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Wendy Ide, Senior international critic
Reviews‘Love Me Tender’ review: Vicky Krieps gives an intense performance in uneven Paris-set LGBTQ+ drama
Anna Cazenave Cambet’s second feature is adapted from the autofiction novel by Constance Debré
Reviews‘Balentes’ review: Enigmatic Sardinian animation boasts striking visuals but thin story
Giovanni Columbu’s 1940-set equine adventure blends various animation techniques
Reviews‘Dry Leaf’ review: A meditative Georgia-set road movie shot on a low-res phone camera
The latest from Alexandre Koberidze follows a father looking for his missing daughter in rural Georgia and premiered at Locarno
Reviews’The World Of Love’ review: Complex, thoughtful South Korean drama deals with aftermath of assault
Yoon Ga-eun’s nuanced third feature plays London following its Pingyao People’s Choice and Jury Prize awards
Reviews‘Straight Circle’ review: Distinctive, satirical UK debut follows enemy soldiers on a desert border
Oscar Hudson’s Venice Critics Week-winning feature boasts strong performances and arresting visuals
Reviews‘H Is For Hawk’ review: Claire Foy soars in Philippa Lowthorpe’s sensitive adaptation
Dramatisation of Helen Macdonald’s bestselling 2014 memoir plays London after Telluride premiere
Reviews‘The Eyes Of Ghana’ review: Warm documentary profiles Ghanian cinematographer Chris Hesse
Ben Proudfoot follows the nonagenarian filmmaker’s attempts to digitise his archive of negatives from the 1950s and 60s
Reviews‘Mārama’ review: Striking debut sees a Māori woman confront her past in 19th century Yorkshire
Taratoa Stappard’s gothic thriller features an impressive central performance from Ariāna Osborne
Reviews‘Obhut’ review: A sibling relationship is tested in sensitive German debut
Veronika Hafner confidently handles delicate themes in her Munich-set family drama
Reviews‘Desert Warrior’ review: Visually stunning Saudi Arabian epic lacks an emotional core
Antony Mackie and Sir Ben Kingsley star in Rupert Wyatt’s 7th century Arabian drama
Reviews‘Unidentified’ review: Haifaa Al Mansour’s Saudi thriller sees a grieving woman turn detective
The Saudi Arabian director reteams with star Mila Alzahrani, who plays a true-crime enthusiast investigating a murder
Reviews‘Leave The Cat Alone’ review: Enigmatic Japanese debut depicts a marriage blown off course
Shigaya Daisuke’s Tokyo-set relationship drama bows in Busan Competition
CommentComment: Venice jury springs surprises as festival grapples with global events
‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ was widely liked, but not a picture that figured prominently in speculative Golden Lion conversation.
Reviews‘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
Reviews‘Elisa’ review: Italian prison drama sees a convict with amnesia struggle to recall her crime
Leonardo Di Costanzo’s muted Venice Competiton title stars Barbara Ronchi and Roschdy Zem
Reviews‘Girl’ review: Actress Shu Qi’s 1980s-set directorial debut explores childhood trauma
The Taiwanese star also writes this bleakly beautiful but muddled drama which plays in Venice Competition
Reviews‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ review: Kaouther Ben Hania revisits 2024 death of a six-year-old in Gaza
Wrenching Venice competition title blends documentary and drama, and uses real-life emergency services recordings
Reviews‘Kabul, Between Prayers’ review: Engrossing documentary follows a lost generation of Afghan men
Dutch-Afghan film-maker Aboozar Amini’s follow-up to ’Kabul, City In The Wind’ focuses on three radicalised brothers
Reviews‘Divine Comedy’ review: Ali Asgari skewers Iranian cultural restrictions in witty satire
Charming performances carry Asgari’s fifth feature about a fictional director attempting to screen his latest film in Tehran
Reviews‘The Testament Of Ann Lee’ review: Amanda Seyfried is 18th-century preacher in audacious musical
Mona Fastvold and co-writer Brady Corbet’s uneven biopic of the eponymous Shaker founder bows in Venice Competition