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Demetrios Matheou

Bio
Demetrios Matheou is a London-based journalist, critic and author. He was the chief film critic for The Sunday Herald in Glasgow between 2004-18, and a contributing film critic for The Independent on Sunday between 2000-2016. He’s currently published in The Times, The Standard, The i, Sight and Sound and Screen Daily, among others. He is also a London theatre critic for The Hollywood Reporter. Demetrios is the author of The Faber Book of New South American Cinema, while contributing to a number of other film titles. He co-curated the retrospective season South American Renaissance for The BFI South Bank and co-founded the London Argentine Film Festival. He's served on the juries of a number of international film festivals.

Articles By Demetrios Matheou

The Creator review - bold, beautiful, flawed sci-fi epic

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Frank and Percy, The Other Palace review - two-hander fails to escape a very short leash

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anthropology, Hampstead Theatre review - AI thriller runs out of code

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Passages review - amusing, lusty, surprising Parisian love triangle

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Medusa review - stylish, smart, seriously strange Brazilian satire

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Dr Semmelweis, Harold Pinter Theatre review - a play in search of a bedside manner

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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One review - buckle up

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Air review - great fun but no slam dunk

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God's Creatures review - Irish drama with a touch of Greek tragedy

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1976 review - dark, chilly Chilean thriller

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Women, Beware the Devil, Almeida Theatre review - bewitching, up to a point

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Tár review - a towering Cate Blanchett conducts a classic

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Demetrios Matheou's Top 10 Films of 2022

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A Christmas Carol, The Old Vic review - more poignant, and more joyous than ever

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London Film Festival 2022 - women's voices powerfully to the fore

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London Film Festival 2022 - supermodels, juntas and toxic dust clouds

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