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Umnia El-Neil Jack O'Mahoney

Umnia El-Neil, Jack O'Mahoney

16 Oct 2024
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The Chronology of Water (Review) | BFI LFF 2025

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.

By Umnia El-Neil 14 Oct 2025
Instagram is ✨Cinema: More Life (Review) | BFI LFF 2025

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.

By Umnia El-Neil 13 Oct 2025
I saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash (Short Film Review) | BFI LFF 2025

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

By Umnia El-Neil 13 Oct 2025
I saw this film again and it actually got better: 'The Testament of Ann Lee' | BFI London Film Festival 2025

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."

By Umnia El-Neil 12 Oct 2025
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