venice film festival

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

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

September 4, 2021

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

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

September 3, 2021

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

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

September 3, 2021

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 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 Film Festival lineup: ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Spencer,’ double Penélope Cruz, Oscar Isaac 3x will debut on the Lido

The lineup for the 78th Venice Film Festival, which runs September 1-11, was announced this morning and the Lido will… Read More

July 26, 2021

Venice Film Festival: Roberto Benigni to receive Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 78th Venice International Film Festival (September 1–11, 2021) has been awarded to the director, actor, and… Read More

April 15, 2021

Bong Joon Ho to head 2021 Venice Film Festival jury

Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho will be the president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 78th Venice… Read More

January 15, 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

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