Stephen Dalton
Tomatometer-approved critic
American Psycho (2000)
68%
“Boldly adapting the notoriously violent novel by Bret Easton Ellis by turning it into a savagely funny satire on corporate sexism and 1980s materialism, the writer-director Mary Harron delivers more black comedy and less graphic gore.” –
Times (UK)
Apr 4, 2025
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American Psycho 2 (2002)
24%
“Overcooked cash-in slasher sequel adds a female serial killer but misses the point. ” –
Times (UK)
Apr 1, 2025
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Köln 75 (2025)
3/4
“Ido Fluk's playful period biopic celebrates the remarkable true story of the teenage German girl who made a landmark jazz concert happen against impossible odds.” –
The Film Verdict
Feb 25, 2025
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Kontinental '25 (2025)
100%
3/5
“Punky Romanian auteur Radu Jude softens his usual bitingly satirical approach with this serious-minded but minor-key drama about gentrification and liberal guilt” –
The Film Verdict
Feb 25, 2025
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De idylle (2025)
3/4
“Dutch writer-director Aaron Rookus explores the funny side of death, depression and existential despair in this witty family tragicomedy.” –
The Film Verdict
Feb 25, 2025
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Rains Over Babel (2025)
91%
3/4
“Colombian writer-director Gala del Sol’s stylish debut feature is an audacious, ambitious, kaleidoscopic carnival of queerness loosely based on Dante’s ‘Inferno’.” –
The Film Verdict
Feb 25, 2025
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Timestamp (2025)
4/5
“Filmed in schools all across war-torn Ukraine, director Kateryna Gornostai's timely documentary is a deeply moving ensemble portrait of youthful hope and courage.” –
The Film Verdict
Feb 25, 2025
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The Light (2025)
8%
1/4
“German writer-director Tom Tykwer returns to the big screen with a stylish but shallow family psychodrama set in contemporary Berlin.” –
The Film Verdict
Feb 25, 2025
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Mickey 17 (2025)
77%
2/4
“Multiple Robert Pattinsons share a risky deep-space mission in 'Parasite' director Bong Joon-ho's visually dazzling but muddled sci-fi comedy thriller.” –
The Film Verdict
Feb 25, 2025
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What Marielle Knows (2025)
3/4
“A telepathic schoolgirl reluctantly discovers some disturbing family secrets in German writer-director Frédéric Hambalek's sharp-witted satirical comedy.” –
The Film Verdict
Feb 25, 2025
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Islands (2025)
92%
3/4
“Sam Riley and Stacy Martin share dark secrets and smouldering sexual tension in Jan-Ole Gerster's slow-moving but stylish psychological thriller.” –
The Film Verdict
Feb 25, 2025
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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
93%
“Starring Rose Byrne on revelatory form, Mary Bronstein’s high-energy dark comedy takes a deep dive into the nightmarish pressures and surreal horrors of motherhood.” –
The Film Verdict
Feb 25, 2025
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New Strains (2023)
57%
“Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan make inventive use of vintage lo-fi video technology in this slight but charming pandemic rom-com” –
The Film Verdict
May 3, 2024
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The Empire (2024)
57%
“French writer-director Bruno Dumont combines visually dazzling 'Star Wars' parody with small-town farce in this ambitious but muddled space opera.” –
The Film Verdict
Mar 10, 2024
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Eternal (2024)
“Danish director Ulaa Salim's romantic sci-fi weepie is a glossy but underpowered inner-space odyssey that falls short of its Christopher Nolan-sized ambitions.” –
The Film Verdict
Mar 10, 2024
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Small Things Like These (2024)
94%
“Cillian Murphy stars in this relentlessly glum but powerful personal project, a soulful literary psychodrama about mercy, complicity and Church crimes in 1980s Ireland.” –
The Film Verdict
Mar 10, 2024
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Sasquatch Sunset (2024)
72%
“Featuring wordless performances by a heavily disguised Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough, this boldly surreal Bigfoot comedy has surprising emotional depth.” –
The Film Verdict
Mar 10, 2024
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The Devil's Bath (2024)
91%
“Real historical murder cases inspired this relentlessly grim but highly atmospheric psycho-thriller from Austrian writer-director duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala.” –
The Film Verdict
Mar 10, 2024
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Dying (2024)
100%
“German director Matthias Glasner's autobiographical, darkly funny, emotionally raw ensemble drama plays like a three-hour family therapy session.” –
The Film Verdict
Mar 10, 2024
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Janet Planet (2023)
85%
“Pulitzer-winning stage dramatist Annie Baker paints childhood as a midsummer daydream full of tragicomic adult behaviour in her droll, charming film debut.” –
The Film Verdict
Mar 10, 2024
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A Different Man (2024)
93%
“Aaron Schimberg's darkly funny body-horror fairy tale takes a satirical scalpel to the beastliness of beauty.” –
The Film Verdict
Mar 10, 2024
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Flathead (2024)
“Australian director Jaydon Martin's debut documentary is a feast of gorgeous monochrome cinematography and a soulful, quietly spiritual work.” –
The Film Verdict
Mar 10, 2024
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Steppenwolf (2024)
82%
“Kazakh director Adilkhan Yerzhanov's stylish but brutal neo-western takes place once upon a time in the Wild East.” –
The Film Verdict
Mar 10, 2024
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So Unreal (2023)
89%
“Amanda Kramer's debut documentary trawls classic sci-fi and cyberpunk cinema seeking cautionary clues about our current age of digital dystopia.” –
The Film Verdict
Mar 10, 2024
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The Black Guelph (2022)
90%
“Irish actor-director John Connors makes a powerful statement with this gritty crime thriller about secrets, lies and trauma passed down the generations.” –
The Film Verdict
Mar 10, 2024
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