Rob Bryher – Green Party Councillor for St George West, Bristol
Description: Green Party Councillor for St George West, Bristol
Urban/transport planner in Easton, Bristol
“Why do you watch so many films?” the film buff is sometimes asked. “They’re good therapy”, is my considered reply. Roger Ebert said that cinema is “a machine that generates empathy”. Like most humans, I don’t take time to empathise enough, but through watching films I feel connected to a wider sense of belonging in the whole world, not just our small part of it. Like last year’s list , this one was assembled from nominees (in most categories except the stylistic and sound ones) for four major awards ceremo
The 2020 awards season was a strange one because of Covid-19, but for many of us who can’t get out to the cinema as much as we’d like to, it was a more accessible year to watch new films as they often went to streaming services a lot quicker than The Before Times. Around about the middle of 2021, I committed to watching the nominees at the Oscars, Baftas, Independent Spirit and British Independent Film Awards, which I thought would give me a good cross-section of choices. It did, but of course I probably sa
Rob Bryher – Green Party Councillor for St George West, Bristol