Fantasy
Young Slovenian writer-director Kukla celebrates sexual, ethnic and gender diversity in her slightly heavy-handed but big-hearted debut feature ‘Fantasy’.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 20, 2025 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2025 |
Young Slovenian writer-director Kukla celebrates sexual, ethnic and gender diversity in her slightly heavy-handed but big-hearted debut feature ‘Fantasy’.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 20, 2025 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2025 |
Director Kristina Nikolova’s lively documentary portrait of Bulgarian queer musician and performance artist Ivo Dimchev, ‘In Hell with Ivo’, is compelling but frustratingly light on detail.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Aug 19, 2025 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2025 |
South Korean director Park Syeyoung’s ambitious dystopian sci-fi thriller ‘The Fin’ makes up for its scrappy plot with biting political subtext and striking grime-punk visuals.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | May 20, 2025 | Festivals, Cannes 2025, Featured |
Kirill Serebrennikov’s muscular biopic ‘The Disappearance of Josef Mengele’ about the elusive Nazi fugitive is a real-life horror story, sprawling at times but powered by strong performances and great visual swagger.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Mar 11, 2025 | Featured, Festivals, Venice 2024 |
Writer-director Brady Corbet’s monumental period drama about a tortured genius of modernist architecture, ‘The Brutalist’ is ponderous and bloated, but visually stunning and superbly acted.
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