Stephen Dalton - The Film Verdict

Taurus

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 19, 2022 | Berlin, Festivals, Spotlight |

Musician Colson Baker, aka Machine Gun Kelly, plays a drug-damaged pop star in director Tim Sutton’s ‘Taurus’, a stylishly sleazy but self-indulgent depiction of toxic fame.

Unrest

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 18, 2022 | Berlin, Featured, Festivals |

Cyril Schäublin’s Berlin prize-winner ‘Unrest’ is a playful, gently subversive, precision-tooled drama about anarchist watch-makers in 19th century Switzerland.

One Year, One Night

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 14, 2022 | Berlin, CANNES MARCHE' DU FILM, Festivals |

Spanish director Isaki Lacuesta’s powerful eyewitness drama ‘One Year, One Night’ chronicles the shattering aftershocks of the 2015 Bataclan theatre attack on one young Parisian couple.