Thomas Messner

PUBLISHED ARTICLES
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    Film festivals
    Nickel Boys
    ★★★★★

    To truly have walked in another man’s shoes, is it better to have seen his...

    Thomas Messner 9th October 2024
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    Film festivals
    All of You
    ★★★★★

    It’s hard to root against a romantic drama. No matter how tried and true (or...

    Thomas Messner 8th October 2024
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    Theatre
    House at Barbican Theatre
    ★★★★★

    Adapting his own decades-spanning documentary trilogy, director Amos Gitai and La...

    Thomas Messner 27th September 2024
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    Movie
    My Old Ass
    ★★★★★

    Were you to come face to face with your older self, the harrowing possibilities seem...

    Thomas Messner 25th September 2024
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    Movie
    Reawakening
    ★★★★★

    When we first meet John and Mary (Jared Harris and Juliet Stevenson, respectively), they are...

    Thomas Messner 13th September 2024
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    Movie
    The Critic
    ★★★★★

    When reading the logline for Anand Tucker’s new yarn, one can’t help but think about...

    Thomas Messner 10th September 2024
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    Venice
    Paul and Paulette Take a Bath
    ★★★★★

    Boy meets Girl. Boy finds his spiritually depressed office...

    Thomas Messner 4th September 2024
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    Venice
    Don’t Cry, Butterfly
    ★★★★★

    As Duong Dieu Linh’s feature debut begins, the first spectre on...

    Thomas Messner 4th September 2024
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    Theatre
    The Hot Wing King at the National Theatre
    ★★★★★

    Around the midway point of its first act, the principal cast of The...

    Thomas Messner 19th July 2024
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    Movie
    Twisters
    ★★★★★

    “When you said you used to chase tornadoes, I thought it was just a metaphor!”...

    Thomas Messner 15th July 2024