Stephen Dalton - The Film Verdict

Enter the Clones of Bruce

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 15, 2023 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2023 |

David Gregory’s entertaining documentary ‘Enter the Clones of Bruce’ chronicles the bizarre explosion in Bruce Lee lookalikes and copycat films that followed the martial arts superstar’s death 50 years ago.

Coup!

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 8, 2023 | Featured, Festivals, VENICE 2023 |

Writer-director duo Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman blend historical pandemic echoes with timeless political tensions in their old-fashioned but engaging class-war drama ‘Coup!’

Sky Peals

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 5, 2023 | Featured, Festivals, VENICE 2023 |

An alienated young man becomes fixated on his late father’s extra-terrestrial origins in debutant director Moin Hussein’s underpowered but appealingly strange inner-space odyssey ‘Sky Peals’.

Hoard

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 2, 2023 | Featured, Festivals, VENICE 2023 |

Director Luna Carmoon’s richly imaginative debut ‘Hoard’ finds filth and poetry in a young woman’s traumatic journey from childhood to womanhood.

Chuck Chuck Baby

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 30, 2023 | Festivals, Spotlight, Toronto, Toronto 2023 |

Debut director Janis Pugh’s off-beat musical rom-com ‘Chuck Chuck Baby’ is a rough-edged but warm-hearted celebration of working-class dreamers and queer liberation.

Author: Stephen Dalton

Enter the Clones of Bruce

Coup!

Sky Peals

Hoard

Chuck Chuck Baby