Stephen Dalton - The Film Verdict

Another Spring

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 15, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, Sarajevo |

Serbian director Mladen Kovacevic finds echoes of the current Covid pandemic in Europe’s last smallpox outbreak in his artful, atmospheric found-footage documentary ‘Another Spring’.

Serviam – I Will Serve

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 12, 2022 | Festivals, Locarno, LOCARNO 2022, Sarajevo, Spotlight |

A twisted sister at an all-girl Catholic school pushes her fanatical faith to dangerous extremes in Ruth Mader’s gripping psycho-horror thriller ‘Serviam – I Will Serve’.

Loving Highsmith

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 11, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, Locarno, LOCARNO 2022 |

Swiss director Eva Vitija gets up close and personal with much-filmed thriller author and queer icon Patricia Highsmith in her well-crafted documentary ‘Loving Highsmith’.

Matadero

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 10, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, Locarno, LOCARNO 2022 |

Director Santiago Fillol revisits the brutal political climate of 1970s Argentina through the lens of cinema in his dry but elegant period thriller ‘Matadero’.

Stella in Love

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 9, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, Locarno, LOCARNO 2022 |

A troubled teenage girl finds love and liberation in the nightclubs of 1980s Paris in director Sylvie Verheyde’s slight but charming autobiographical retro-drama ‘Stella in Love’.

Author: Stephen Dalton

Another Spring

Serviam – I Will Serve

Loving Highsmith

Matadero

Stella in Love