AwardsWatch - venice film festival

Trailer: Venice Film Festival winner ‘7 Prisoners’

Erik Anderson September 15, 2021

Netflix has released the first trailer for the Venice Film Festival-winning film 7 Prisoners, from writer-director Alexandre Moratto. 18-year-old Mateus (Christian Malheiros) hopes to provide... Read More

From ‘Dune’ to ‘Last Night in Soho,’ Venice 2021 was a film festival to remember

Ben Rolph September 12, 2021

The Venice Film Festival was a serene, sun-blessed blast of a festival. Nothing beats getting up at the crack of dawn and sleepwalking onto the... Read More

Interview: Jan Matuszyński on his Oscar-shortlisted political thriller ‘Leave No Traces’

Adam Solomons September 12, 2021

For one of Poland’s most exciting new filmmakers, Jan Matuszyński has few influences from his native country. In describing political thriller Leave No Traces (‘Żeby... Read More

Women rule 2021 Venice Film Festival Awards as French abortion drama ‘Happening’ wins Golden Lion; Penélope Cruz, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jane Campion take top prizes

Erik Anderson September 11, 2021

The French abortion drama Happening from Audrey Diwan has won the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice Film Festival. Diwan is only the 6th woman... Read More

Venice Review: Adam Driver and Jodie Comer shine, but ‘The Last Duel’ is diminished by an uneven script and skewed perspective [Grade: C+]

Roberto Ruggio September 10, 2021

Cinema has often interrogated the power and meaning of truth. What is it? How do we get to it? How do we accept it? A... Read More

2021 Venice Film Festival awards predictions: Who’s taking home the Golden Lion and Volpi Cups?

Roberto Ruggio September 10, 2021

The 78th Venice Film Festival has nearly come to an end. It’s been a long, stressful but exciting year for the festival: 21 films in... Read More

Venice Review: Anchored by a stunning performance by Yuriy Borisov, ‘Captain Volkonogov Escaped’ is a magnificent journey through the purgatory of the soul [Grade: A-]

Roberto Ruggio September 10, 2021

Russian art and literature have often gifted the world with antiheroes, characters that find themselves stuck in a limbo that traps them, under the hammer... Read More

Venice Review: Watching ‘America Latina’ is like witnessing a train wreck [Grade: D]

Roberto Ruggio September 9, 2021

How happy are we when get what we seek? We may work for it for an entire life, and when we obtain it, the joy... Read More

Venice Review: Quentin Tarantino pays tribute to Sergio Corbucci, the second-greatest spaghetti western director, in ‘Django & Django’ [Grade A-]

Ben Rolph September 9, 2021

The literal dream documentary for every film buff, especially those who take a distinct interest in the spaghetti western side of cinema. And who better... Read More

Venice Review: David Gordon Green expands the limits of trauma with ‘Halloween Kills’ [Grade: B]

Savina Petkova September 8, 2021

‘Evil dies tonight’, or tomorrow – that’s the motto uttered at some point by every single character in Halloween Kills, David Gordon Green’s follow-up to... Read More