All Venice articles – Page 3
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Reviews‘Conversation With The Sea’ review: Kamel El Basha anchors Muayad Alayan’s uneven Palestinian drama
A Jerusalem-set mystery turns one man’s private reckoning into a pointed portrait of Palestinian life in Israel
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Reviews‘The Spiral’ review: Paolo Strippoli’s dark Italian family fable promises more than it delivers
Star Valeria Bruni Tedeschi impresses in this stylish but increasingly repetitive Faustian horror
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Reviews‘Look Back’ review: Hirokazu Koreeda sketches a tender but overly sentimental portrait of young friendship
The Japanese auteur’s live-action adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s acclaimed manga debuts in Venice Competition
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Reviews‘Boatbuilders’ review: Luke Lorentzen’s Maine-set boatyard documentary is a finely crafted delight
The ‘Midnight Family’ director slows the pace for this beautifully observed portrait of craftsmanship and community
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Reviews‘Hombre Al Agua’ review: Gael Garcia Bernal’s class satire proves disjointed and underpowered
Garcia Bernal directs, co-writes and stars in this Venice Spotlight premiere
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NewsVenice day 6: The early frontrunners for the Golden Lion - The Screen Podcast
Host Wendy Mitchell is joined by Screen’s senior US critic Tim Grierson, who reveals a trio of titles that have impressed him so far on the Lido.
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Reviews‘Woman Unknown’ review: May el-Toukhy’s Venice competition title is formal yet ferocious post-war Danish drama
Mathilde Arcel puts in a terrific lead performance in the director’s follow-up to Long Story Short and Queen Of Hearts
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Reviews‘The Echo Chamber’ review: Andrea Pallaoro turns Bernardo Bertolucci’s final script into precise, somewhat odd study of love and dependency
Alicia Vikander, Luca Marinelli and Susan Sarandon star in London-set Venice competition title
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NewsSusan Sarandon says she has had “movies taken away recently” due to Palestine support
Sarandon notes greater awareness of issue, but those in ”positions of power” still stopping her getting jobs.
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FeaturesGael Garcia Bernal on co-writing, directing and starring in Venice premiere ‘Hombre Al Agua’
Hombre Al Agua is the Mexican star’s third feature as a director and premieres in Venice before journeying on to TIFF
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NewsMay el-Toukhy says #MeToo advances have rolled back amid Venice gender imbalance
“I’ve never read an article where a female director is promoted as a genius,” said el-Toukhy.
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Reviews‘Holy Wood Dust’ review: Victor Kossakovsky’s study of trees lacks the revelatory magic of his best works
The Russian documentarist’s follow-up to Trillion and Architecton premieres out of competition in Venice
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Reviews‘Possible Love’ review: Lee Chang-dong explores class, desire and exploitation in powerful Venice competition return
The ‘Burning’ director reunites with star Sul Kyung-gu for an enigmatic drama about two married couples divided by wealth
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NewsLack of recognition for producers is ‘systemic’ issue that needs fixing, says Venice panel
Venice Production Bridge panel said issue needs addressing by festivals, award ceremonies, critics and film journalists
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Reviews‘The Difficult Bride’ review: A fairytale Bangladeshi wedding turns into a nightmare in sharp feminist body horror
Rubaiyat Hossain’s latest work becomes the first Bangladeshi film to play in Venice
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Reviews‘Citizen Osama’ review: A Palestinian journalist balances war reportage with family life in harrowing Gaza doc
Ahmed Hassouna’s Venice out of competition title has been selected as Palestine’s official Oscar submission
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NewsWim Wenders stands by Berlin politics comments: “Filmmakers are the opposite of politicians”
“Filmmakers are not working with the mindset of politicians,” said Wenders.
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NewsAda Solomon on producing ‘I Matter’, one of the first films by a female Roma director
Alina Șerban’s Venice Spotlight premiere I Matter, is the first fiction film by a female Roma director to play at an ‘A’ list festival
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FeaturesLee Chang-dong talks Netflix and long-awaited return with Venice competition title ‘Possible Love’
The director of ‘Burning’ returns after eight years with a relationship drama.
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Reviews‘Father Joe’ review: Kiefer Sutherland takes holy orders in Luc Besson’s violent action romp
Al Pacino adds marquee heft to Barthélémy Grossmann’s knowingly trashy action thriller