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All articles by Lee Marshall
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Reviews‘Dog 51’ review: Cedric Jimenez’s high-octane thriller is set in a near-future Paris
Adele Exarchopoulos and Gilles Lellouche star in engaging Venice Film Festival closer
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Reviews‘Bravo Bene!’ review: Sicily’s Franco Maresco puts himself at the centre of his meta-mockumentary
Surreal Venice Competition title is a layered satire of the director’s own inability to make a film.
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Reviews‘Kim Novak’s Vertigo’ review: Affectionate documentary profiles the Hollywood legend and Hitchcock star
Director Alexandre O’ Philippe joins Novak for a look back at her career, and her most famous role
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Reviews‘A Loose End’ review: Daniel Hendler’s cop-on-the-run comedy is a deadpan delight
The Uruguayan director’s third film stars Sergio Prina as an Argentinian policeman forced to flee over the border
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Reviews‘Duse’ review: Italian auteur Pietro Marcello’s ambitious biopic of actress Eleonora Duse
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and Noémie Merlant star in Marcello’s Venice Competition title
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Reviews‘The Stranger’ review: Francois Ozon adapts 1940s Algeria-set novella into artful character study
Black-and-white Venice Competition title is adapted from Albert Camus story and stars Benjamin Voisin and Rebecca Marder
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Reviews‘My Tennis Maestro’ review: Pierfrancesco Favino charms as a faded Italian tennis pro
Andrea Di Stefano’s 1980s-set comedy premieres out of competition in Venice
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Reviews‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ review: Jim Jarmusch and starry cast deliver tender family triptych
Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Charlotte Rampling and Vicky Krieps are among the ensemble of Jarmusch’s Venice competition title
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Reviews‘A Year Of School’ review: A Swedish girl finds her way in an Italian all-male high school
Laura Samani’s engaging comedy-drama premieres in Venice Horizons
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Reviews‘Below The Clouds’ review: Evocative black-and-white study of Naples from documentarian Gianfranco Rosi
Italian filmmaker’s Venice competition title is a strikingly melancholic portrait of the southern Italian city
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Reviews‘Agon’ review: Intriguing Italian debut follows three sportswomen at a fictional Olympics
Giulio Bertelli’s documentary-infused drama features real life world champion judo athlete Alice Bellandi
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Reviews‘Secret Of A Mountain Serpent’ review: Lyrical exploration of female desire set in the Himalayan foothills
Indian director Nidhi Saxena draws on folklore for her atmospheric sophomore film
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Reviews‘The Kidnapping Of Arabella’ review: Chris Pine and Benedetta Porcaroli star in quirky Italian road movie
The actor takes on his first Italian-language role for sophomore director Carolina Cavalli
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Reviews‘Ghost Elephants’ review: Werner Herzog tracks the legendary beast through the Angolan highlands
Herzog joins South African conservationist Steve Boyes on an expedition to find the giant creatures
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FeaturesHow Il Cinema Ritrovato grew from niche event to one of the world’s leading festivals for classic cinema
The festival, which boasts Wes Anderson, Alexander Payne and Thierry Frémaux as regulars, runs from June 21-29.
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Reviews‘13 Days 13 Nights’ review: Roschdy Zem stars in real-life Kabul extraction thriller
Dramatisation of removal of French citizens from Afghanistan in August 2021
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Reviews‘Resurrection’ review: Jackson Yee stars in Bi Gan’s sprawling cinematic vision
Period-hopping Competition title also stars Shu Qi and Li Gengxi
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Reviews‘The History Of Sound’ review: Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal are clandestine lovers in US-set period drama
Oliver Hermanus’s intense, restrained film is set on the East Coast during the 1920s
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Reviews‘Fuori’ review: Mario Martone, Valeria Golino zoom in on ‘Art Of Joy’ author Goliarda Sapienza
Mario Martone’s Competition entry focuses on the author’s brief imprisonment and subsequent self-discovery
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Reviews‘A Private Life’ review: Rebecca Zlotowski directs Jodie Foster in her first French-speaking lead
Foster is a Parisian therapist embroiled in a murder mystery in this intriguing, uneven thriller