Film: Jessica Kellgren-Hayes
New films reviewed, and your films shown!
This week’s PostFeature will be taking a look at The Hundred-Foot Journey in which Helen Mirren plays a Michelin-starred French chef who is forced to contend with the opening of a new restaurant directly across the road, opened by recent immigrants from India, the Kadam family. An interesting choice to have such a “British” actress playing a French woman, but expect many bright colours, high jinks and many heartwarming moments.
Certainly, it is the type of film I watch with my mother and always ends with happy tears.
“Don’t judge a film by its title…”
I know many film buffs who are rather snobbish about director Lasse Hallström’s films: Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, Dear John and… um, Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (don’t judge a film by its title!).
Yet few can contest that the heart-wrenching performances Hallström manages to pull from his cast in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and The Cider House Rules are beautiful. Chocolat is my personal favourite of his works for its beautiful cinematography, filmmaking quirks and being a perfect adaptation of a book I shared with my mother in my early teens. So, yes, as awfully sentimental of me as it may be, I greatly enjoy Hallström’s films – the ones that aren’t adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, at least!
Tune in to this week’s PostFeature, on Wednesday night at 5.30pm, to see whether The Hundred-Foot Journey lives up to my expectations.
I’m hoping you managed to catch FilmFest on Sunday (if not, there is still time! Check the listings for when it’s repeated) and saw our three short films: Sun In The Night, Maengwyn, and The I In Between Us. The first two were created by LOWKEY Films, a local, independent commercial and film production company set up by three students who are sure to go on to big things. Connor O’Hara, Jamie Gamache and Alex Lincoln have been writing and creating films since a young age to a very impressive standard.
This week’s FilmFest on 8 on Sunday 14 September is All Heart, from filmmaker Tim Pieraccini, an independent feature-length film with an all-female cast. The film is shot entirely in Brighton and the surrounding area and despite being zero-budget is both intriguing and exciting. Focused on Hazel, a student working on her dissertation by conducting interviews on the subject of life and career choices for female graduates, the film considers the nature of friendship and female relationships. The film is certainly a “must watch”, so make sure to tune in on Sunday night at 9pm.
If you have a film that needs an audience and would like it to be shown as part of FilmFest on 8 on LatestTV, then get in touch with me, Jessica Kellgren-Hayes, at jessica@thelatest.tv. Remember, we are just the distributer; this is your film and your channel.
