Welcome to the latest reviews, interviews, and articles submitted by AFCA members for the week ending 3 July 2024.
The Bikeriders (2023)
Andy Hazel – The Saturday Paper – Interview: Actor Austin Butler on masculinity and making movies
- Excerpt: A profile on actor Austin Butler about his life, work and role in the Jeff Nichols’ film The Bikeriders.
Tramps! (2022)
Nadine Whitney – InSession Film – Review: Tramps! Tells the Story of Living Fearlessly
- Excerpt: Tramps! reminds the audience that there are those who will never Fade to Grey.
- Rating: B+
The Teacher Who Promised the Sea (El Maestro Que Prometio El Mar) (2023)
Grant Shade – Film Shapes – Review: The Teacher Who Promised the Sea (El Maestro Que Prometio El Mar)
- Excerpt: This was the film chosen to preview the Spanish Film Festival for 2024 and it’s quite the heart-wrencher. Based on a true story, from a book by Francesc Escribano, it tells of Antonio Benaiges (Enric Auquer), an idealistic teacher from Catalonia, who takes up a position in the small town of Bañuelos de Bureba in 1935.
- Film Festival: HSBC Spanish Film Festival
Artificial Justice
Grant Shade – Film Shapes – Review: Artificial Justice
- Excerpt: This reality adjacent sci-fi thriller is a pretty timely look at one of the many possible uses of Artificial Intelligence – legal judgement.
- Rating: 3.5
- Film Festival: HSBC Spanish Film Festival
Upon Open Sky (A Cielo Abierto)
Grant Shade – Film Shapes – Review: Upon Open Sky (A Cielo Abierto)
- Excerpt: Upon Open Sky sees a trio of teenagers head north from Mexico City on a mission to find the trucker who caused the accident that killed the father of the two lads. Promising enough premise, unfortunately, this is a slight film, aiming for profundity.
- Rating: 2
- Film Festival: HSBC Spanish Film Festival