Bad Poetry

Bad Poetry:-  Japanese feature.  Raindance 26th Festival 2018. Vue Piccadilly London. A story which would be also suitable in smaller “bites” in a series/soap. Indian writer and director Anshul Chauhan has created a dark, disturbing yet mostly watchable  soap opera of  a story about a young woman,  Jun, a person  whether we’re not sure  we…

5G network auction raised £1.36bn

Regulator Ofcom said “an auction of frequencies, for the next generation of mobile phone networks has raised £1.36bn with Vodafone, EE, O2 and Three all winning the bandwidth needed for the future 5G mobile internet services and faster connections which is expected to be launched in 2020. Ofcom auctioned two spectrum bands 3.4 GHz, which…

Love Possibly

LOVE POSSIBLY – A BRITISH MOCKUMENTARY WITH SOME REFRESHING AD LIB SCENES. RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SCREENING. 83 MINS. MICHAEL BOCCALINI, CHE GRANT FOR THE LOVE OF COMEDY..PLEASE WATCH THIS! Hoping that other countries will fall for the funny side of deliberately nerdy characters who jump through personally made hoops to try and achieve their dreams,…

Rumble; The Indians who Rocked the World

Review of Rumble:- The Indians who Rocked the World. Raindance 26th Film Festival London – till 7th October – closing night includes a party – look online for tickets). “At one time in parts of the USA you could not own a drum or you would be killed”. This film which has already been at…

Above the Clouds

Raindance world premiere “Above the Clouds” – British film – Third Light Films. 87 minutes. Feelgood factor films do work with no spoilers. Leon Chambers – Director,  together with screenwriter Simon Lloyd came up with this feelgood factor tale working together and after several re-writes, the film was made in a relatively short time.  But…

The Sonics Boom

Review of Boom – A story of The Sonics (band) at The 26th Raindance Film Festival The Sonics are amazing…first, they invaded the music world, then secondly they receded into obscurity, then thirdly they came back bigger than ever nearly 40 years later.  Writer/Director/Producer Jordan Albertsen (of Scandinavian descent) took it upon himself to make…

This is Love

THIS IS LOVE – FILM AT RAINDANCE 26TH FILM FESTIVAL 30TH SEPTEMBER 2018 A  fantastic array of Love family members came over from the USA  to this screening about the Love family and their musical exploits mainly in the USA but more recently at the 100 club last night where an audience including Elliott Grove…

A Crimson Star

Review of A Crimson Star at Raindance 26th  London Film Festival. Young lady auteur:-  Japanese Aya Igashi – who directed this poignant film was at 21 the youngest ever director to be nominated at Cannes for the best international feature film. She is now 22. Debut direct Aya Igashi reveals the bond between two lonely…

Raindance festival

From 26th September to 7th October, the Raindance Film Festival is on in London.  Google www.RaindanceFestival.com. Raindance Film festival is the largest independent film festival in the UK founded in 1992 by Elliot Grove to be the voice of British filmmaking. Raindance showcases features and shorts by filmmakers from around the world to an audience of…