Deborah Young - The Film Verdict

No Land’s Man

Posted by Deborah Young | Jan 11, 2022 | Cairo, Festivals |

Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays a pathological liar whose romance with an Australian girl unveils a horrifying backstory of racism in Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s genre-bending pleaser.

Marx Can Wait

Posted by Deborah Young | Jan 6, 2022 | Festivals, IDFA |

The most fascinating aspect of Marco Bellocchio’s guilt-streaked revisitation of the suicide of his twin brother in 1968 is the insight it offers into the Italian master’s creative font–his own family.

The Lost Daughter

Posted by Deborah Young | Jan 4, 2022 | Festivals, Spotlight |

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel ‘The Lost Daughter’ strays too far from Italy to be convincing, but a stunningly good Olivia Colman saves the day.

The Exam

Posted by Deborah Young | Dec 25, 2021 | Featured, Festivals, International Oscars 2024, Karlovy Vary, Red Sea |

Cheating on a high school exam for a good cause gives top Iraqi Kurdish writer and director Shawkat Amin Korki (‘Memories on Stone’) a fertile moral field to examine the traps surrounding female empowerment.

Red Sea 2021: The Verdict

Posted by Deborah Young | Dec 19, 2021 | Festivals, Red Sea, The Festival Verdict |

Saudi Arabia takes a big step forward with an international culture event in Jeddah that, for all the glitches, showcased the modern and rapidly changing face of its society.

Author: Deborah Young

No Land’s Man

Marx Can Wait

The Lost Daughter

The Exam

Red Sea 2021: The Verdict