Mostly British Film Fest: Goldstone

The Mostly British Film Festival heads into its tenth year with twenty-five new and classic feature films and documentaries from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India and, for the first time, Canada. This mix of classics, dramas, thrillers, biopics and stories based on historical events offers something for every film lover.

Goldstone is part detective story/part crime thriller, this visually arresting film explores a currently hot topic: the human trafficking of young Asian women tricked into a life of prostitution. When one of these migrant women goes missing, an indigenous Aussie detective partners with a sharply dressed local cop to find her. Director Ivan Sen makes excellent use of shots of the vast Australian Outback. The detectives run up against the town’s brassy mayor, who bakes apple pies while putting the screws to her constituents and is unforgettably played by two-time Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver (“Animal Kingdom” and “Silver Linings Playbook’) in a platinum wig and scarlet lips.