Alexa Dalby Archives | Dog And Wolf

Alexa Dalby, festivals, Italy, ReviewsOctober 15, 2024

ROME FILM FESTIVAL 2024: 16-27 OCTOBER 2024

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Rome Film Festival 2024

★★★, Alexa Dalby, Cannes Film Festival 2023, Netflix, out now, Reviews, UKSeptember 2, 2024

Firebrand (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Firebrand directed by Karim Aïnouz is an entertaining slice of simplified English history starring Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Eddie Marsan and Simon Russell Beale.

★★★, Alexa Dalby, Belgium, biopic, Cannes Film Festival 2023, Female Filmmakers, France, out now, Reviews, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UKApril 15, 2024

Jeanne du Barry (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Jeanne du Barry, which opened the Cannes Film Festival 2023, is co-written, directed and starred in by Maïwenn, also starring Johnny Depp, in a glossy historical French biopic.

★★★, Alexa Dalby, BFI London Film Festival 2023, Cannes Film Festival 2023, Female Filmmakers, First-time filmmakers, France, Mongolia, out now, Qatar, Reviews, Switzerland, Women FilmmakersApril 5, 2024

If Only I Could Hibernate (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
If Only I Could Hibernate written, directed and produced by Zoljargal Purevdash is an involving, behind-the-scenes look at pressing issues in Mongolia, with an ecological message, seen through the life of an endearing teenager.

★★★★★, Alexa Dalby, Cannes Film Festival 2024, festivals, out now, ReviewsApril 3, 2024

Cannes Film Festival 2024 (77th) 14-25 May 2024: Line-up

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2024

★★★★, Alexa Dalby, Berlin Film Festival 2023, Berlinale, festivals, Norway, out now, queer, SwedenApril 3, 2024

Opponent (2023) (Motståndaren)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Opponent, written and directed by Milad Alami, is a powerful, must-see film about the refugee experience and conflicted desires.

★★★★★, Alexa Dalby, Berlin Film Festival 2024, out now, Reviews, Short Films, Women FilmmakersJanuary 29, 2024

Berlinale 2024: Programme and line-up

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Berlinale 2024: line-up

★★★, Alexa Dalby, Denmark, Female Filmmakers, festivals, Finland, Iceland, out now, Reviews, thrillerJanuary 28, 2024

IFFR 2024: Natatorium (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Natatorium is a female-centred, atmospheric thriller debut in a World Premiere at the IFFR for Iceland’s Helena Stefánsdóttir.

★★★, Alexa Dalby, out now, Reviews, thriller, UKJanuary 23, 2024

Jackdaw (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Jackdaw directed by Jamie Childs is a fast-moving action thriller that beautifully exploits the northeast’s brutal post-industrial landscape and breath-taking country.

★★★★, Alexa Dalby, out now, Reviews, UKJanuary 23, 2024

This Blessed Plot (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
This Blessed Plot: this charming film, directed by Marc Isaacs, celebrates this disappearing England and its real people, current and historical.

Alexa Dalby, Cannes Film Festival 2023, out now, ReviewsMay 22, 2023

Cannes Film Festival 2023: Day 6: 21 May 2023

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Cannes Film Festival 2023: Day 6: 21 May 2023

★★★, Alexa Dalby, biopic, Cannes Film Festival 2023, Female Filmmakers, France, out now, Reviews, UK, Women FilmmakersMay 16, 2023

Cannes Film Festival 2023: Day 1: Opening Film: Jeanne du Barry (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Cannes Film Festival 2023: Opening film: Jeanne du Barry (2023)

★★★★, Alexa Dalby, Cannes Film Festival 2022, Curzon Home Cinema, France, Germany, Greece, London Film Festival 2022, Palme d'Or, Reviews, Sweden, Turkey, UKOctober 29, 2022

Triangle of Sadness (2021)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Ôstland’s second Palme d’or winner, is an uncompromising black contemporary satire.

★★★★, Alexa Dalby, Berlin Film Festival 2021, Canada, London Film Festival 2021, out now, ReviewsJanuary 18, 2022

Memory Box (2021)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
A Memory Box triggers delayed reconciliation between past and present in Joana Hadjithomas’s deeply personal, emotional intergenerational drama.