Films I love- in no particular order.
Bird -Andrea Arnold UK
Emilia Perez - Spanish- french
Flee - Danish
The Father -British Antony Hopkins. Dementia
La Promesse - Dardennes Brothers, Belgian
Can’t Get You out of my Head Adam Curtis documentary
The East - American
The Square - Swedish
For Sama - Documentary. A young mother films the revolution and war in Aleppo, Syria. Powerful/intense. Arabic
Corpus Christi - Poland
Honeyboy - Father/son story. Moving, intense and funny. English/American
Parasite - Family drama/ social commentary. Funny/witty/noir. Korean
Locke - Relationship drama. One man in a car the whole movie, very original and creative film. English/British
I lost my body - Animation. Relation/Family drama. Highly creative and original. French
Spotlight - Social drama about sexual abuse in the Catholic church and the media. Smart/suspenseful. English/American
Being there - Social/political drama 1970’s. Funny/clever English/American
Suffragette - Social drama about the early days of the suffragette movement in London. Intense/emotional English
Becoming Astrid - Character story about Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children’s writer. Beautiful/strong/inspiring Swedish
The diving bell and the butterfly
The boy in the striped pajamas
The wind that shakes the barley
Life is beautiful
Dirty pretty things
BOOKS
My Brilliant Friend- Elena Ferrante
My Struggle- Karl Ove Knausgaard
Natives- Akala
Poverty Safari- Loki
Where the crawdads sing- Delia Owens
The Healers- Ayi Kwei Armah