Tag: 2025 Venice Film Festival
Interview: Carolina Cavalli – The Kidnapping of Arabella
Using the road-movie narrative template to explore an unconventional form of companionship, The Kidnapping of Arabella is far from a typical coming-of-age film —...
A House of Dynamite | Review
On a Nuclear Day You Can See Forever: Bigelow’s Living in a Powder-keg, Giving Off Sparks
With the doomsday clock adjusted to eighty-nine seconds to...
The Smashing Machine | Review
Raging Lull: Safdie Pays Homage to a Trailblazer
The ultimate purpose of The Smashing Machine, the latest film from Benny Safdie, is to give credit...
2025 Venice Film Festival – Checklist of Our Coverage
IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire competition and more. Here is a comprehensive guide to all the feature films across all...
Bravo Bene! | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Investigation of a Suspicious Citizen: Maresco Salvages Cinema
“I am not interested in any filmmaker. I am not even interested in my own films…” said...
2025 Venice Film Festival – Who Should Win? Who Will Win!
The verdict is in. The Alexander Payne-led jury has made its decisions, determining the fate of this year's Venice Film Festival competitors. While last...
The Sun Rises On Us All | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Karma Police: Misery Loves Company in Shangjun’s Dreary Love Story
If love means never having to say you’re sorry, they never experienced the magnitude of...
Silent Friend | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Allegory of the Tree: Enyedi’s Masterful Meditation on Human Progress
The metaphorical subtexts germinating to fruition through Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend are formidable, even as,...
Elisa | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Memories of Murder: Di Costanzo Treads Criminal Motives
The impetus behind Elisa, the latest from Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo is pregnant with intrigue, examining...
On the Road | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Road to Perdition: Pablos Charts a Brutal Journey to Redemption
Solidifying himself as the queer counterpart to Michel Franco, David Pablos' On the Road features...
Girl (Nühai) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
This Girl’s Life: Qi Outlines Inherited Abuses
For her directorial debut Girl, actress Shu Qi wields a heavy hand in a film which seems to...
Duse | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Distress Becomes Her: Marcello Delivers a Diva’s Final Act
For many, Duse, the latest feature from Italian director Pietro Marcello, will serve as their introduction...
The Voice of Hind Rajab | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
In a Child’s Name: Ben Hania’s Grueling Portrait of Genocide
It’s the responsibility of artists to use their platforms as a mechanism to speak truth...
L’étranger (The Stranger) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Anatomy of a Mime: Ozon Explores the Seduction of Indifference
Decades before Hannah Arendt introduced her concept of ‘the banality of evil,’ Albert Camus...
Straight Circle | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Circle in the Sand: Hudson Blurs the Borders of the Mind
“Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill,” wrote English writer Richard...
The Testament of Ann Lee | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Shake It Up: Fastvold Envisions the Life’s Work of a Religious Leader
There’s a fervor roiling beneath the surface of Mona Fastvold’s third feature, The...
Roqia | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
A Demon in My View: Koussim Unleashes a Djinn
A generation spanning possession is at the heart of Roqia, the directorial debut from Algerian director...
Father Mother Sister Brother | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Terms of Estrangement: Jarmusch’s Amusing Triptych on Familial Labors
If each unhappy family is unhappy in their own way, there are still a wide variety...
The Wizard of the Kremlin | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
The Russians Are Killing the Russians Are Killing: Assayas Bungles Political Espionage
Of the many significant issues severely hobbling The Wizard of the Kremlin, the...
A Sad and Beautiful World | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
No Man is an Island: Aris Explores Childhood, Couplehood and Parenthood with Flip Book Speeds
Lebanese filmmaker Cyril Aris utilizes the three distinct yet related...
Gorgonà | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
The Female of the Species: Kalogiropoulou Hits the Gas in Brooding Debut
How, exactly, does a powerful woman command the patriarchy? It turns out, only...
Ish | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Closely Watched Strain: Perretta Reflects Traumatic Coming-of-Age
There’s a bleak fatalism apparent in Ish, the directorial debut of visual artist Imran Perretta, named for its...
Frankenstein | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
The Seat of the Soul: Del Toro Takes Aim at Shelley’s Monster
Much like its title has been confused as reference to an abominable creation...
Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Staples of Naples: Rosi Sifts Through Timeworn Sediments
The past informs the present of modern day Naples in Below the Clouds, the latest documentary from...
