Tag: 2024 Venice Film Festival
I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui) | Review
Still Missing: Salles Returns with Survivors of the Dictatorship
“The dictatorship’s mistakes was to torture but not kill,” former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro proudly claimed...
Vermiglio | Review
Baby Machines: Delpero Designs Tapestry of Women’s Miseries During WWII Italy
Despite the associations suggested by its title, Maura Delpero’s sophomore film Vermiglio is a...
Babygirl | Review
Fuck Like No One’s Watching: Reijn Delivers Prudent & Provocative Sexual Odyssey
“There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had...
The Brutalist | Review
The Safety of Objectivism: Corbet Unleashes the Survival Instinct of Rational Egoism
“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided...
The Room Next Door | Review
Triumph of the Will: Almodovar’s Muy Excelente English Debut
“Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems,” wrote Virginia Woolf in...
The Order | Review
The True Story of a Racist Gang: Kurzel Explores Formative Chapter of American Domestic Terrorism
There’s a brooding, sinister quality to Justin Kurzel’s filmmaking, whose...
Queer | Review
(Disem)Body Talk: Guadagnino Pays Homage to the Paradoxical Beat Pariah
If Ayn Rand had dared to write a character who was a genius gay white...
Maria | Review
Songs from the Specious Floor: Larrain Imagines the Last Days of a Diva
A penny for the thoughts of Maria Callas regarding Pablo Larraín’s glossy...
Youth (Homecoming) | Review
Last Train to Zhili: Bing Brings Youth Cycle to Circular Close
Wang Bing completes his ‘Youth’ trilogy with finale Youth (Homecoming), which features the most...
Joker: Folie à Deux | Review
Joke’s On Us: Phillips Composes an Empty, Boring Spectacle
Kudos to Todd Phillips for forcing US audiences to be confronted with the intriguing subtitle...
Love (Kjærlighet) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Ain’t Nothin’ But Sex Misspelled: Haugerud Continues Quiet, Earnest Talking Cure Trilogy
Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud continues his sexuality-themed film trilogy (Sex/Dreams/Love) in Love,...
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Review
Juice Cocktail: Burton Revamps His First Demon
There’s no way to reproduce the imaginative awe of Tim Burton’s 1988 idiosyncratic goth YA classic Beetlejuice. Or,...
Stranger Eyes | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
The Interest of Distance: Yeo Discovers the Masochistic Pleasures of a Surveillance State
“Strange feeling that someone is looking at me. I am clear, then...
Sicilian Letters (Iddu) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Letters to Daddy: Grassadonia & Piazza Continue Their Cosa Nostra Sagas
Italian directors Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza reimagine the circumstances surrounding yet another mafioso...
April | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
A Vindicated Woman: Kulumbegashvili Constructs Potent, Profound Study in Body Horror
I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves,”...
Diva Futura | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Erotic Stagnancy: Steigerwalt’s Depthless Approach of a Italian Porn Heyday
There’s a formidably compelling subject matter at the heart of Giulia Louise Steigerwalt’s sophomore film...
The Quiet Son (Jouer avec le feu) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Father Knows Best: The Coulin Sisters Examine the Detrimental Ripples of Fascism
With their third feature, The Quiet Son, French directing duo Delphine and Muriel...
Maldoror | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Investigation of a Citizen Under Suspicion: Du Welz Revisits Bungled Belgian Murder Case
“It is grand to contemplate the ruins of cities; but it is...
Harvest | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Sheep, Sheep, Sheep: Tsangari’s Monotonous Treatise on Modernization
Adapted from a novel by Jim Croce, Harvest is Greek auteur Athina Rachel Tsangari's third feature narrative,...
No Sleep Till | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Eye of the Norm: Simpson Looks at Coastal Coasting with Minimalist, Passive POV
There is a new breed of emerging American indie filmmakers who are...
Campo di Battaglia (Battlefield) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Down with the Sickness: Amelio Probes Wartime Ethical Dilemmas
The tagline for Battlefield, the latest from Italian auteur Gianni Amelio, could very well read “You...
And Their Children After Them | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Teenage Wasteland: Boukherma Bros. Sprawl with Coming-of-Age Melodrama
French directing twins Ludovic & Zoran Boukherma swing hard with their fourth feature, And Their Children After...
