Stephen Dalton - The Film Verdict

My Old School

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Apr 14, 2022 | Dublin, Festivals, Glasgow, Hot Docs, Spotlight, Sundance |

Scottish director Jono McLeod’s debut documentary ‘My Old School’ is a highly entertaining account of an outlandish fraud and its lingering aftershocks.

Boiling Point

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Mar 31, 2022 | Festivals, London, Spotlight |

ORIGINALLY REVIEWED OCT. 9, 2021 Stephen Graham gives a raw, red-meat performance as a troubled chef in this sizzling single-shot ensemble drama now on Netflix.

Belfast

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, London, Red Sea, Tallinn, Toronto |

ORIGINALLY REVIEWED OCT. 13, 2021 Kenneth Branagh won the Academy Award for best original screenplay for this warm, funny, visually sumptuous autobiographical drama.

You Are Not My Mother

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Mar 10, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, Glasgow |

Irish writer-director Kate Dolan’s prize-winning debut feature ‘You Are Not My Mother’ is a rich witches’ brew of psychological horror, social realism and creepy Celtic folklore.

F@ck This Job

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Mar 8, 2022 | Festivals, IDFA, NYC, Thessaloniki Documentary |

Vera Krichevskaya’s lively documentary ‘F@ck This Job’ chronicles how a rebellious gang of champagne-loving Moscow socialites ended up running the last independent TV news channel in Putin’s increasingly repressive Russia.

Author: Stephen Dalton

My Old School

Boiling Point

Belfast

You Are Not My Mother

F@ck This Job