Joseph Owen

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    Berlinale
    Nebenan (Next Door)
    ★★★★★

    Daniel Brühl supposedly sends himself up in this sly and insinuating...

    Joseph Owen 1st March 2021
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    Berlinale
    Language Lessons
    ★★★★★

    This sincerely felt, fundamentally misguided film amounts to a lockdown...

    Joseph Owen 1st March 2021
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    Berlinale
    Moon, 66 Questions
    ★★★★★

    This promising domestic drama about a young woman reconnecting with her...

    Joseph Owen 1st March 2021
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    Movie review
    Max Winslow and the House of Secrets
    ★★★★★

    This mostly witless young adult adventure tries to reimagine Wily Wonka and...

    Joseph Owen 12th February 2021
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    Movie review
    Bliss
    ★★★★★

    Bliss is a po-faced and dramatically inert science fiction meander that remains firmly committed to...

    Joseph Owen 6th February 2021
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    Film festivals
    Violation
    ★★★★★

    Even the least discerning consumer of horror will acknowledge the immediate beats and tropes...

    Joseph Owen 3rd February 2021
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    Movie review
    Rock Camp: The Movie
    ★★★★★

    The brainchild of music producer and former sports agent David Fishof, who started the...

    Joseph Owen 15th January 2021
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    Tesla
    ★★★★★

    At once dour and postmodern, this consciously loose interpretation of the great inventor and engineer,...

    Joseph Owen 15th January 2021
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    Film festivals
    Bad Tales (Favolacce)
    ★★★★★

    Bad Tales matches the grim determinism of its title. Bad things have...

    Joseph Owen 14th October 2020
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    Film festivals
    Genus Pan (Lahi, Hayop)
    ★★★★★

    Lav Diaz makes long, slow films. The first point is difficult to...

    Joseph Owen 11th October 2020