Venice Film Festival 2025: Terrifying, Dynamic ‘A House of Dynamite’ Proves Kathryn Bigelow Is Back In Superb ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Form
There have been many films made about the possibility of nuclear war, but none have ever felt quite as urgent ...
There have been many films made about the possibility of nuclear war, but none have ever felt quite as urgent ...
This year’s Venice Film Festival World Premiered many worthwhile films, some truly wonderful, but I’ve been waiting for that one ...
Bernhard Wenger’s delightfully absurd film, Peacock, opens with a glaring, extended static shot of a golf cart on fire. Finally, ...
As I was exiting the press screening of Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, and my eyes were still adjusting to sunlight ...
Welcome to Oscar 2026. It's finally time to kick off our Oscar analysis phase now that the fall festival season ...
Luca Guadagnino’s deliberately provocative new work, After the Hunt, will definitely spark conversation and his many champions will find ways ...
I knew nothing about Slovakian filmmaker Tereza Nvotová’s Otec (Father) going in, which was bad and good. Bad, because I ...
The Venice experience has been wonderful, fabulous, challenging, bonkers-exhausting—and I’d do it again in a heartbeat! I’d want to express ...
Here are the winners for the 81st Venice Film Festival with The Room Next Door taking the Golden Lion for best ...
Refreshing storytelling abounds from Italy (although my people are still fearful of guy/guy love)! The Venice Film Festival offered a ...
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