Sky Peals

I really liked this. It reminded me more of North American indie cinema than typical British fare, and I think that was due to the way it was shot, and the tempo.

Everyday locations are lent gravitas, and imbued with strong emotion. Personally I've always found motorway service stations to be particularly compelling, like miniature towns; so that helped.

I like that it doesn't reach any pat conclusions and lets the viewer decide what this is all about. In that regard, it reminded me of four films. Two little seen films by Lodge Kerrigan: Clean, Shaven and Keane, and more recently, Take Shelter and Midnight Special by Jeff Nicholls. All complex and mysterious, while being deeply personal.

Hope to see more from his director in future.

SKY PEALS

This is the story of someone suffering a loss, like we all have in our lifetime. It is how to deal with it or in this instance how to struggle with it. Adam is struggling with the death of his father and also thinks his father was an alien.

Adam is played with great compassion and a smattering of humour by Faraz Ayub, the rest of the cast are excellent too. It is shot well, with an emphasis on dark, as is the mood of the film. It could not have been shot any other way, a clever idea, well written and directed too by Moin Hussain . You have to watch the whole film and make your own conclusion about the ending.

Robert Meader.