Sarah Gavron

London Film Festival 2019: Days 8 - 10: Devastating Dramas and Dark Comedies
London Film Festival 2019: Days 8 – 10: Devastating Dramas & Dark Comedies

More reviews from this year’s London Film Festival, including Bad Education, The Painted Bird, Rocks and Vivarium.

SUFFRAGETTE: A Gritty & Bold Re-telling Of History

Suffragette has been grabbing the attention of the media and public long before it was even released. First, there were rumours that there were to be no women of colour in the film (this is true). Then there was the at best ignorant, at worst painfully offensive campaign led by Meryl Streep and the rest of the cast, featuring photos of them wearing t-shirts stating ‘I’d rather be a rebel than a slave’.