Venice Film Festival

Venice review: Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ is a gripping and visually arresting opener to an exciting universe [Grade: A]

The two most important lines in Dune come at the very beginning and the very end. First, when Duke Leto… Read More

September 3, 2021

Venice review: Kristen Stewart delivers a career-best performance in a fitting and fantastic look at an accidental revolutionary in ‘Spencer’ [Grade: A]

A spiky icon and a gentle iconoclast, Diana Spencer occupies a place in the public consciousness of Britain and the… Read More

September 3, 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

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… Read More

September 2, 2021

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… Read More

September 2, 2021

Venice review: The road to redemption is a long and rocky one in Paul Schrader’s ‘The Card Counter’ [Grade: A]

“If not for the money, why play?” – “It passes the time,” says professional gambler William Tell (Oscar Isaac) when… Read More

September 2, 2021

Venice Review: Vanessa Kirby gives a career-best performance in grief-laden ‘Pieces of a Woman’

The entire heart-rending story of Kornél Mundruczó’s newest feature, Pieces of a Woman, can be deciphered in Martha (Vanessa Kirby)’s… Read More

September 9, 2020

Venice Review: Regina King’s glorious ‘One Night in Miami’ is a vital and indispensable directorial debut

Leslie Odom, Jr., Eli Goree, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Aldis Hodge in Regina King's ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (courtesy of Amazon… Read More

September 7, 2020

Venice Review: Luca Guadagnino cobbles together a Ferragamo fantasy in ‘Salvatore – Shoemaker of Dreams’

For three years, since 2017, Italian director Luca Guadagnino has been working on a documentary dedicated to the life and… Read More

September 7, 2020

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