One thing I have noticed so far is the number of films that don't end well, as in don't end clearly or decisively. Perhaps the filmmakers like ambiguity, but it is a bit frustrating for me as a viewer.
Low Rider, the much anticipated return of Campbell X, spends most of its running time on the road, as Londonite Quinn seeks out her father in Cape Town. The film is a quest, a road movie and a bit of a search for the authentic self as Quinn falls in with Harley (a wistful Thishiwe Ziqubu), a duck and dive local with a rusty Toyota.
I enjoyed their rapport but grew frustrated as the film's bumps in the road largely came from bad decisions by Quinn. There was no real sense she wanted to have a spiritual makeover, either, until the last 10 minutes of the film took a sharp left turn and she ended up in some kind of Afrofuturist commune led by a steampunk leader. Most odd and quite jarring.
The short Notice Me certainly does have a decisive ending as it is a Hackney set rom-com in which a new girl has a meet cute with a hunky barista and then spends most of the film running from any possible happy ending. It is quite fun and great to see some local faces on film, too.
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