Joseph Owen

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    Next Door
    ★★★★★

    Daniel Brühl supposedly sends himself up in this sly and insinuating two-hander, which is part...

    Joseph Owen 10th October 2021
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    Gerda
    ★★★★★

    Gerda is a diverting, if frustrating, account of thwarted personal choice in modern...

    Joseph Owen 16th August 2021
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    Brotherhood
    ★★★★★

    Shot over five years in a docufictional style that fuses reality and...

    Joseph Owen 16th August 2021
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    The Sacred Spirit (Espiritu Sagrado)
    ★★★★★

    This darkly comic work walks and, for the most part,...

    Joseph Owen 13th August 2021
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    Medea
    ★★★★★

    The Greek myth of Medea ends in tragedy, and this bold, bullish adaptation from...

    Joseph Owen 12th August 2021
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    Vortex
    ★★★★★

    Gaspar Noé, generally a director of provocations, has made an elegant and candid...

    Joseph Owen 12th August 2021
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    Berlinale
    Je Suis Karl
    ★★★★★

    It’s rare that a film seems entirely reverse-engineered from a college...

    Joseph Owen 5th March 2021
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    Tzarevna Scaling (Doch rybaka)
    ★★★★★

    Uldus Bakhtiozina’s glorious film conjures up a dream...

    Joseph Owen 4th March 2021
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    Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Guzen to sozo)
    ★★★★★

    Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winner Three...

    Joseph Owen 4th March 2021
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    Petite Maman
    ★★★★★

    This gracefully rendered, fabular tale provides an exquisite distillation of...

    Joseph Owen 3rd March 2021