Stephen Dalton - The Film Verdict

Kings of the World

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Dec 30, 2022 | Festivals, International Oscars 2024, San Sebastian, SAN SEBASTIAN 2022, Zurich |

Colombian writer-director Laura Mora’s prize-winning road movie ‘Kings of the World’ is a messy but big-hearted love letter to the loveless.

Babylon

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Dec 17, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, Spotlight |

Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie lead a starry cast in ‘Babylon’, Damien Chazelle’s huge, ambitious but flawed love letter to Hollywood in the Roaring Twenties.

A Ballad

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Dec 9, 2022 | Festivals, International Oscars 2024, Sarajevo |

Bosnian director Aida Begic gives a 21st century feminist remix to a 19th century folk story in her baggy but formally ambitious ‘A Ballad’, the Oscar entry from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

CINE VERDICT Los reyes del mundo

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Dec 7, 2022 | Cine Verdict, Featured, SAN SEBASTIAN 2022 |

La premiada road movie de la escritora y directora colombiana Laura Mora es una carta de amor desordenada pero con gran corazón para los que carecen de afecto

Winners

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Dec 7, 2022 | Festivals, International Oscars 2024, Spotlight |

The UK’s official Oscar submission is a sweetly knowing homage to classic cinema, especially the modern masters of Iran.

Author: Stephen Dalton

Kings of the World

Babylon

A Ballad

CINE VERDICT Los reyes del mundo

Winners