David Lowery Archives

Pete’s Dragon (2016)

Rating: ★★

Aug 27, 2016Boy and Invisible Dragon/Disney Remake

Another Disney remake that hardly resemble its source – the original was light slapstick with a big cartoon dragon, this is a sober wild child story where the dragon is now an endangered species

Director: David Lowery

Actors: Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Wes Bentley, …

Category: Fantasy

27 August 20166 July 2026 by Roog

A Ghost Story (2017)

Rating: ★★★★★

Sep 30, 2017Man Becomes a Ghost

A ghost story in which the ghost is played by someone beneath a sheet with two eyeholes. It's an idea that seems too goofy to work outside of an episode of Scooby Doo. I do like being proved wrong and this ended up my Best Film of 2017

Director: David Lowery

Actors: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara

Category: Fantasy

30 September 201725 October 2025 by Roog

The Green Knight (2021)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 28, 2021Chivalric Quest

David Lowery has emerged as a director to watch in the last few years. Here he conducts a beautifully sparse and more ambiguous take on the legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Director: David Lowery

Actors: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Sean Harris, Sarita Choudhury, …

Category: Fantasy

28 August 202128 October 2025 by Roog

Peter Pan and Wendy (2023)

Rating: ★★½

May 5, 2023Disney Remake/Children’s Adventures in a Magic Land

Disney conduct a live-action remake of their Peter Pan and promisingly place it in the hands of David Lowery, director of A Ghost Story and The Green Knight

Director: David Lowery

Actors: Ever Anderson, Alexander Molony, Jude Law, Yara Shahidi, …

Category: Fantasy

5 May 202313 November 2025 by Roog