Movie reviews

13. LGBT+ FILM FESTIVAL

WILDHOOD

Watchable. Shot in Nova Scotia, with a half-Ukrainian-half-Mohawk in the leading role - a hot combination. This road movie doesn't bring anything new to cinema. Some translations are wrong. But I loved the dance with soft moves and the accompanying music.

The whole festival was planned out conveniently without film endings and beginnings overlapping - you could make it to all screenings. Shorts were screened early during the day so if you got to the cinema late, which was likely with roadworks in central Warsaw, you would still see some of the films. Variety of genres, topics and geographical origins meant not everything was to my liking but anyone would find something that tickled their fancy. 

OSS 117: ALERTE ROUGE EN AFRIQUE NOIRE (FROM AFRICA WITH LOVE)

Recommended. Sharp satire on old Bond films with their sexism, on IT problems, the technological generation gap, colonial and post-colonial politics, internal conflicts in Africa, depleting natural resources, it mocks also all the films where a lone wolf has to team up with a rookie and 80s adventure movies. The protagonist's series of racist blunders is a delight. The film's really smart, observational. Kenyan vistas add to the pleasure. There's an early mid-credit.

Reviewed from the distributor's screener, a quality one, still the cinematic reception might differ.