San Sebastian 2024

San Sebastián 2024: The Verdict

San Sebastián 2024: The Verdict

Sep 29, 2024 | ,

The long-running Basque film festival’s latest edition delivered contentious prizes and dubious celebrity vanity projects, but it also showcased a feast of Spanish screen talent alongside strong comebacks from Pamela Anderson, Mike Leigh and more.

Skin in Spring

Skin in Spring

Sep 27, 2024 | , ,

Small in scale but big in its ambition to show how an ordinary woman reinvents herself by learning to express her desires, the Colombian film ‘Skin in Spring’ is observational fiction at its most delicate and intriguing

The Last Showgirl

The Last Showgirl

Sep 26, 2024 | , ,

Former ‘Baywatch’ star Pamela Anderson tests her indie art-house credentials in Gia Coppola’s ‘The Last Showgirl’, a slight but engaging portrait of an ageing Las Vegas dancer facing the existential terror of midlife redundancy.

Hard Truths

Hard Truths

Sep 26, 2024 | , ,

Mike Leigh returns from a lengthy excursion shooting period films to the kind of chamber piece he excels in, in ‘Hard Truths’, a small story about family dysfunction magnified into high drama by Mariane Jean-Baptiste’s formidable lead performance as a wife and mother going over the edge.

Turn Me On

Turn Me On

Sep 25, 2024 | ,

Director Michael Tyburski’s charmingly offbeat dystopian sci-fi rom-com ‘Turn Me On’ takes place in a cult-like community where sex and love, joy and anger have been chemically erased.

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San Sebastian 2024

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