Yorgos Lanthimos’ Film4-backed feature POOR THINGS has won the Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival. POOR THINGS marks Film4’s fourth collaboration with
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The Mission (review) – BFI London Film Festival 2023
The Mission is showing at BFI London Film Festival and arrives in UK cinemas on November 17. To many, the story of John Chau’s mission to convert the Sentinelese of North Sentinel Island is comical. In The Mission, Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss briefly reflect on the numerous headlines and plethora of memes both about Chau’s demise and the drive of his broader mission. It seems evident that Chau’s endeavours are thoughtless in attempting to contact an isolated society that has repeatedly made its intentions known: outsiders are not welcome. It is easy to conclude the story of John Chau
