Ben Nicholson - The Film Verdict

Will You Look At Me

Posted by Ben Nicholson | May 25, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Shuli Huang’s intensely personal and moving diary film is like a heart-wrenching exploration of – and possibly coda to – his relationship with his mother.

Amo

Posted by Ben Nicholson | May 23, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Emmanuel Gras’ aesthetically minded short is an abstract vision that blends planetary movement and physical intimacy, playfully meditating on where exactly we come from.

The Stranger

Posted by Ben Nicholson | May 20, 2022 | CANNES 2022, Festivals |

Hinging on two compelling performances, this is an absorbing drama that blends the cat-and-mouse tension of a thriller with police procedural to gripping and haunting effect.

When There Is No More Music To Write, and other Roman Stories

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Apr 4, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

Éric Baudelaire riffs on the music and musical sensibility of Alvin Curran in this absorbing archival documentary about the revolutionary fervour of mid-century Rome.

Congress of Idling Persons

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Apr 2, 2022 | Festivals, Verdict Shorts |

In this collaborative rumination on the nature and limits of political protest, Bassem Saad weaves together performance, found footage, and on-screen text with playful results.

Author: Ben Nicholson

Will You Look At Me

Amo

The Stranger

When There Is No More Music To Write, and other Roman Stories

Congress of Idling Persons