All articles by John Bleasdale
Sound of Metal follows Riz Ahmed away from the noise
Ahmed’s tightly wound drummer learns to live with deafness in Darius Marder’s accomplished drama, a film that soars above its issue format.
By John Bleasdale
Ted K visits the Unabomber’s neck of the woods
By John Bleasdale
Ninjababy pits a reluctant mother-to-be against her sweary unborn offspring
By John Bleasdale
Riders of Justice shows Mads Mikkelsen wreaking paternal vengeange
By John Bleasdale
“We did a real séance on Zoom”: Rob Savage on video call horror Host
By John Bleasdale
Never Gonna Snow Again follows a magical mystery masseur in the land of the bourgeoisie
By John Bleasdale
Pinocchio review: Matteo Garrone carves a classic tale into something new
By John Bleasdale
Waiting for the Barbarians review: a vital portrait of an empire in decline
By John Bleasdale
The Perfect Candidate review: a political fable fuelled by optimism
By John Bleasdale
Echo review: a mosaic of an Icelandic Christmas
By John Bleasdale
The Traitor first look: Marco Bellocchio’s murky tale of a mafia informant
By John Bleasdale
Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo first look: a downer on the dance floor
By John Bleasdale
Red 11 first look: Robert Rodriguez goes lo with a tongue-in-cheek instructional horror
By John Bleasdale
What should have won the 2019 Cannes Palme d’Or?
By Isabel Stevens, Nick James and others
The Orphanage first look: Quodrat comes of age in late Soviet-era Afghanistan
By John Bleasdale
The Unknown Saint first look: a lean, timeless desert caper
By John Bleasdale
Peterloo first look: Mike Leigh’s cudgel for a massacre
By John Bleasdale
First Man first look: an elegant, intimate epic about the Moon landing
By John Bleasdale
Yara first look: a celebration of innocence and young love
By John Bleasdale
Suburban Birds first look: Qiu Sheng’s debut feature forges magical links between generations
By John Bleasdale
Woman at War first look: can a guerrilla earth mother have it all?
By John Bleasdale
Dogman first look: Matteo Garrone’s film grits its teeth in the face of life’s savagings
By John Bleasdale
Year zero at the Pingyao International Film Festival
By John Bleasdale