Willem Dafoe
BFI LFF 2019: The Lighthouse (2019)
Opus Zero (2017)
★★☆☆☆
Willem Dafoe is central to Opus Zero, Daniel Graham’s nebulous, Mexico-set feature debut.
At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
★★★★☆
Willem Dafoe stunningly inhabits the outer shell of tormented artist Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s disturbing, arty biopic At Eternity’s Gate.
Félicité (2017)
★★★★☆
The (African) portrait of a lady, Alain Gomis’ Félicité is a dazzling, vibrant depiction of Africa, womanhood and dreams of a life.
The Florida Project (2017)
★★★ύ☆
Sean Baker’s The Florida Project is a gorgeous sugar-rush adventure and a sobering study of poverty, though it leans too much on the former for the latter to leave its sting.
BFI LFF: The Florida Project (2017)
★★★☆☆
Sean Baker’s The Florida Project is a gorgeous sugar-rush adventure and a sobering study of poverty, though it leans too much on the former for the latter to leave its sting.
DOG EAT DOG (2016)
Flashily shot, ultra-violent and at times absurd. Paul Schrader’s fast-moving failed heist movie stars Nicholas Cage and Willem Dafoe. Dog Eat Dog [rating=2] CAUTION:…
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BFI LFF 2016: Some of the Best of the Rest
The 60th BFI London Film Festival in October 2016 screened around 250 features from 74 countries over 12 days at 15 venues all over…
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The Cannes Film Festival 2016
And the winner of the Cannes Film Festival 2016 Palme d’Or is Ken Loach for his searing film of social criticism I, Daniel Blake.
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Pasolini (2014)
★★★★☆
Evoking the last days of Pier Paolo Pasolini, Abel Ferrara’s Pasolini lets the controversial Italian filmmaker’s thoughts and ideas do the scandalising.
London Film Festival 2014: Pasolini
Pasolini [rating=4] by Alexa Dalby Expect darkness and fireworks from Abel Ferrara’s thought-provoking biopic (with a fabulously diverse soundtrack) of the last 24 hours…
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
★★★★☆
With a cast list as long as your livery-sleeved arm, Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel is a colourful romp through the bright lights of Old Europe.
Nymphomaniac (2013)
★★★★☆
A riot of sex, literary references and A-list performances in two volumes, Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac is an erotic catechism on the agony and the ecstasy.