MS 70 - The Film Verdict

Young Mothers

Posted by Max Borg | May 26, 2025 | Festivals, 2026 Oscars, Cannes 2025 |

The Dardenne brothers tell another understated story of slices of female life with “Young Mothers”, winner of the Best Screenplay award in Cannes.

The Ugly Stepsister

Posted by Max Borg | Jan 25, 2025 | Festivals, Sundance 2025 |

Nordic horror meets classic French fairy tale in ‘The Ugly Stepsister’, a new take on the well-known Cinderella story that is tailor-made for the genre circuit.

Glimmers

Posted by Max Borg | Sep 29, 2024 | Festivals, Cine Verdict, San Sebastian 2024 |

Pilar Palomero returns to San Sebastián with her third feature, the quietly moving family drama ‘Glimmers’.

Skin in Spring

Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 27, 2024 | Festivals, Cine Verdict, San Sebastian 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

Mi Bestia

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 11, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024 |

Religious rumours combine with a blood moon eclipse and a girl’s journey to womanhood in Mi Bestia, a beguiling coming-of-ager with fantasy elements from Camila Beltran.

Tag: MS 70

Young Mothers

The Ugly Stepsister

Glimmers

Skin in Spring

Mi Bestia