Venice Film Festival

‘Green Border’ Review: Agnieszka Holland’s Devastating and Incisive Portrait of the Belarus-Poland Refugee Crisis | Venice

“They have been watching us for 10 years. No one did anything,” bitterly remarks Syrian refugee Bashir (Jalal Altawil) when… Read More

September 5, 2023

‘Priscilla’ Review: Cailee Spaeny is Pitch-Perfect in Sofia Coppola’s Demythologized Look at the Presleys | Venice

Sofia Coppola is back on the Lido once again for the first time since she presented Somewhere in 2010. One… Read More

September 4, 2023

‘The Theory of Everything’ Review: Timm Kroeger’s Sophomore Feature is a Pulpy Adventure, as Impressive as it is Baffling | Venice

You can tell that Timm Kroeger was a cinematographer before he was a director. The German filmmaker’s second feature, following… Read More

September 4, 2023

‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ Review: William Friedkin’s Final Film is Supported by a Sensational Company of Actors | Venice

It’s not even a month since we lost the great William Friedkin. He made history as one of the leading… Read More

September 3, 2023

‘Aggro Dr1ft’ Review: Harmony Korine’s Latest is a Sexist, Crude Grand Theft Auto-style Knockoff | Venice

Harmony Korine’s Aggro Dr1ft is best described as a perverted Grand Theft Auto-style fantasy. It’s an experimental film to its… Read More

September 3, 2023

‘The Killer’ Review: Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before | Venice

That The Killer is David Fincher’s first film with a runtime under two hours in more than twenty years is… Read More

September 3, 2023

‘The Beast’ Review: Léa Seydoux and George MacKay Cross Space and Time in Bonello’s Genre-Bending Romance | Venice

Bertrand Bonello has proven to be one of France’s most interesting, unconventional and sometimes idiosyncratic directors. He shocked the film… Read More

September 3, 2023

‘Maestro’ Review: Bradley Cooper’s Sophomore Film Hits All the Right Notes | Venice

Yet another complex relationship takes center stage in Bradley Cooper’s follow-up to A Star Is Born. The actor-director premiered his… Read More

September 2, 2023

‘Poor Things’ Review: Emma Stone is Unhinged in This Raunchy Knockout from Yorgos Lanthimos | Venice

Yorgos Lanthimos is back with a whole new wonderful and wacky creation. Poor Things is a twisted and spellbinding coming-of-age… Read More

September 1, 2023

‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ Review: Wes Anderson’s First of Four New Adaptations of Roald Dahl Shorts Heralds a New Era for the Filmmaker | Venice

The first of four Roald Dahl short stories adapted by Wes Anderson as part of Netflix’s reported half-a-billion-dollar deal with… Read More

September 1, 2023

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