Film
The Chronology of Water (Review) | BFI LFF 2025
Based on the 2011 memoir by American writer Lidia Yuknavitch, Kristen Stewart's debut is more experimental than narrative – and does more to honour than it does to analyse.
Umnia El-Neil
Umnia El-Neil is a British-Sudanese artist and professional pop culture fan.
Film
Instagram is ✨Cinema: More Life (Review) | BFI LFF 2025
Where theatre meets Instagram Live, you can make cinema, and director Bradley Banton has found a unique angle on the hangout film here.
Film
I saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash (Short Film Review) | BFI LFF 2025
In homage to the short, this review is written in a similar style to how the film is narrated. In 2019 I had decided that Music was evading me, and become too heavy a craft considering it had birthed my career as an Audio Engineer, and was now somewhat badly
Film
I saw this film again and it actually got better: 'The Testament of Ann Lee' | BFI London Film Festival 2025
"This is a story about how pacifism is political. How gender, race, religion are all precursors for violence, and how the denial of that violence is a radical act. However, the story opens up further, like a deep network of roots underground, the more you observe."
Film
Jay Kelly & Boomer Regrets | BFI London Film Festival 2025
Baumbach meditates on sacrifice, career and family, in a way only a man who's old and over the hill can. (Sorry Noah, but it's true.)
Deep Dive
My beef with Yorgos: Why I'm not reviewing Bugonia
In a piece I removed from public view a few years ago, I detail why his type of filmmaking doesn't work for me, and why Yorgos himself has become persona non grata on OBSCURAE despite all of his collaborators being filmmakers I love and respect.
Film
Luca Guadagnino just gets it™ - After the Hunt (Review) | BFI London Film Festival 205
In an intense display of cognitive skill, an old man managed to fool everyone into thinking he was dunking on Gen-Z, and then excoriated his fellow olds.
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Film
Why One Battle After Another is the definitive political epic of the Modern Era (No Spoilers)
Many men have tried; Paul Thomas Anderson has actually (finally) succeeded.
Festivals
Ballad of a Small Player, Swiped, Barrio Triste, Mile End Kicks and MORE! | TIFF50 Round-up
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Film
Couture, Poetic License, Rental Family, Obsession and MORE! | TIFF50 Round-up
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Festivals
Poetic License | TIFF50
Yet ANOTHER film in the Threesome canon, the perfect autumn romp challenges not, but provides a laugh a minute and reminded me how much I adore Cooper Hoffman. #cinema