Pornomelancolía
Director Manuel Abramovich’s controversial docu-fiction portrait of Mexican porn star Lalo Santos, ‘Pornomelancolía’ is empathetic and absorbing, despite being disowned by its leading man.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 27, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, San Sebastian, SAN SEBASTIAN 2022 |
Director Manuel Abramovich’s controversial docu-fiction portrait of Mexican porn star Lalo Santos, ‘Pornomelancolía’ is empathetic and absorbing, despite being disowned by its leading man.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 24, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, San Sebastian, SAN SEBASTIAN 2022 |
Writer-director Marian Mathias celebrates small acts of kindness and empathy in her opaque but haunting debut feature ‘Runner’.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 23, 2022 | Festivals, San Sebastian, SAN SEBASTIAN 2022, Spotlight |
Oscar-winning director Sebastien Lelio’s handsome literary mystery thriller ‘The Wonder’ stars Florence Pugh as a kick-ass nurse fighting fake news and dubious miracles in 19th century Ireland.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 21, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, San Sebastian, SAN SEBASTIAN 2022 |
Brexit Britain offers only hellish horrors to exploited migrant workers in ‘Great Yarmouth – Provisional Figures’, a bleakly compelling social-realist thriller from Portuguese director Marco Martins.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 20, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, International Oscars 2024, San Sebastian, SAN SEBASTIAN 2022 |
Carmen Jaquier’s powerful debut feature ‘Thunder’ chronicles a stormy collision between religious faith and sexual rapture in early 20th century Switzerland.
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