No Other Choice | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Slay the Competition: Chan-wook Explores the Horrors of Capitalism
In many ways, Donald Westlake’s 1997 novel The Ax feels more relevant than ever, which is...
Milk Teeth | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
No Child Left Behind: Mincan Explores a Nation That Stood in Silence
Perhaps more terrifying than the high-seas stowaway trip from hell (2022’s To the North),...
À pied d’oeuvre (At Work) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Declaration of Poor: Donzelli’s Tone Deaf Survey of a Starving Artist
Despite honorable intentions, it’s difficult not to perceive Valérie Donzelli’s latest feature, At Work...
Jay Kelly | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
It’s a Non-Refundable Life: Baumbach Explores the Sacrifices of Fame
George Clooney headlines what could be interpreted as an approximation of his own experiences in...
Bugonia | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
When Will They Ever Learn?: Lanthimos Turns to Eco-Horror
Yorgos Lanthimos embarks on his first remake with Bugonia, a loose adaptation of the 2003 Korean...
Orphan | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
I Will Be Your Father Figure: Nemes Paints Period Paternity Thriller
Hungarian director László Nemes essentially rounds out a thematic trilogy with his third film...
Father (Otec) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
A Penance for Your Thoughts: Nvotová Jumps into Void without Societal Parachutes
For her third feature, Father (Otec), Slovak filmmaker Tereza Nvotová delivers a psychologically immersive portrait...
Stereo Girls (Les Immortelles) | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Death Be Not Loud: Deruas Kills a Teen Dream in Languid Period Piece
With her sophomore directorial feature Stereo Girls, Caroline Deruas Peano continues down...
La grazia | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
The Long Goodbye: Sorrentino Returns to Familiar Remembrances of Things Past
Paolo Sorrentino reunites with his onscreen alter ego Toni Servillo in La Grazia for...
Mother | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review
Slack Narcissus: Mitevska Conjures the Psyche of a Saint
There are a handful of contemporary historical figures whose accomplishments have superseded cultural critique thanks to...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Predictions
And we are off to the races - the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival begins today and as per tradition Kevin Jagernauth...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Venice Film Festival – Our Top 5 Most Anticipated!
It’s the fall film festival season folks! And the party kicks off in style on the Lido with the legendary Venice Film Festival. With...
Exclusive Clip: Muddy the Waters in ‘Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes’ – 2025 Venice Film Festival
Among the handful of buzz titles coming out of the Giornate degli Autori programme on the Lido this year is Gabriel Azorín's feature film...
IONCINEMA x Venice Sala Web x Festival Scope – 13 Shorts (Free) From the 2025 Venice Film Fest Line-up!
We are happy to partner once again with the Festival Scope folks for the Venice Sala Web – which returns to the 82nd edition...
Exclusive Clips: Family Unit Gets Tested in Tereza Nvotová’s ‘Father’ (Otec) – 2025 Venice Film Festival
We are one week away from the opening of the 82 edition of the Venice Film Festival and among the competition films found in...
Exclusive Poster One-Sheet for Gianni Di Gregorio’s ‘Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t’ – 2025 Venice Film Festival
All eyes are on the upcoming Locarno Film Festival (Naomi Kawase was just added to the comp with Yakushima’s Illusion) but we are already...
2025 Giornate Degli Autori: Vladlena Sandu, Damien Hauser & Cyril Aris in Competition
The last films for the Lido were announced this morning with the Giornate Degli Autori (aka Venice Days) folks unveiling their line-up with national...
2025 Venice: Fastvold, Lanthimos, Assayas, Baumbach, Chan-wook, del Toro, Bigelow, Ben Hania, Benny Safdie & Shu Qi in Golden Lion Comp
Valérie Donzelli (À Pied d’Oeuvre), Cai Shangjun (The Sun Rises on Us All), Kaouther Ben Hania (The Voice of Hind Rajab) and the directorial...
2025 Venice: Mark Jenkin, Kent Jones, Carolina Cavalli, Gastón Solnicki, Laura Samani & Teona Strugar Mitevska in Orizzonti
Teona Strugar Mitevska's Mother, the Macedonian's sixth feature film (which promises to shake up the mythical figure of Mother Teresa played by Noomi Rapace)...
2025 Venice Critics’ Week: Caroline Deruas Peano, Julia Jackman & Evi Kalogiropoulou Among Selections
We begin the highly anticipated Lido selection announcements this week with the unveiling of the nine-title announcements for the 2025 Venice Critics’ Week with...
