Film festivals
Violation
Even the least discerning consumer of horror will acknowledge the immediate beats and tropes of Violation, the first…
By Joseph OwenJoseph Owen
Published articles
Movie
Rock Camp: The Movie
The brainchild of music producer and former sports agent David Fishof, who started the project in 1996, Rock…
By Joseph Owen
Movie
Tesla
At once dour and postmodern, this consciously loose interpretation of the great inventor and engineer, Nikola Tesla, is…
By Joseph Owen
LFF
Bad Tales (Favolacce)
Bad Tales matches the grim determinism of its title. Bad things have happened, are happening, and will happen. This…
By Joseph Owen
LFF
Genus Pan (Lahi, Hayop)
Lav Diaz makes long, slow films. The first point is difficult to dispute while the second functions as…
By Joseph Owen
LFF
Siberia
Abel Ferrara does his own thing, it seems. Other competition efforts this year have paid credence to narrative…
By Joseph OwenVenice
Genus Pan (Lahi, Hayop)
Lav Diaz makes long, slow films. The first point is difficult to dispute while the second functions as…
By Joseph Owen
Venice
Romantic Guide to Lost Lands
As Benno, TV anchorman and dishevelled alcoholic, Clive Owen wears a little stud earring, a jacket and a…
By Joseph Owen
Cinema & TV
“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-World War II epic The Painted Bird. He talks…
By Joseph Owen
Film festivals
The Ties (Lacci)
This Be The Film! A functioning contraceptive for those who dare to wish children on themselves, The Ties…
By Joseph Owen