The Devil’s Bath
Real historical murder cases inspired ‘The Devil’s Bath’, a relentlessly grim but atmospheric psychological horror thriller from Austrian writer-director duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 20, 2024 | Berlinale 2024, Featured, Festivals, International Oscars 2025 |
Real historical murder cases inspired ‘The Devil’s Bath’, a relentlessly grim but atmospheric psychological horror thriller from Austrian writer-director duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 19, 2024 | Festivals, Berlinale 2024, Spotlight |
Mischievous writer-director Bruno Dumont combines visually dazzling ‘Star Wars’ parody with small-town French farce in his admirably ambitious but muddled space opera ‘The Empire’.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 18, 2024 | Featured, Berlinale 2024, Festivals |
German director Matthias Glasner’s autobiographical, darkly funny, emotionally raw ensemble drama ‘Dying’ plays like a three-hour family therapy session.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 17, 2024 | Berlin 2024, Featured, Festivals |
German director Andreas Dresen’s biopic of anti-Nazi activist Hilde Coppi, ‘From Hilde, With Love’ is diligent and thoughtful but too tastefully restrained.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 15, 2024 | Berlinale 2024, Festivals |
Cillian Murphy follows his huge ‘Oppenheimer’ success with glum but powerful personal project ‘Small Things Like These’, a soulful literary psychodrama about mercy, empathy, complicity and dark misdeeds in 1980s Ireland.
Read More