It's been another eclectic week for press screenings, cut short here in Britain by a four-day weekend to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee: 70 years on the throne. But the movies just keep coming. The biggest screening was for
Elvis, introduced in person by Baz Luhrmann, Tom Hanks, Austin Butler and various other actors and producers. I absolutely loved the film, as Luhrmann uses his hyper-lush approach to dig for deeper meaning in Elvis Presley's life story.
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Also surprisingly deep, the romantic comedy
Fire Island gives Jane Austen's
Pride and Prejudice a proper queer spin, and is notable for being unapologetic, hilarious and swoon-worthy. The animated feature
The Bob's Burgers Movie is deadpan comical fun even for those unfamiliar with the TV show. And a bit further afield, the Indian drama
Major recounts the true story of a hero of the 2008 Mumbai attack with sudsy melodrama and rah-rah patriotism, while the Rwandan musical fantasy
Neptune Frost is so bracingly original that it gets deep under the skin even if its story is dreamy and enigmatic. And the shorts collection
The Male Gaze: Fleeting Glances features seven sharply provocative films exploring awkward connections.
Everything gets much busier next week with Sundance Film Festival: London - I'm planning to see nine films there, and will cover them here as usual. The movies include Emma Thompson in
I Love You, Leo Grande; Sterling K Brown in
Honk For Jesus, Save Your Soul; Rebecca Hall in
Resurrection; the British drama
Brian and Charles; Finnish horror
Hatching; volcanic documentary
Fire of Love; and social justice doc
Free Sol Choo Lee.
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