Fatima Sheriff

On Truth & Movies this week, The Rage virus rears its ugly head again in 28 YEARS LATER, we check out Pixar's latest ELIO and finally, for film club it's BUCKAROO BANZAI.

Joining host Leila Latif are Fatima Sheriff and David Jenkins.

Anticipation.
Cautiously optimistic and intrigued by Netflix comedy writers at the helm.
Enjoyment.
A riot and not the story suggested by trailers in a pleasantly surprising way.
In Retrospect.
The end credits deflated the spirit, the MCU feels out of control.

The whodunnit comedy is in fashion, thanks to Knives Out and Only Murders in the Building, and never far behind with what viewers want, Shonda Rhimes' production company presents The Residence.

My customary review of the latest BBC Agatha Christie update, this sit squarely in the middle of the rankings but tipped over by some supreme casting

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss the return of Bridget Jones in Mad About A Boy and the Palestinian refugee thriller To A Land Unknown. Finally, for film club, we revisit Elia Suleiman’s Divine Intervention.
Joining host Leila Latif are film critics Corinna Antrobus and me, Fatima Sheriff

A recording of my chat with Jannat Suleman and Ayan Artan on Muslim women's representation on the big and little screen.

Wicked good! Pleased to report!

A review in print and online of documentary No Other Land.

Anticipation.

The occupation is decades long but this new friendship sparks much needed hope.

Enjoyment.

A carefully curated microcosm of Palestinian resistance through family and community.

In Retrospect.

If you weren’t already radicalised… this is the film to watch. Free Palestine.

An LFF review of the stunning documentary Dahomey

After her breakout role in Everyone’s Talking about Jamie, Lucie Shorthouse was quickly cast as the veil-wearing band manager Momtaz in Nida Manzoor’s We Are Lady Parts. Booked and busy, she returns for Series 2, and to boot, is playing DC Siobhan Clarke in a reimagining of the detective Rebus. She spoke to FILMHOUNDS about gear shifting in her career and bringing brown girl magic to the screen.

Online and in print: Felt like going through nigh endless cycles of unresolved fables, could have just been a short.

March 8 is International Womens Day, and there’s no better time to learn more about the bold, iconic, diverse works that women have given cinema.
Here’s just 30 of the many female-directed movies that Flicks writers love the best—with picks courtesy of Rachel Ashby, Amelia Berry, Lillian Crawford, Eliza Janssen, Katie Parker, Amanda Jane Robinson, Fatima Sheriff, Katie Smith-Wong and Sarah Thomson.

A ranking of 10 films directed by women turned into a collaborative list in which I provide a blurb for Meshes of an Afternoon

Make a note to see this one in the future – Alice Lowe’s time-jumping comedy Timestalker premiered at SXSW 2024, and you’ll get the chance to see it… some time. You’re likely to be impressed.

A return to reviewing at press screenings with the delightful and sharp (though sometimes not sharp enough) Wicked Little Letters