All articles by Caspar Salmon

Reviews

Allelujah: a woolly, wobbly Alan Bennett adaptation

This paean to the NHS undoubtedly means well, but thanks to its weak narrative and ostensible lack of interest in exploring its characters deeply, it simply fails to land.

By Caspar Salmon

Allelujah: a woolly, wobbly Alan Bennett adaptation
Reviews

More Than Ever: Vicky Krieps faces down mortality in a Norwegian idyll

By Caspar Salmon

More Than Ever: Vicky Krieps faces down mortality in a Norwegian idyll
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Clara Sola: a sensuous portrait of stifled womanhood

By Caspar Salmon

Clara Sola: a sensuous portrait of stifled womanhood
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SAS Rogue Heroes: wartime daredevilry somehow made tedious

By Caspar Salmon

SAS Rogue Heroes: wartime daredevilry somehow made tedious
Reviews

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris: a daft, starry-eyed reverie

By Caspar Salmon

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris: a daft, starry-eyed reverie
Festivals

The Origin of Evil: nothing is as it seems

By Caspar Salmon

The Origin of Evil: nothing is as it seems
Festivals

Blue Jean: an intriguingly slippery queer drama

By Caspar Salmon

Blue Jean: an intriguingly slippery queer drama
Reviews

Eiffel: towering silliness

By Caspar Salmon

Eiffel: towering silliness
Festivals

Mother and Son: a deceptively simple, finely written immigrant drama

By Caspar Salmon

Mother and Son: a deceptively simple, finely written immigrant drama
Festivals

Godland finds nothing but beauty on a young priest’s mission to the far side of Iceland

By Caspar Salmon

Godland finds nothing but beauty on a young priest’s mission to the far side of Iceland
Reviews

Succession returns for a third season with another spectacular Roy family feud

By Caspar Salmon

Succession returns for a third season with another spectacular Roy family feud
Festivals

Întregalde drags bickering charity workers kicking and screaming through the mud

By Caspar Salmon

Întregalde drags bickering charity workers kicking and screaming through the mud
Festivals

Ahed’s Knee bristles with a filmmaker’s fury against Israeli censorship

By Caspar Salmon

Ahed’s Knee bristles with a filmmaker’s fury against Israeli censorship
Reviews

Oleg is a shrewd, funny, bracing account of an immigrant worker’s life

By Caspar Salmon

Oleg is a shrewd, funny, bracing account of an immigrant worker’s life
Reviews

Young Ahmed review: the Dardennes ponder the riddle of radicalisation

By Caspar Salmon

Young Ahmed review: the Dardennes ponder the riddle of radicalisation
Polls

The best TV series of 2019

By James Bell, Isabel Stevens and others

The best TV series of 2019
Reviews

Beanpole first look: life, and beauty, persist after the siege of Leningrad

By Caspar Salmon

Beanpole first look: life, and beauty, persist after the siege of Leningrad
News

What should have won the 2019 Cannes Palme d’Or?

By Isabel Stevens, Nick James and others

What should have won the 2019 Cannes Palme d’Or?
Reviews

Deerskin first look: Jean Dujardin seeks one jacket to rule them all

By Caspar Salmon

Deerskin first look: Jean Dujardin seeks one jacket to rule them all
Reviews

A Violent Desire for Joy first look: a monk embraces the French revolutionary spirit

By Caspar Salmon

A Violent Desire for Joy first look: a monk embraces the French revolutionary spirit
Reviews

Capernaüm first look: a potent indictment of a 12-year-old’s scraps of life

By Caspar Salmon

Capernaüm first look: a potent indictment of a 12-year-old’s scraps of life
Reviews

120 Beats per Minute (BPM) review: queer lives honoured

By Caspar Salmon

120 Beats per Minute (BPM) review: queer lives honoured
Features

When did French comedies become so reactionary?

By Caspar Salmon

When did French comedies become so reactionary?