The Arab
Algerian director Malek Bensmaïl reframes the iconic Albert Camus novel ‘The Stranger’ from an Arab viewpoint in his uneven but ambitious literary adaptation ‘The Arab’.
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Author: Stephen Dalton
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
A small-town Scottish tour guide declares war on a blockbuster TV fantasy show in ‘The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford’, writer-director Seán Dunn’s enjoyably off-beat comedy about grief, depression and obsessive fandom.
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Dead Souls
Cult indie director Alex Cox gives Nikolai Gogol’s classic satirical novel ‘Dead Souls’ a surreal Wild West makeover in this uneven but enjoyably bizarre love letter to the spaghetti western genre.
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Stephen Dalton’s 5 Favorites from 2025
An SF comedy, a doc on a Ugandan poet and Kirsten Stewart’s directing bow.
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IDFA 2025: The Verdict
Under new Artistic Director Isabel Arrate Fernandez, the world’s largest documentary festival IDFA screened a strong program of political films, intensely personal stories and dazzling visual artistry.
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