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Living

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, Spotlight, Sundance |

A masterful Bill Nighy, director Oliver Hermanus and screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro relocate Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 classic Ikiru to post-war London in the quietly powerful remake Living.

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Jan 14, 2022 | Festivals, London, Spotlight |

Originally reviewed Oct. 12, 2021 – NOW ON APPLE TV Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand and a solo Joel Coen turn Shakespeare’s bloodthirsty classic Macbeth into a ravishingly beautiful game of thrones.

Ascension

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Jan 8, 2022 | Featured |

Jessica Kingdon’s prize-winning, Oscar-shortlisted documentary Ascension is a disjointed but fascinating portrait of contemporary China as consumer capitalist superpower.

The Tender Bar

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Jan 7, 2022 | Festivals, London, Spotlight |

George Clooney directs Ben Affleck in The Tender Bar, a warm-hearted but flat coming-of-age drama.

Flee

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Dec 24, 2021 | Festivals, Oscar shortlist, Spotlight |

Denmark’s shortlisted Oscar contender Flee is a warmly personal animated coming-of-age documentary about an Afghan refugee coming to terms with his sexuality and painful family history.

Author: Stephen Dalton

Living

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Ascension

The Tender Bar

Flee