‘Another World’ Review: Vincent Lindon Stars in a Portrait of Ice-Cold Contempt
Venice: Stéphane Brizé follows up “At War” with a caustic, captivating performance unlike anything he has tried before.
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‘The Last Duel’ Review: Forget the Bad Hair, Ridley Scott’s Epic Is Heir to a Tradition of Movies for Adults
A film that’s all too rare on the current field of Hollywood battle, Ridley Scott’s medieval epic more than survives its ghastly hairpieces.
‘Halloween Kills’ Review: Little More to Offer Than a Jacked Up Body Count on a Bed of Fan Service
The box office success of the 2018 film means that not just a sequel is in order, but a saga — the people of Haddonfield are truly doomed.
‘Il Buco’ Review: Michelangelo Frammartino Blurs Fact and Fiction in Spelunking Deep Dive
Venice: The conceptually rigorous “Il Buco” wants to be mistaken for a hands-off, ethnographic nature doc about a group of young spelunkers in the southern Italian mountains.
‘Spencer’ Review: Kristen Stewart Slips Into Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín’s Unnerving Portrait of an Icon
Venice: The unconventional drama plays as sort of a haunted house chamber piece that doesn’t try to locate the real woman behind the legend.
‘Notturno’ Review: ‘Fire at Sea’ Director Delivers a Cinematic Look at Life in the Middle East
Venice: Gianfranco Rosi’s hypnotic new work is less a film about life during wartime than the life that subsequently follows it.
‘A Rainy Day in New York’ Review: Woody Allen’s Latest Comedy Is Mediocre and Out of Touch
Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning show up onscreen swaddled in tweed and smelling of mothballs in Allen’s antiquated comedy, which has no U.S. distributor but opens this week in Paris.
‘Waiting for the Barbarians’ Review: Ciro Guerra’s Anti-Imperialism Screed Is Far From Radical
Venice: Mark Rylance, Robert Pattinson, and Johnny Depp lead Guerra’s first English-language film, an adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s novel.
Canneseries: How a New Festival in France Illustrates Television’s Growing Global Business
Last year, it launched “Killing Eve.” Now, Canneseries is growing its ambition.
Venice Film Festival Director Alberto Barbera on Gender Disparity, Netflix Controversies, and Steve Bannon
The 68-year-old one-time critic faces a lot of controversy this year, but he’s ready to face the hard questions.
‘What You Gonna Do When the World’s On Fire?’ Review: Roberto Minervini’s Doc Poetically Explores Life in the Deep South
Venice: Minervini’s verité-influenced film leans hard on its lush black and white cinematography in its attempt to offer a snapshot of African-American life in the Deep South.
‘Peterloo’ Review: Mike Leigh’s Exhaustive and Fact-Based Drama Is Purely For History Wonks — Venice
The expansive, exhaustive, and extraordinarily thorough portrait of early 19th-century political activism is also bloody well dull.
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