Lola

If you had a time machine, would you go back and kill Hitler? I'm sure this drunken university philosophical question continues to bounce around, popping up at campus pubs from time to time. How about if the year were 1941 and you had a machine that could pick up radio broadcasts from the future, so you would know when and where the Germans were coming to attack your English country? Welcome to "Lola," Andrew Legge's first feature length film - although with a very short runtime of only 1 hour and 19 minutes. What's it all about? Two sisters have built, Lola, a machine that can pick up radio broadcasts from the future and they use it to help England fight the Nazis in WWII. For a low budget film, Andrew Legge and his crew have crafted a very special looking film, and one of the most intriguing and ingenious little stories to come along since "Memento." A lot of it looks like modified footage from WWII. Apparently "Lola" was shot on actual film giving this black and white picture a crackling-hiss-pop sensibility of a classic analog movie. Highly watchable and wickedly smart, this "The Man in the High Castle"/"Twilight Zone" story is well worth your time. Clever as all get-out. It put a smile on my face and definitely didn't overstay its welcome. The Kinks, David Bowie, and Bob Dylan are some high stakes we are dealing with - that and the future of the free world. Catch Lola on streaming services or at your local rep cinema when you can.