‘Kim Novak’s Vertigo’ Review: An Overly Fawning Tribute
Shown out of competition in Venice in conjunction with the festival giving a lifetime achievement award to its…
Dwayne Johnson in Benny Safdie MMA Film
Sticks, stones, body blows and multiple knees to the head may break his bones, but names are what…
A One-of-a-Kind Marianne Faithful Tribute Doc
An eternal “it girl” — charismatic, original and ahead of every curve right up until she died this…
Willem Dafoe in Poetic Character Study
There is an elegiac tone and a dash of wit in this lovely, small-scale film held together by…
Jude Law Plays Putin for Assayas
As a French auteur with international pedigree, Olivier Assayas likes to split his time between intimate homegrown dramas…
Willem Dafoe Is Low-Key and Magnificent
Ed Saxberger is a onetime poet and a longtime postal worker, and as he tries to write a…
Werner Herzog Doc ‘Ghost Elephants’ Sells to National Geographic
National Geographic Documentary Films has acquired the world streaming rights to Werner Herzog‘s new feature-length documentary Ghost Elephants,…
‘After the Hunt’ Doesn’t Have That Much to Say
Despite its deliberate pacing and talky script, Luca Guadagnino’s latest is not quite the heady intellectual drama it…
George Clooney Fights Infection to Make ‘Jay Kelly’ Red Carpet
Venice welcomed back festival frequent flyers George Clooney and Noah Baumbach on Thursday night, giving Baumbach’s Jay Kelly…
Laszlo Nemes Explores His Father’s Traumatic History
The rippling fallout of war on families has long been fertile ground for cinema — trauma is calcified…
Toni Servillo in Paolo Sorrentino Character Study
The first thing to be said about Paolo Sorrentino’s captivating portrait of an esteemed political leader in the…
Charlie Kaufman and Eva H.D.’s Haunting New Film Premieres in Venice
Charlie Kaufman is back. The iconoclast behind such mind-bending films as Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of…