Nick James Festivals

Oct 29, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Nick James Festivals |Nick James |Catherine Wheatley |Jessica Kiang

High in the Italian Alps in 1944, village life subsists in precarious isolation from the war but follows the grooves of ingrained tradition. The family of grey-haired school teacher Cesare Graziadei (Tommaso Ragno) runs to nine children with a 10th on the way, despite each new addition threatening their ability to feed themselves and further educate their children.

Oct 13, 2023 | bfi.org.uk | Nick James |Chris Shields |Simran Hans |Nick James Festivals

Just the right amount of hangdog sadness haunts the face of Austin Butler, playing Benny – the blue-eyed James Dean-esque icon of existential freedom at the core of The Bikeriders – to make him feel like an authentic 1960s under-educated outsider.