Three Friends (Trois amies) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Lyon Lies Bleeding: Mouret Explores L’amour Fou (Encore)
Even for those unfamiliar with the filmography of Emmanuel Mouret, his latest film, Three Friends will unequivocally...
Homegrown | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Been Caught Stealing: Premo Watches the Pendulum Swing Right
Utilizing the January 6 United States Capitol attack as the docu’s rousing finale, Homegrown delves deep...
Kill the Jockey | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
They Kill Horse Riders, Don’t They?: Ortega Puzzles with Deadpan Metaphors
Nothing is what it appears to be in Argentinean Luis Ortega’s latest film Kill...
Quiet Life | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Do You Know Where You’re Going To?: Avranas Analyzes Syndrome of a New Century
For his fifth narrative feature, Quiet Life, Greek Weird Wave alum...
Planète B | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Say My Name Say My Name: Rapin Conquers Hearts, Minds and VR HeadSets in Wonky Digital Dystopia Piece
After exploring themes of rebirth and reincarnation...
2024 Venice Film Festival: Eric Lavallée’s Top 5 Most Anticipated!
It's not often the case, but on paper, the 2024 edition of the Venice Film Festival appears poised to outshine the Cannes Film Festival...
Exclusive Clip: Invalid Expire Dates in Aude Léa Rapin’s ‘Planet B’
After splashing in the Critics' Week section on the Croisette with Heroes Don't Die (2019), Aude Léa Rapin returns to another Critics' Week section...
Exclusive Trailer: Anna & Cristi Are Cost-effective in Ciro De Caro’s ‘Taxi Monamour’
Known for his debut feature Spaghetti Story (2013), Italian filmmaker Ciro De Caro makes a return visit to the Giornate degli Autori programme this...
Exclusive Clip: The Kids Aren’t All Right in Alexandros Avranas ‘Quiet Life’
After winning the Silver Lion for Best Director with Miss Violence (2013), Greek filmmaker Alexandros Avranas returns to the Lido in the Orizzonti section...
2024 Venice: Corbet, Guadagnino, Haugerud, Kulumbegashvili, Salles, Tsangari & Yeo Siew Hua In Golden Lion Competition
21 films were selected for the 2024 Venice Film Festival competition and in the pack we find some surprises and several shoe-ins for the...
2024 Venice: Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Fabrice du Welz, Asif Kapadia, Errol Morris & Harmony Korine Out of Comp
While we might still be on the fence about what is being described as a first-person shooter-type experience in Harmony Korine's Baby Invasion, but...
2024 Venice: Avranas, Alex Ross Perry, Rosenberg, Kerekes, Friedland, Neo Sora & Elizabeth Lo in Orizzonti Selections!
The Un Certain Regard section in Venice, recent winners of the Horizons (Orizzonti) section include Gábor Reisz's Explanation for Everything, Houman Seyyedi's World War...
2024 Venice: Valerio Mastandrea’s “Nonostante” & Tim Fehlbaum’s “September 5” Horizons Sections Openers
The full line-up will be unveiled on Tuesday, but we got a little Lido appetizer pair this morning. Opening the Horizons (aka Orrizonti) section...
2024 Venice: Jan-Willem Van Ewijk, Isabella Torre & Jiang Xiaoxuan in Giornate Degli Autori Line-Up
The first feature films of the 2024 Venice Film Festival lineup have been unveiled through the Giornate Degli Autori section. Artistic Director Gaia Furrer's...
2024 Venice Film Festival Predictions: Luca Guadagnino, Brady Corbet & Dea Kulumbegashvili
Pedro Paramo
Dir. Rodrigo Prieto
Prod: Rafael Ley, Stacy Perskie, Francisco Ramos
A Netflix backed project that went into production in March of last year, Mexican cinematographer...
2024 Venice Film Festival Predictions: Todd Phillips, Fabrice Du Welz & Pablo Larraín
Joker: Folie a Deux
Dir. Todd Phillips
Prod: Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Joseph Garner
It would be kind of neat if the head jury person of...
2024 Venice Film Festival Predictions: Walter Salles, Athina Rachel Tsangari & Harmony Korine
So here we are. The programming teams headed by Artistic Directors Gaia Furrer (Giornate degli Autori), Beatrice Fiorentino (Settimana Internazionale della Critica) and Alberto...
