Janet Planet
Celebrated stage dramatist Annie Baker paints childhood as a midsummer daydream full of tragicomic adult behaviour in her droll, charming film debut ‘Janet Planet’.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 15, 2024 | Featured, Berlinale 2024, Festivals |
Celebrated stage dramatist Annie Baker paints childhood as a midsummer daydream full of tragicomic adult behaviour in her droll, charming film debut ‘Janet Planet’.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 14, 2024 | Berlinale 2024, Featured, Festivals, Sundance 2024 |
Aaron Schimberg’s darkly funny body-horror fairy tale ‘A Different Man’ takes a satirical scalpel to the beastliness of beauty.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 3, 2024 | Festivals, Spotlight, The Festival Verdict |
Rotterdam Film Festival’s 53rd edition balanced an uneven competition program full of sombre three-hour dramas with more adventurous sidebars, essay films, experimental video art and pop superstar guests.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 3, 2024 | Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam 2024 |
Indian director Midhun Murali’s prize-winning animated shadow-puppet epic ‘Kiss Wagon’ is loopy and confusing but still a dazzling, highly original visual feast.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam 2024 |
Kazakh writer-director Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s stylish but brutal neo-western thriller ‘Steppenwolf’ takes place once upon a time in the Wild East.
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