Insightful if slightly underwhelming debut from Thomas Wilson-White.
Tag: BFI Flare
BFI Flare 2021: P.S. Burn This Letter Please review – revelatory insight into a forgotten history
P.S. Burn This Letter Please is a moving and detailed look at a forgotten history, celebrating LGBT+ performers while honouring their sacrifices.
Peeter Rebane and Tom Prior on the making of their powerful Cold-War drama, Firebird
The makers of Firebird discuss bringing the heart-breaking true story to the screen.
BFI Flare 2021: Boy Meets Boy review – brief and breezy mumblecore in Berlin
It’s not quite Before Sunrise, but it’s promising enough to suggest it could have been
BFI Flare 2021: Sweetheart review – a charming if predictable coming-of-age story
A socially awkward teenager experiences love and heartache for the first time while on a family holiday.
BFI Flare 2021: Poppy Field review – a tense and pertinent Romanian drama
Poppy Field is a short but tense drama about inner conflicts and identity suppression that surprises and shocks.
BFI Flare 2021: Firebird review – touching portrait of a forbidden Soviet-era romance
Two soldiers embark on a dangerous love affair in this powerful Cold-War drama.
BFI Flare 2021: Enfant Terrible review – shocking portrait of an infatuated creator
Enfant Terrible is mesmerising and powerful, yet too infatuated with its main character to offer a full picture.