‘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 can we imagine catching it,... Read More
Roberto Ruggio
‘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 never heard of her, so... Read More
‘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 or can it just take... Read More
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 Orizzonti section. Atlantis was a... Read More
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? How do we accept it?... Read More
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 went on stage to accept... Read More
Venice Review: With ‘The Power of the Dog,’ Jane Campion and her cast do justice to a literary masterpiece
“Deliver my soul from the sword. My love from the power of the dog” (Psalms, 22:20, David’s address to God to free him from his... Read More
Venice Review: ‘Parallel Mothers (Madres Paralelas)’ is a powerful portrayal of mothers in Almodóvar’s most political film
No matter how hard we try to escape it, we’re all children of history. It defines the life of a country and, by consequence, that... Read More
83rd Golden Globe Awards: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Adolescence’ Lead Winners List 
Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP Winners: ‘Hamnet’ Takes Best Picture 
Cinema Eye Honors (CEH) Awards: ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Wins Top Honor 
Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with 20