Venice Review: Ana Lily Amirpour’s ‘Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon’ is a vibrantly stylish, yet uneven ride [Grade C+]

September 6, 2021

Ana Lily Amirpour’s latest film, after a five-year absence due to her venturing into the world of TV, will take… Read More

Venice Review: Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg seethe in the Mexican heat of Michel Franco’s ‘Sundown’ [Grade: B]

September 5, 2021

Michel Franco returns to the Lido just one year after his New Order won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize,… Read More

Venice Review: ‘Scenes from a Marriage’ is a worthy retread with staggering performances from Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain [Grade: B+]

September 4, 2021

It’s not common for me to advise readers to watch a 294-minute limited series in one go. But Scenes from… Read More

Telluride Dispatch: ‘Cyrano,’ ‘Belfast’ and ‘King Richard’ make their case in the Oscar race

September 4, 2021

The Telluride Film Festival was in full swing yesterday with two major world premieres, Reinaldo Marcus Green's King Richard and… Read More

Venice review: ‘True Things’ cements Harry Wootliff as the master of new British drama [Grade: A-]

September 4, 2021

Three years after premiering her BAFTA-nominated debut feature, Only You, British filmmaker Harry Wootliff returns to the festival circuit with… Read More

5 Takeaways from the Global Press Event for ‘Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’

September 4, 2021

Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a vibrant and epic cinematic event the likes of which we… Read More

Venice review: Isabelle Huppert rivets in this razor-sharp political drama, ‘Promises (Les promesses)’ [Grade B+]

September 3, 2021

Isabelle Huppert battles to keep her place in the mayoral office in Thomas Kruithof's Les Promesses, also known by its… Read More

Venice Review: With ‘The Lost Daughter,’ Maggie Gyllenhaal exposes mother-daughter relations in their vile, discomforting essence [Grade: B]

September 3, 2021

Leda, a middle-aged comp-lit professor, arrives at a lavish Greek island accompanied solely by her books. Played by an overwrought… Read More

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

September 3, 2021

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

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

September 3, 2021

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

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