Category: Venice

The winner of last year’s Golden Lion for The Shape of Water, Guillermo Del Toro joked “Let me see ifContinue Reading

★★★☆☆ The lone woman in competition here at the Venice Film Festival, Jennifer Kent brings her Tasmanian gothic tale TheContinue Reading

★★★★★ We’ve already had A Star Is Born here at Venice. Now, with Brady Corbet’s latest film Vox Lux, weContinue Reading

★★☆☆☆ S. Craig Zahler falls between ever-widening stools with his brutal new crime drama Dragged Across Concrete, which might haveContinue Reading

★★★★★ Black lives matter in Roberto Minervini’s new film What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?, boasting theContinue Reading

★★★☆☆ A troubled young man goes on tour with a renowned lobotomist in Rick Alverson’s wintry new work The Mountain, showingContinue Reading

This Wednesday (29 August) will see the official opening of the 75th Venice Film Festival. The programme is crammed withContinue Reading

★★★☆☆ Showing Out of Competition at Venice, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond goes behind the scenes on the shootingContinue Reading

★☆☆☆☆ Sebastiano Riso flies the Italian flag on the Lido with his new film Una Famiglia, a claustrophobic, scuzzy dramaContinue Reading

★★★☆☆ When a factory owner is murdered by an ex-employee the guilt appears certain and the case cut and dried.Continue Reading

★★☆☆☆ In the black comedy Suburbicon, George Clooney takes us to the small town, white bread America that Donald TrumpContinue Reading

★★★☆☆ Three middle-aged siblings gather after their father suffers a stroke in The House By the Sea, a beautifully observedContinue Reading

★★★★☆ War, grief and family are the themes of Samuel Maoz’s Foxtrot, which joins the race for the Golden LionContinue Reading

★★★★☆ Fans of Bone Tomahawk won’t be disappointed with director S. Craig Zahler’s bone-crushing, face-smashing, slow-burning genre mash-up Brawl inContinue Reading