Haifaa Al-Mansour

London Film Festival 2019, Days 6-7: Under the Radar Gems and Disappointments
London Film Festival 2019, Days 6-7: Under The Radar Gems & Disappointments

More reviews from LFF 2019, including the directorial debuts Babyteeth and Calm with Horses, as well as Olivier Assayas’ Wasp Network.

MARY SHELLEY: An Exquisite Elle Fanning Owns This Lush Biopic

Haifaa al-Mansour’s Mary Shelley, helped along greatly by Elle Fanning’s powerful performance, will summon up all of one’s righteous feminist anger and make one appreciate the accomplishments of Mary and those like her all the more.

MARY SHELLEY Trailer
MARY SHELLEY Trailer

The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and 18 year old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, which resulted in Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein.