the usual 2-line-per-film catch up format. One day I promise I’ll write a proper review or two…

Days of Glory (aka Indigènes) - at the Bradford Film Festival. Brilliant war film. Highly recommended. I seem to have picked a whole series of films about injustice recently.

Fast Food Nation - at the Bradford Film Festival. Very well acted and immensely enjoyable, non preachy, in spite of the prickly topic. I found some of the drama a bit… unlikely and I don’t really see what the “shock” is all in this film. I suppose it could be a shock for people who don’t know much about illegal immigrants or the food industry, but to me it seemed quite straightforward and not really controversial or biased. A fun film, well crafted.

Water - at the Bradford Film Festival. This film is beautiful and quite shocking at the same time, as it follows a child who is married then widowed and then left in a widow’s house to starve out of sight for the rest of her days… and the women around her, and how they struggle, accept and just go on day by day. The perspective from a child means obviously that a lot of questions can be asked and answered for us who are not familiar with the cultures of India, in a way that feels quite natural. The film happens in the 50s but the situation in the film is still happening today, and I felt quite low at the end for seeing not a comment of “this was made illegal in x” but a “this is still happening to thousands of women today”. 

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