The Brutalist
Writer-director Brady Corbet’s monumental period drama about a tortured genius of modernist architecture, ‘The Brutalist’ is ponderous and bloated, but visually stunning and superbly acted.
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Posted by Stephen Dalton | Mar 11, 2025 | Featured, Festivals, Venice 2024 |
Writer-director Brady Corbet’s monumental period drama about a tortured genius of modernist architecture, ‘The Brutalist’ is ponderous and bloated, but visually stunning and superbly acted.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Mar 3, 2025 | Featured, Cannes 2024, Festivals |
A Brooklyn lapdancer falls for a super-rich Russian playboy in ‘Tangerine’ and ‘Red Rocket’ director Sean Baker’s latest walk on the wild side, ‘Anora’.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 24, 2025 | Berlin 2025, Festivals |
Starring Rose Byrne on revelatory form, Mary Bronstein’s high-energy dark comedy ‘If I Had Legs I’d Lick You’ takes a deep dive into the nightmarish pressures and surreal horrors of motherhood.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 24, 2025 | Festivals, Berlin 2025 |
Punky Romanian auteur Radu Jude softens his usual bitingly satirical approach with his latest Berlinale prize-winner ‘Kontinental ’25’, a serious-minded but minor-key social drama about gentrification and bourgeois liberal guilt.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 20, 2025 | Berlin 2025, Featured, Festivals |
Filmed in schools all across war-torn Ukraine, Kateryna Gornostai’s panoramic documentary ‘Timestamp’ is a deeply moving ensemble portrait of youthful hope and courage.
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