It's been an odd week at the movies for me, with only a couple of in-person screenings, plus a few films to watch online. These included the Japanese anime
Pompo: The Cinephile, based on a manga about a hyperactive young film producer who gives her assistant the chance to direct a movie. It's energetic and rather nutty, but an enjoyable homage to moviemaking. From Ukraine comes the prescient wartime drama
Sniper: The White Raven, an internalised thriller set around Russia's 2014 invasion. It's dark and involving.
I also had a chance to see the historical drama
Hill of Vision, which recently opened in Italy. It's a warm, involving and inspiring true story of survival during WWII and then adaptation to a new life. The London Indian Film Festival closed today with
Superfan, an entertaining Canadian documentary about iconic NBA fan Nav Bhatia, who attended the screening and the party afterwards. This was screened with the Indian short
Jaagran, which won the Satyajit Ray Prize from the jury I participated with - and director Ritviq Joshi was also on hand for the afternoon. And earlier in the week I attended the second
Iris Prize Fellowship event, which honoured iconic TV writer-director-programmer Jacquie Lawrence.
Among films I'll see this coming week at press screenings or online links at home are Chris Hemsworth in
Thor: Love and Thunder, Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in
The Gray Man, Adrien Brody in
Clean, Winona Ryder in
Gone in the Night, the British indie
All Is Vanity and the shorts collections
Boys on Film 22: Love to Love You and
Girls Feels: Into the Blue.
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