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‘Conclave’ Review: The Audacity of Pope | Telluride

Ryan McQuade September 1, 2024

“I took my team through the mud,” said Edward Berger to a packed audience before the world premiere of his latest film, Conclave, on the... Read More

‘The Order’ Review: Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult Face Off in Justin Kurzel’s Hard Boiled Character Study | Venice

Ben Rolph August 31, 2024

Justin Kurzel is no stranger to the world of crime after making Snowtown, The True History of the Kelly Gang and Nitram. The Australian director... Read More

‘Campo di Battaglia (Battlefield)’ Review: A Great Alessandro Borghi Can’t Find the Cure for a Dull, Underwritten War Drama | Venice

Roberto Ruggio August 31, 2024

The great historian Eric Hobsbawm called the 20th century “the short twentieth century”, as he believed that this particular century concentrated its main chain of... Read More

‘Cloud’ Review: Japan’s Oscar Entry Finds Kiyoshi Kurosawa Matching Madness and Madcap in Online Reselling Satirical Thriller | Venice

Martin Tsai August 31, 2024

Japan’s official Oscar entry and Venice Film Festival selection, Cloud finds J-horror master Kiyoshi Kurosawa comfortably in his wheelhouse. It’s an atmospheric thriller imbued with... Read More

‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ Review: A Ghostly, Ghastly Tale of Growing Up During an African Civil War | Telluride

J Don Birnam August 31, 2024

Alexandra Fuller’s award-winning memoir Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight gets cinematic treatment, courtesy of first-time writer/director Embeth Davidtz, who also stars in the... Read More

‘The Friend’ Review: Naomi Watts and a Very Good Boy Named Bing Make for a Deeply Dignified Dog Story | Telluride

Tomris Laffly August 30, 2024

You don’t ever own your dog, not really. When you bring one into your life, you simply become their human, their companion, and protector, the... Read More

‘Kill the Jockey’ Review: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Daniel Gimenez Cacho Stun in Gender Fluid Mob Dramedy | Venice

Roberto Ruggio August 30, 2024

The search for identity has always been a staple subject for cinema. Who are we? What is our place in the world? How are we... Read More

‘Babygirl’ Review: Nicole Kidman is Feral and Fearless as a Woman Taking Charge of Her Sexual Freedom | Venice

Ali Benzekri August 30, 2024

This is a film about sex! From the first moments, as the logos of production companies flash on the screen, we’re immersed in a world... Read More

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 61: ‘The Thin Red Line’ (Terrence Malick, 1998) with special guest Jake Tropila

Ryan McQuade August 30, 2024

Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More

‘Maria’ Review: Angelina Jolie is a Woman Under the Influence in Pablo Larraín’s Minor Lietmotif | Venice

Savina Petkova August 29, 2024

Even though he has been working in the biopic genre for a while now (NO, Neruda, Jackie, Spencer), Chilean director Pablo Larraín was under the... Read More

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