★★★★☆ In Love Is All You Need (Den skaldede frisør, 2012), a Mediterranean locale plays hosts to the upcoming nuptials of a good-looking, twentysomething couple, whilst Pierce Brosnan crops up as the father of one of the young lovers. Rest […]
★★★☆☆ The star of no less than four Thomas Harris novels and five big screen outings (the last, 2007’s Hannibal Rising, a commercial and critical flop), refined psychiatrist turned cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter now makes his TV series […]
★★☆☆☆ In competition at this year’s Venice, Peter Landesman’s debut film Parkland (2013) is an efficient and occasionally intriguing reconstruction of the events in Dallas following the JFK assassination of 22 November, 1963. Sadly, this Tom Hanks-produced drama really has […]
★★★★☆ Japanese animator extraordinaire and Venice favourite Hayao Miyazaki – who today announced his retirement from feature filmmaking – makes his final appearance in competition at said festival with The Wind Rises (2013), a straight biopic on the life of […]
★★★☆☆ Following her 2010 revisionist western Meek’s Cutoff, Kelly Reichardt is back in competition at Venice with Night Moves (2013), an offbeat thriller about a small group of eco-terrorists who plan to blow up a dam. Josh (Jesse Eisenberg) is […]
