‘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.
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‘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.
Venice President Guillermo del Toro Has a Plan for Judging His Friend Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’ Fairly
Taika Waititi also spoke about his ability to appreciate tragic films, even though he has a comedy background.
‘Unsane’ Review: Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone-Shot Thriller is a Delicious Satire of Modern Technology — Berlinale 2018
Claire Foy stars in this satisfying genre trip in which the boundary between reality and fantasy is suspect.
‘Mom and Dad’ Review: Nicolas Cage Goes Nuts in Cartoonish Zombie Thriller — TIFF
The “Crank” co-director is back with another wacky, boundary-pushing cinematic experience.
‘The Wife’ Review: Glenn Close is Exquisite In This Literary Drama — TIFF
The movie may be a soft lob down the middle, but Close makes something more out of it.
‘Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno’ Review: Abdellatif Kechiche’s Skill Can’t Overcome Troubling Objectification
The “Blue is the Warmest Color” director’s latest film is problematic beyond showing a lot of young skin.
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