The Fin
South Korean director Park Syeyoung’s ambitious dystopian sci-fi thriller ‘The Fin’ makes up for its scrappy plot with biting political subtext and striking grime-punk visuals.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 19, 2025 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2025 |
South Korean director Park Syeyoung’s ambitious dystopian sci-fi thriller ‘The Fin’ makes up for its scrappy plot with biting political subtext and striking grime-punk visuals.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | May 20, 2025 | Festivals, Cannes 2025, Featured |
Kirill Serebrennikov’s muscular biopic ‘The Disappearance of Josef Mengele’ about the elusive Nazi fugitive is a real-life horror story, sprawling at times but powered by strong performances and great visual swagger.
Read MorePosted 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.
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