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IN COMPETITION
‘Silent Friend’ review: Hungarian filmmaker Ildiko Enyedi’s paean to nature stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Contemplative Venice Competition title weaves three human stories across a German university campus
‘The Sun Rises On Us All’ review: Estranged lovers reunite in Cai Shanjun’s slow-burn drama
‘Bravo Bene!’ review: Sicily’s Franco Maresco puts himself at the centre of his meta-mockumentary
‘Elisa’ review: Italian prison drama sees a convict with amnesia struggle to recall her crime
‘Girl’ review: Actress Shu Qi’s 1980s-set directorial debut explores childhood trauma
‘Duse’ review: Italian auteur Pietro Marcello’s ambitious biopic of actress Eleonora Duse
‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ review: Kaouther ben Hania revisits 2024 death of a six-year-old in Gaza
‘A House of Dynamite’ review: Idris Elba heads Kathryn Bigelow’s ambitious nuclear age thriller
‘The Stranger’ review: Francois Ozon adapts 1940s Algeria-set novella into artful character study
‘The Smashing Machine’ review: Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt clash in Benny Safdie’s UFC drama
‘The Testament Of Ann Lee’ review: Amanda Seyfried is 18th-century preacher in audacious musical
‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ review: Jim Jarmusch and starry cast deliver tender family triptych
‘The Wizard Of The Kremlin’ review: Jude Law impresses as Vladimir Putin in Oliver Assayas drama
‘Frankenstein’ review: Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi spark in Guillermo del Toro’s operatic adaptation
‘Below The Clouds’ review: Evocative black-and-white study of Naples from documentarian Gianfranco Rosi
‘No Other Choice’ review: Park Chan-wook’s economic satire is a darkly comic treat
‘At Work’ review: A French writer joins the gig economy in Valérie Donzelli’s muted drama
‘Jay Kelly’ review: George Clooney impresses as a jaded movie star in Noah Baumbach’s gentle drama
‘Bugonia’ review: Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons are dynamite in explosive Yorgos Lanthimos thriller
‘Orphan’ review: László Nemes sets his striking coming-of-age drama in 1950s Budapest
‘La Grazia’ review: An impressive Toni Servillo anchors Paolo Sorrentino’s austere Venice opener
HORIZONS
‘On The Road’ review: Venice Horizons winner is taut, tender tale of gay Mexican drifter
Writer/director David Pablos sets his story in the ultra-masculine environment of Mexico’s trucking community
‘Barrio Triste’ review: Colombian-American photographer Stillz sets his debut in 1980s Medellin
‘Human Resource’ review: A pregnant worker navigates a hostile world in Thai drama
‘Divine Comedy’ review: Ali Asgari skewers Iranian cultural restrictions in witty satire
‘Lost Land’ review: Two young siblings from Myanmar journey alone in search of a better life
‘A Year Of School’ review: A Swedish girl finds her way in an Italian all-male high school
‘Late Fame’ review: Greta Lee and Willem Dafoe shine in pleasing New York Story
‘Rose Of Nevada’ review: George MacKay and Callum Turner star in Mark Jenkin’s atmospheric time-travel tale
‘Milk Teeth’ review: A young girl searches for her missing sister in 1980s Romania
‘Strange River’ review: A teenage boy encounters hidden desires on a trip along the Danube
‘The Kidnapping Of Arabella’ review: Chris Pine and Benedetta Porcaroli star in quirky Italian road movie
‘Mother’ review: Noomi Rapace stars as Mother Teresa in one-dimensional biopic
OUT OF COMPETITION
‘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
‘Kim Novak’s Vertigo’ review: Affectionate documentary profiles the Hollywood legend and Hitchcock star
‘My Father And Qaddafi’ review: Libyan filmmaker Jihan explores the 1993 abduction of her politician father
‘In The Hand Of Dante’ review: Oscar Isaac takes a dual role in Julian Schnabel’s offbeat biopic
‘Notes Of A True Criminal’ review: Alexander Rodnyansky explores Ukraine’s plight, past and present
‘Kabul, Between Prayers’ review: Engrossing documentary follows a lost generation of Afghan men
‘Dead Man’s Wire’ review: Bill Skarsgard impresses in Gus Van Sant’s real-life crime caper
‘Marc By Sofia’ review: Sofia Coppola profiles designer Marc Jacobs in this warm documentary
‘My Tennis Maestro’ review: Pierfrancesco Favino charms as a faded Italian tennis pro
‘Landmarks’ review: Lucrecia Martel critiques Argentina’s treatment of its Indigenous communities
‘The Holy Boy’ review: Paolo Strippoli’s third feature is a warped coming-of-age tale
‘After The Hunt’ review: Julia Roberts heads Luca Guadagnino’s problematic #MeToo drama
‘Cover-Up’ review: Laura Poitras co-directs fascinating portrait of US journalist Seymour Hersh
‘Ghost Elephants’ review: Werner Herzog tracks the legendary beast through the Angolan highlands
VENICE DAYS
‘Memory’ review: Ukrainian filmmaker Vladlena Sandu explores her troubled past in lyrical docudrama
Sandu’s exploration of a childhood spent in Crimea and Chechnya opens Venice’s Giornate degli Autori
CRITICS' WEEK
‘100 Nights Of Hero’ review: Maika Monroe and Emma Corrin star in Julia Jackman’s feminist fable
Jackman’s Venice Critics’ Week closer also stars Nicholas Galitzine, Felicity Jones and Charlie XCX
BIENNALE COLLEGE
‘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
