya everyone! This week our movie raffle gave us another category picked by Krasnaya. This time I'm happy about it :). We got BAFTA 2022 Outstanding British Nominees. We have already watched the 2022 movie winner in this category and you can check our movie-talk here: Belfast . I always expect the best movies from our oldest allies, so I'm excited about this week. See you tomorrow. The BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts presented at the British Academy Film Awards. The award was first given at the 1st British Academy Film Awards, first recognizing the films of 1947, and lasted until 1968. For over two decades a specific category for British cinema did not exist, until it was revived at the 46th British Academy Film Awards, recognizing the films of 1992. It was previously known as the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film; while still given in honor of Korda, the award is now called "Outstan...