Trev

A glorious tone poem rendered more cinematically than some feature films. This is one of those fantastic films that is greater than the sum of its parts. It comprises a voice over and shifting images of a child, and it comes together beautifully. I saw this at the Kingston International Film Festival and the Director spoke about how it started from an image of her child in a window and developed from there. It's a truly lovely piece of fluid filmmaking and holds great promise for what the Director may do next.

Fabulous BBC SF radio drama set in a post-catastrophe world where the natural world has disappeared. Pan (Pearl Mackie) has the job of deleting old data from before the mysterious 'rupture' and one day she trips across the sounds of a jungle and is dazzled by these sounds she hasn't words to describe. There then follows a twisty tale of mind wipes, viral contagions and discovery. It is characterised by a really powerful set of soundscapes so listen on your best equipment.

A dreamy and enigmatic character study about a man who flies to Singapore to wind up his dead brother's affair but finds himself coming adrift. Gerry (Gillen) is a man whose marriage is heading for the rocks and a visit to his dead brother's family and hostess bar in Singapore brings him into contact with a decadent, ex pat' world that starts to fit him too well.

The film plays somewhere between an Antonioni and the wonderful yet under-rated Peter Bogdanovitch film Saint Jack. The bar scenes while stylised feel truthful and affectionate, and the film has some powerful moments - a scene where a bar girl interview becomes a template for a disintegrating marriage is both original and uncomfortable to watch.

Gillen is cast against type and has really worked his way into the character who loses himself through the simple act of wearing a dead man's clothes and walking in his steps.

I notice one reviewer seems concerned with nudity in the film - there isn't any to speak of, so those seeking titillation look elsewhere.