Stephen Dalton - The Film Verdict

Stranger Eyes

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 6, 2024 | Featured, Festivals, Venice 2024 |

A kidnap thriller rooted in surveillance, voyeurism and the unkindness of strangers, Yeo Siew Hua’s third feature ‘Stranger Eyes’ is the first ever Singaporean film to compete for the Golden Lion in Venice

Mistress Dispeller

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 6, 2024 | Festivals, Venice 2024 |

Director Elizabeth Lo explores China’s novel solutions to infidelity and marital crisis with her intimate love-triangle documentary ‘Mistress Dispeller’.

Peacock

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 5, 2024 | Festivals, Venice 2024 |

A professional friend-for-hire wakes up to the horrors of his soul-destroying job and hollow lifestyle in Austrian writer-director Bernhard Wenger’s sharp-witted, superbly acted black comedy ‘Peacock’.

Joker: Folie à Deux

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 4, 2024 | Festivals, Spotlight, Venice 2024 |

Joaquin Phoenix and director Todd Phillips return to their billion-dollar killer-clown origin story with the music-stuffed, lavishly staged but dramatically flawed sequel ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’.

Queer

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 3, 2024 | Festivals, Venice 2024 |

Daniel Craig stars in Luca Guadagnino’s sumptuous adaptation of the cult William Burroughs novel ‘Queer’, a trippy erotic fever dream that mostly hits the target, despite some narrative flaws.

Author: Stephen Dalton

Stranger Eyes

Mistress Dispeller

Peacock

Joker: Folie à Deux

Queer