The two most important lines in Dune come at the very beginning and the very end. First, when Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac) tells princeling son... Read More
Venice Film Festival
A spiky icon and a gentle iconoclast, Diana Spencer occupies a place in the public consciousness of Britain and the rest of the world which... Read More
“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
“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
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
“If not for the money, why play?” – “It passes the time,” says professional gambler William Tell (Oscar Isaac) when prompted to justify his string... Read More
The entire heart-rending story of Kornél Mundruczó’s newest feature, Pieces of a Woman, can be deciphered in Martha (Vanessa Kirby)’s fingers – their gestures and... Read More
The feature-film directorial debut of Emmy and Academy Award-winning actress Regina King will leave a significant mark in the history of the Venice Film Festival,... Read More
For three years, since 2017, Italian director Luca Guadagnino has been working on a documentary dedicated to the life and work of shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo... Read More