Venice Film Festival

‘Youth (Homecoming)’ Review: Wang Bing’s 10-Hour Doc Trilogy Disappoints in its Closing Workshop Saga | Venice

Wang Bing’s mammoth Youth documentary trilogy chronicles the lives of migrant workers in Zhili, China, garment sweatshops from 2014 to… Read More

September 8, 2024

‘Stranger Eyes’ Review: Yeo Siew Hua Rivets with Voyeuristic Missing Child Drama | Venice

Singapore is among the most densely populated cities in the world with almost every street under surveillance by CCTV cameras.… Read More

September 7, 2024

‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2’ Review: I Think We’ve Seen This Film Before and We Still Don’t Have an Ending | Venice

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 made only $36 million at the box office, prompting Warner Bros. to yank… Read More

September 7, 2024

‘Love (Kjærlighet)’ Review: First There Was ‘Sex,’ Now Dag Johan Haugerud’s Middle Trilogy Film Looks for What ‘Dreams’ May Come | Venice

Love, the second film in Norwegian writer-director Dag Johan Haugerud’s trilogy exploring human connections (Sex premiered this year at the… Read More

September 6, 2024

‘April’ Review: A Timely and Terrifying Abortion Story in Eastern Europe | Venice

All over the world, with the rise of the alt-right, attempts are being made at a daily pace restrict the… Read More

September 5, 2024

‘Harvest’ Review: Transplanting English to Scottish Locales Does No Favors for Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Adapted Historical Tale | Venice

Two names come to mind on mention of filmmakers who found their feet in the Greek New Wave Cinema movement;… Read More

September 5, 2024

‘Stranger Eyes’ Review: The First Singapore Venice Competition Title is a Well-Crafted Thriller | Venice

Stranger Eyes by Yeo Siew Hua has already made history as Venice’s first ever Golden Lion contender hailing from Singapore,… Read More

September 5, 2024

‘The Quiet Son (Jouer avec le feu)’ Review: We’ve Seen This Vincent Lindon-led French Family Drama Before | Venice

Pierre (Vincent Lindon) is a fifty-something single father who works night shifts for the SNCF (the French railway) as a… Read More

September 4, 2024

‘Queer’ Review: Daniel Craig is Perfect and Drew Starkey is Revelatory in Luca Guadagnino’s Gay Chiaroscuro of Dreams and Desperation | Venice

Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, adapted from William S. Burroughs' novel, opens with a nostalgic nod to Call Me By Your Name,… Read More

September 4, 2024

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga Sing and Dance a Deranged Duet of Musical Mischief | Venice

Five years after Joker (2019) premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it was awarded the top prize, director Todd… Read More

September 4, 2024

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