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.
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‘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.
‘mother!’ Review: Darren Aronofsky’s Audacious and Rich Cinematic Allegory Is His Most Daring Film Yet
The auteur’s super-secret new psychological horror is a nightmarish dreamscape. It does not disappoint.
‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ Review: Frances McDormand Shines in Nihilistic Comedy — Venice
Martin McDonagh approaches sentimentality in his gruff examination of the inner workings of a small town.
‘Victoria & Abdul’ Review: Judi Dench-Starring Historical Drama Is Only Half a Story — Venice
Stephen Frears’ latest is an otherwise benignly toothless, pleasantly glossy affair that refuses to wrestle with bigger implications.
‘Suburbicon’ Review: George Clooney’s Mostly Entertaining Satire Offers Two Unequal Stories of Societal Woe
Matt Damon stars in a feature hamstrung by the iffy joining of what was once two very different films.
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