White Noise
Noah Baumbach and an inspired cast headlining Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig enjoyably bring Don DeLillo’s “unfilmable” novel about America in the Eighties to life with retro gusto, while straining to make it relevant.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | Aug 31, 2022 | Festivals, Spotlight, VENICE 2022 |
Noah Baumbach and an inspired cast headlining Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig enjoyably bring Don DeLillo’s “unfilmable” novel about America in the Eighties to life with retro gusto, while straining to make it relevant.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | Aug 20, 2022 | Festivals, Sarajevo, SARAJEVO 2022, The Festival Verdict |
Croatian director and actor Juraj Lerotic was the big winner at Sarajevo, taking home both the Best Film and Best Actor prizes for his sensitive and devastating feature ‘Safe Place’.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | Aug 13, 2022 | Festivals, Locarno, LOCARNO 2022, The Festival Verdict |
Brazilian director Julia Murat’s bold, brave and important feature ‘Rule 34’ (‘Regra 34’) walked off with the Pardo d’oro for best film at Locarno in a surprise win.
Read MorePosted by Deborah Young | Aug 2, 2022 | Festivals, Locarno |
Posted by Deborah Young | Jul 12, 2022 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary, Karlovy Vary 2022, Spotlight |
Japanese director Masaaki Kudo turns a compassionate eye on a 17-year-old nightclub hostess with a toddler, sent skidding toward prostitution in a heart-felt story set on Okinawa.
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