Films starring Willem Dafoe

Poor Things review – Lanthimos at his most playful and comedic

By Savina Petkova

Emma Stone gives a career-defining performance in Yorgos Lanthimos’ opulent provocation about the human body as a nexus for pleasure and pain.

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The Northman

By Hannah Strong

Robert Eggers assembles an intrepid team for the epic tale of a wronged Viking prince’s quest for vengeance.

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River

By Marina Ashioti

Not even Willem Dafoe’s narration can save this meandering documentary with tired colonial overtones.

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The Lighthouse

By Elena Lazic

Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe take a brutal tumble into the abyss in Robert Eggers’ monochrome nightmare.

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Opus Zero

By Hannah Strong

Willem Dafoe plays a composer who goes looking for answers in Mexico in this slow and meandering drama.

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At Eternity’s Gate

By Hannah Strong

Despite a fine turn from Willem Dafoe, Julian Schnabel’s Vincent van Gogh biopic is a messy affair.

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Mountain

By Joe Boden

This visually arresting documentary asks why we climb, but doesn’t offer any satisfactory answers.

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The Florida Project

By David Jenkins

There’s magic in every single frame of writer/director Sean Baker’s spellbinding latest.

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Murder on the Orient Express

By David Jenkins

The potency of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel shines through the glossy, high-camp screen adaptation.

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Dog Eat Dog

By David Jenkins

Paul Schrader gets silly with a ’90s-inspired crime caper which prizes stoopid fun above all else.

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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

By Laurence Boyce

This is familiar territory for Werner Herzog – a compelling crime drama and intriguing character study rolled into one.

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Antichrist

By Jonathan Crocker

Antichrist confirms Lars von Trier as the mad master-imp of world cinema.

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