Joseph Owen

Joseph Owen is writing a doctoral thesis on Carl Schmitt and literary modernism at University of Southampton. He moonlights as a critic at European film festivals. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @josephowen30

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  Film festivals

  Bad Tales (Favolacce)

  ★★★★★

  Bad Tales matches the grim determinism of it...

  Joseph Owen 14th October 2020
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  Film festivals

  Genus Pan (Lahi, Hayop)

  ★★★★★

  Lav Diaz makes long, slow films. The first ...

  Joseph Owen 11th October 2020
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  Film festivals

  Siberia

  ★★★★★

  Abel Ferrara does his own thing, it seems. Other competition eff...

  Joseph Owen 10th October 2020
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  Film festivals

  Genus Pan (Lahi, Hayop)

  ★★★★★

  Lav Diaz makes long, slow films. The first ...

  Joseph Owen 11th September 2020
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  Film festivals

  Romantic Guide to Lost Lands

  ★★★★★

  As Benno, TV anchorman and dishevell...

  Joseph Owen 10th September 2020
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  Cinema

  “Human beings are capable of the most horrible things”: An interview with The Painted Bird actor Stellan Skarsgård

  Stellan Skarsgård discusses his role in Václav Marhoul’s harrowing post...

  Joseph Owen 9th September 2020
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  Film festivals

  The Ties (Lacci)

  ★★★★★

  This Be The Film! A functioning contraceptive for th...

  Joseph Owen 5th September 2020
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  Berlinale

  My Little Sister: An interview with Nina Hoss, Marthe Keller and the directors

  My Little Sister ...

  Joseph Owen 3rd March 2020
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  Berlinale

  Siberia

  ★★★★★

  Abel Ferrara does his own thing, it seems. Other Berlinale compe...

  Joseph Owen 29th February 2020
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  Berlinale

  The Roads Not Taken

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  For a project packed with talent – writer-dir...

  Joseph Owen 29th February 2020