Venice 2022: Beating Sun
While Beating Sun has an authentic and meaningful heart, the final package is lacking
Venice 2022: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed cowers behind its emotional angle
Venice 2022: TÁR
An exceptional discourse on how good artists handle their bad habits
Venice 2022: Bones and All
Bones and All is a strong return to horror cinema for Luca Guadagnino, and Taylor Russell proves once again that she is one of the most fearless and captivating young performers working today.
Venice 2022: Un couple
Un couple is a feminist text through and through, and while it is undoubtedly slow to the point of boredom of many, it is a stark reminder that, sadly, topics like women’s rights and abuse from the patriarchy will never go away easily.
Venice 2022: Bardo, False Chronicle of A Handful of Truths
There are many scenes in Bardo that are truly brilliant and powerful, especially when it focuses on how easily a father can lose touch with his family because of his obsession with work, but its lack of focus and excessive runtime make it a trying viewing experience that would have benefited from losing an hour of fat.
Venice 2022: The Kingdom Exodus
Being able to finally see The Kingdom: Exodus in 2022 is nothing short of a miracle
Venice 2022: White Noise
Baumbach has marked his first truly stunning visual component
Venice 2022: Princess
Princess struggles tremendously to understand its own platform
VENICE 2021: Reflection ‘Відблиск’
Reflection dazzles visually and, for some, will undoubtedly hold something quite poignant and stunning in performance
VENICE 2021: White Building ‘Bodeng Sar’
White Building is a film that perfectly, and quite hauntingly, encapsulates the feeling of isolation and loneliness
VENICE 2021: La Caja
La Caja offers an emotional look into the sins of father and son
Isabel Sandoval: “A lot of minority artists should stop pandering and overexplaining to people”
Nicolò Grasso talks to Isabel Sandoval about her cinematic style, Berlin Venice and Cannes, not conforming to convention and being a beacon of positivity
VENICE 2021: My Night ‘Ma Nuit’
Ma Nuit is an emotionally soothing and delicately produced drama
VENICE 2021: El Gran Movimiento
El Gran Moviemento drips and drips away in an attempt to form cohesion but just ends up spiralling and elongating
VENICE 2021: Old Henry
Ponciroli slowly but surely turns his feature up to an eleven in terms of indulgence
VENICE 2021: Freaks Out
Chaotic, controversial, entertaining, and harrowing
VENICE 2021: Another World ‘Un Autre Monde’
Another World gives off a shimmering gleam of conventional and classic French drama
VENICE 2021: The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic manages to deliver laughs, thrills, and tears in a deceptively simple way
ClapperCast - Episode 71: Venice International Film Festival 2021 Reviews/Recap
On this week of ClapperCast, Jak-Luke Sharp & Nicolò Grasso host the show live from the 2021 Venice International Film Festival where they give their full thoughts on everything they saw which includes but is not limited to Dune, Halloween Kills, The Last Duel, Spencer, The Card Counter & Last Night in Soho!