Flying Blind Review

• 12th Apr 2013

Helen McCrory plays Frankie an engineering consultant for the UK military, specialising here in designing drones. She’s also a woman with a sexual appetite and soon begins a steamy relationship with a younger man, student, Kahil.

Despite their secretive affair, Kahil expresses an interest in her work which soon results in suspicions looking down upon him and his intentions, as a young Muslim man living in the western world.

The drama is clearly painted from the moment the two hook-up. The sex itself is kept tasteful, minimal, but persistent as the relationship between the leads continues. But perhaps this distant and often outside perspective on the affair is what keeps the audience at arm’s reach from any tension that is mounting. Instead the relationship seems cold, yet artfully lensed.

McCrory clearly is relishing the part of a woman come undone by her own desires and is a real draw for the film, but as a post-modern dialogue on terrorism in the world today, Flying Blind is perhaps a little too clearly signposted.

Steven Hurst

FLYING BLIND  will tour through key cities in the UK throughout April including London, Bristol, Cardiff, York, Cambridge, Oxford, Nottingham, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and Brighton.  Each event will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and/or cast TBC.

Regional Q&A tour dates:
Thursday 11^th April – Barbican, London (Additional screenings 12^th – 18^th April)

Saturday 13^th April – Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

Sunday 14^th April – Watershed, Bristol (Additional screenings 12^th – 18^th April)

Tuesday 16^th April – Greenwich Picturehouse

Wednesday 17^th April – York Picturehouse

Saturday 20^th April – Cambridge Picturehouse

Monday 22^nd April – Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton

Tuesday 23^rd April – Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford

Wednesday 24^th April, Hackney Picturehouse, London

Thursday 25^th April – Nottingham Broadway (Additional screenings 26^th April – 2^nd May)

Friday 26^th April – Sheffield Showroom

Saturday 27^th April – Edinburgh Filmhouse

Sunday 28^th April – Glasgow Film Theatre

Tuesday 30^th April – Manchester Cornerhouse

Thursday 2^nd May – Brighton Komedia
For a full list of tour dates and tickets go to http://www.flyingblindfilm.com/