Stephen Dalton - The Film Verdict

Three Thousand Years of Longing

Posted by Stephen Dalton | May 21, 2022 | CANNES 2022, Festivals, Spotlight |

Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton star in ‘Mad Max’ creator George Miller’s ambitious but misfiring fairy-tale romance ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’.

Aftersun

Posted by Stephen Dalton | May 21, 2022 | CANNES 2022, Festivals |

Writer-director Charlotte Wells combines great performances, poetic visuals and bittersweet personal memories in her dazzling debut feature ‘Aftersun’.

Enys Men

Posted by Stephen Dalton | May 20, 2022 | CANNES 2022, Cannes 2022, Festivals, Spotlight |

Experimental lo-fi director Mark Jenkin finds a rich seam of pagan folk-horror buried in the rocky terrain of England’s weird wild west in ‘Enys Men’.

Love According to Dalva

Posted by Stephen Dalton | May 20, 2022 | CANNES 2022, Cannes 2022, Featured, Festivals |

Director Emmanuel Nicot’s assured debut feature ‘Love According to Dalva’ navigates dark subject matter with compassion, warmth and great performances.

Corsage

Posted by Stephen Dalton | May 20, 2022 | CANNES 2022, Cannes 2022, Festivals, International Oscars 2024, Spotlight |

Director Marie Kreutzer and star Vicky Krieps give a famous 19th century Austrian empress a subversive feminist remix in their joyously imaginative Cannes premiere ‘Corsage’.

Author: Stephen Dalton

Three Thousand Years of Longing

Aftersun

Enys Men

Love According to Dalva

Corsage