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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 3h

I liked Love, Brooklyn. It may not be the most involving film, but it’s consistently quiet and restrained nature over 97-minutes makes for a likeable, and at times interesting, film that I was happy to be in the company of whilst it was on. #LFF

Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 9h

Loved the opening 20 minutes of Blue Moon, and the intimate nature of the quiet bar scenes. But, the extended conversations and monologues outside of that space can be quite hit-or-miss, especially with the play-like nature. Ethan Hawke is great throughout. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 15h

Throughout Rental Family I had an unwipeable, warm smile spread across my face throughout. The film, like Brendan Fraser’s performance, is soft-spoken, gentle and kind-hearted. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 15h

High Wire is one of the best of the festival. Yes, it has its conventions but I was so struck by it, tearing up on multiple occasions from simple lines of dialogue, that I couldn’t help but forgive it. Isabella Wei is FANTASTIC and I can’t wait to see what she does next! #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 15h

Can now talk about More Life which wasn’t for me. Shot/ made to look like an Instagram Live and feeling like one that I had absolutely no interest in. Just bored throughout with no connection to the film or characters. May have worked better with an audience, though. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 1d

Not allowed to talk about Lady until after its world premiere tomorrow. So, until then please have this image of a dog having a lovely 1st birthday party. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 1d

While watchable, Retreat struggles with multiple left-turns in terms of tone, narrative and character - including switching protagonist part way through. Some work better than others and there’s some interest but too many shifts to properly consistently engage. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 1d

No Other Choice might be slow to start and a bit overlong by the end, but once it enters it’s Fish-Called-Wanda-esque black comedy there are a few good chuckles and a rather enjoyable time. Also features two very good dogs. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 2d

Anemone’s one that I needed time to sit with. Not everything entirely gels together with it sometimes feeling like things are a bit disconnected. But, there are some great performances, especially when it comes to Daniel Day-Lewis’ monologues. I generally liked it. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe I needed to be a bit more awake for Cover-Up to be more properly engaged. While watchable and having a good amount to be interested in I wanted it to get more in-depth with certain topics and its subject rather than a near career highlight run-through. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 2d

Not allowed to talk about High Wire until it premieres tomorrow night. So before then please have this image of The Count in The Countmobile #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 3d

I’m always going to struggle with the Shakespeare ‘language barrier,’ so had some disconnect with Hamlet. However, it seemed that was felt by everyone there. There’s a push from locations and uses of silence, and it’s largely fine. I just struggled to engage with it. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 3d

The President’s Cake might be one of the best films of the festival. A simple story that’s told with striking and affecting emotion. A great central child performance and an avoidance of farce within the drama, I wish I’d given myself longer to sit with it after. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 3d

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is led by a brilliant performance by Oscar Isaac who manages to burst out of the fantastic visual design for a film tinged with del Toro’s love for monsters in the everyday world. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 4d

Feel like I’d have enjoyed Balearic more if I’d actually known what it was about. Going in blind I felt a bit disconnected from the focal shifts, and also as if its satire could have had a bit more upfront bite. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 4d

Even as it becomes utterly nonsensical and I had no idea what was going on in the leaps between meta sequences and shifts in perspective, I can’t deny I still found some enjoyment and chuckles in Reflection In A Dead Diamond’s 70s Bond pastiche. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 4d

Rose Byrne gives one of the best performances of the year in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, perfectly capturing a tired depression and uncertainty amongst increasing tension, fear and chaos. Found a number of scenes particularly difficult to watch. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 4d

Took a while to warm to Hedda as it brought things together, but once the ball gets rolling there’s an engaging, if overlong, drama at hand which builds up interest alongside its expanding details. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 5d

I’m not allowed to talk about More Life until it premieres on Tuesday night, so in the meantime please have this image of Sean Connery meeting Woody (of Toy Story fame). #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 5d

Animal Farm definitely skews more towards a younger audience and with Serkis’ aim to entertain instead of force the message the film feels unsubtle and undermines itself by making the pigs comic relief. But, it’s still sold enough with what it does to see it through. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 5d

Wasn’t entirely sure what direction Hamnet was going to go in, but once it establishes itself there’s a lot to be quietly compelled by. Buckley and Mescal and both fantastic and together make the final sequences a real emotional punch. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 5d

It Was Just An Accident felt a good deal shorter than its run-time. Lightly scattered with farcical humour it knows when to dial up the intensity of the moral drama and confusion at hand with good effect. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 6d

Not a lot to say about The Blue Trail apart from the fact that it’s a calm, very likeable film that moves through its short run-time with ease and gentle effect. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 6d

Straight Circle starts out as an enjoyably funny satire led by two characters who feel like a grumpier Eddie and Richie. However, while it maintains interest, as it loses humour and focuses on effective tone shifts it starts to feel as if it would work better as a short. #LFF

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Jamie Skinner @jamierambles.bsky.social · 6d

My interview with @autisticsociety.bsky.social from earlier this year is now up online, with additional questions for World Mental Health Day.

Thanks to them, and Helen Wilson who interviewed me, for reaching out again!

Read here - www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-g...

“To go to a place of safety where you’re told that you have something worth saying – that’s a wonderful feeling.”

Jamies story on how he got his start in radio and what it means to be told you have something worth saying.

www.autism.org.uk