Roberto Ruggio

‘Monica’ review: Trace Lysette is a revelation in Andrea Pallaoro’s delicate story of family and acceptance [B+] | Venice Film Festival

Our lives can sometimes be impacted by irreparable trauma, and even though we heal from it, it will leave us… Read More

September 6, 2022

‘L’immensità’ review: A solid performance from Penélope Cruz doesn’t save Emanuele Crialese’s broadly drawn family drama [C+] | Venice Film Festival

Filmmakers often use cinema to tell personal stories, sometimes stories straight from their own childhood. Recently we’ve seen Alfonso Cuarón,… Read More

September 6, 2022

‘Don’t Worry Darling’ review: Be ready to witness a spectacular disaster [C-] | Venice Film Festival

Throughout the story of the United States, there has often been called the ‘American Dream.’ Beyond the obvious rags-to-riches story,… Read More

September 5, 2022

‘The Whale’ review: Brendan Fraser’s incredible performance anchors a cathartic, emotional powerhouse [A] | Venice Film Festival

We watch movies because we seek entertainment, but at the same time we watch them because we want to be… Read More

September 4, 2022

‘Argentina, 1985’: A great lead performance saves a flawed historical courtroom drama [B-] | Venice Film Festival

We may try to grasp history with our hands, but it always finds a way out of our control. How… Read More

September 4, 2022

‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ review: Laura Poitras’ profound portrait of artist and activist Nan Goldin is one of year’s best films [A+] | Venice Film Festival

Who is Nan Goldin? For people who are not photography enthusiasts, this name probably doesn’t sound familiar. I had personally… Read More

September 3, 2022

‘Athena’ review: Romain Gavras explores a civil war at its most brutal, despairing and devastating [A-] |Venice Review

What does it take to push a home, a city, a country into chaos? Is it an accumulation of injustice… Read More

September 2, 2022

Venice Review: “Reflection” is a brutal, technically accomplished, but emotionally cold look at war and its consequences

Ukranian director Valentyn Vasyanovych won the hearts of many at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, when his Atlantis won the… Read More

September 16, 2021

Venice Review: Adam Driver and Jodie Comer shine but ‘The Last Duel’ is diminished by an uneven script and skewed perspective [Grade: C]

Cinema has often interrogated on the power and meaning of truth. What is it? How do we get to it?… Read More

September 10, 2021

Venice Review: ‘The Hand of God’ is Paolo Sorrentino’s sublime masterpiece [Grade: A]

“Thank you to my sources of inspiration: Federico Fellini, Talking Heads, Martin Scorsese and Diego Armando Maradona.” When Paolo Sorrentino… Read More

September 2, 2021

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