Alexa Dalby Archives | Dog And Wolf

★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2024, Cannes Film Festival 2024, France, out now, queer, ReviewsMarch 27, 2025

Misericordia (2024) (Miséricorde)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Misericordia by Alain Guiraudie is an entertaining and disturbing mixture of sex and death.

★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2024, BFI Player, documentary, out now, Reviews, UKMarch 27, 2025

The Stimming Pool (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
April is Autism Acceptance Month and Peckhamplex has a special screening of The Stimming Pool, made by The Neurocultures Collective.

★★★, Alexa Dalby, festivals, France, out now, ReviewsMarch 23, 2025

When Autumn Falls (2024) Quand vient l’automne

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
When Autumn Falls by François Ozon is a beguiling mixture of genres, suspense, love and beauty.

★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2024, BFI Player, Female Filmmakers, first feature, out now, Reviews, UKMarch 11, 2025

On Falling (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
On Falling, a first feature directed by Laura Carreira, is a worthy addition to the Ken Loach trilogy on Sixteen Films: the lives of people struggling on low-wage or zero-hours contracts.

★★★, Argentina, Berlin Film Festival 2025, coming of age, out now, Reviews, Spain, UruguayFebruary 20, 2025

Berlinale: The Message (El Mensaje) (2025)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
The Message is a beguiling, opaque film in Competition at the Berlinale.

★★★★, Berlin Film Festival 2025, coming of age, Female Filmmakers, first feature, Germany, Italy, out now, ReviewsFebruary 18, 2025

Berlinale: Paternal Leave (2025)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Paternal Leave is charming and heartbreaking at the same time. It’s the debut feature written and directed by Alissa Jung.

Berlin Film Festival 2025, documentary, Drama, Germany, out now, ReviewsFebruary 3, 2025

Berlin Film Festival 2025: 13-23 February: Line-up

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆

Berlin Film Festival 2025

★★★★, biopic, out now, Reviews, USA, Venice Biennale 2024January 15, 2025

★★★★☆
A Complete Unknown is an excellently written and acted, star-studded (Timothée Chalamet) biopic directed by James Mangold of four crucial early years in the life of iconoclastic genius, musician and poet, Nobel Prize-winning Bob Dylan.

★★★★, biopic, Chile, Germany, Italy, out now, Reviews, USA, Venice Biennale 2024January 10, 2025

Maria (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Maria, an emotional biopic, directed by Pablo Larrain, starring an incredible performance by Angelina Jolie as the iconic Maria Callas.

★★★, Awards, Female Filmmakers, festivals, Mubi, oscars, out now, Palestine, ReviewsJanuary 9, 2025

Oscars FYC: From Ground Zero (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Oscars 2025: From Ground Zero compiled by Rashid Masharawi is a compilation of short films showing everyday life in a destroyed Gaza.

★★★★★, Awards, Awards, oscars, out now, Reviews, USADecember 21, 2024

Oscars Shortlist 2025

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Oscars 2025 Shortlist

Austria, Germany, Picturehouse, Reviews, Switzerland, Venice Biennale 2023December 11, 2024

The Universal Theory (2023) (Die Theorie von Allem)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
The Universal Theory directed by Timm Kröger is a stunning homage to all those black-and-white film-noir mysteries of the 1940s with a dreamlike sci-fi twist.