Stephen Dalton

Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter Nov 3, 2026 Berry wisely avoids tear-jerking melodrama, ending on a cautiously hopeful note, but with potential tragedy lurking just out of shot. Go to Full Review I Used to Live Here (2014) 100% - -

Stephen Dalton The Film Verdict Oct 24, 2026 7/10 Director Alex Gibney's marathon documentary portrait of controversial billionaire businessman Elon Musk is rich in gossipy detail but short on surprises. Go to Full Review Musk (2026) 96% - -

Stephen Dalton The Film Verdict Oct 24, 2026 7/10 Theo Rollason's found-footage documentary paints an intimate, absorbing, timely portrait of radical gay film-maker Derek Jarman during a stormy political period. Go to Full Review Queer Edward II (2026) 100% - -

Stephen Dalton The Film Verdict Oct 24, 2026 5/10 Naomi Watts plays a prim suburban housewife with a very dark past in director Ben Shirinian's good-looking but heavy-handed debut feature, a based-on-reality period thriller set in 1960s New York. Go to Full Review The Housewife (2026) 40% - -

Stephen Dalton The Film Verdict Oct 24, 2026 8/10 Spanish writer-director duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi revisit the life and legacy of queer literary icon Federico García Lorca in this ravishing if slightly ungainly epic, a prize-winning Oscar hopeful backed by Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar. Go to Full Review La Bola Negra (2026) 86% - -

Stephen Dalton The Film Verdict Oct 24, 2026 8/10 Jesse Eisenberg both mocks and celebrates his fellow actors, writers and directors in this warm-hearted backstage musical comedy, which co-stars Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti on blazingly good form. Go to Full Review The Debut (2026) 91% - -

Stephen Dalton The Film Verdict Oct 24, 2026 8/10 Jordan Firstman writes, directs and stars in this big-hearted comedy about a gay New York club promoter forced to reassess his party lifestyle after learning he has a young son. Go to Full Review Club Kid (2026) 100% - -

Stephen Dalton The Film Verdict Oct 24, 2026 7/10 Hungarian writer-director György Pálfi works with a plucky cast of real animals in this scrappy but technically impressive comic thriller about a rebellious hen on the run from the chicken-industrial complex. Go to Full Review Hen (2025) 100% - -

Stephen Dalton The Times (UK) May 20, 2026 2/5 Balagov’s English-language debut is too obviously in thrall to the many superior low-life chroniclers who trod these mean streets before him, from Scorsese to the Safdie brothers. Go to Full Review Butterfly Jam (2026) 46% - -

Stephen Dalton The Times (UK) May 20, 2026 3/5 Like most first-time directors, Van Dyk sometimes hits flat notes and tonal wobbles, overplaying the sentimentality in places. But he closes on lyrical flourish. Go to Full Review Atonement (2026) 93% - -

Stephen Dalton The Times (UK) May 19, 2026 3/5 Parallel Tales begins as an ambitious, metatextual, multicharacter ensemble drama, with various key cast members playing dual roles. But it rambles on too long, losing much of its early charm and focus in a ponderous, undercooked second half. Go to Full Review Parallel Tales (2026) 19% - -

Stephen Dalton The Times (UK) May 18, 2026 4/5 The healing, unifying power of sport may be a groaningly trite take-home message, but the film-makers work impressively hard to speak to something bigger than football here. Go to Full Review The Match (2026) - - - -

Stephen Dalton The Film Verdict Jul 13, 2025 "A fragmentary but engaging documentary portrait of Meredith Monk, trailblazing icon of New York City's experimental arts and music scene." Go to Full Review Monk in Pieces (2025) 92% - -

Stephen Dalton The Times (UK) May 22, 2025 Final Destination is pure humbug, but an inspired premise that makes for slick and gripping entertainment. Go to Full Review Final Destination (2000) 51% 68%

Stephen Dalton The Times (UK) May 13, 2025 The cross-country chase plot is unusually listless for Carpenter, a director best known for hard-edged horror and apocalyptic future shockers. But Bridges brings sympathy and credibility to his quasi-messianic hero. Go to Full Review Starman (1984) 82% 70%

Stephen Dalton The Times (UK) May 6, 2025 This big-screen blockbuster makeover of the classic Sixties TV show is essentially one long rollercoaster ride of bravura camera work and sensational stunts. Go to Full Review Mission: Impossible (1996) 65% 73%

Stephen Dalton The Times (UK) Apr 4, 2025 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. Go to Full Review American Psycho (2000) 69% 85%

Stephen Dalton The Times (UK) Apr 1, 2025 Overcooked cash-in slasher sequel adds a female serial killer but misses the point. Go to Full Review American Psycho 2 (2002) 23% 18%

Stephen Dalton The Film Verdict Feb 25, 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. Go to Full Review Köln 75 (2025) 89% - -

Stephen Dalton The Film Verdict Feb 25, 2025 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 Go to Full Review Kontinental '25 (2025) 92% - -