Thomas Messner

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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
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  Cinema & Tv

  Gladiator II debuts trailer and six character posters

  24 years on from its 2000 release, director Ridley Scott’s...

  Thomas Messner 9th July 2024
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  Film festivals

  Skywalkers: A Love Story

  ★★★★★

  “We’re telling a love story,” so the self-designated...

  Thomas Messner 7th June 2024
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  Film festivals

  Your Monster

  ★★★★★

  Droll showbiz comedy? Medical scare melodrama? Haunted house horror? The early...

  Thomas Messner 7th June 2024
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  Film festivals

  I Saw the TV Glow

  As steeped irony it may be, few things feel more inherently uncinematic than...

  Thomas Messner 6th June 2024
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  Film festivals

  Handling the Undead

  ★★★★★

  A woman dies on the operating table, only to abruptly stir. A man’s...

  Thomas Messner 6th June 2024
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  Cannes

  Eephus

  ★★★★★

  It’s about time. Eephus, that is. And also Eephus. The title of this spare,...

  Thomas Messner 19th May 2024