Amanda Seyfried on Singing in ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’
The last time Amanda Seyfried was at the Venice Film Festival with a film it was in 2017…
All of the Celebrity Fashions at the 2025 Venice Film Festival
The 2025 Venice Film Festival has barely kicked off and, already, it’s star-studded affair: the likes of Julia…
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…
Willem Dafoe in a Drama of Bohemia Then and Now
In Kent Jones’s lyrical and enchanting “Late Fame,” Willem Dafoe plays a forgotten New York poet who once…
Guillermo del Toro’s Monster Ambitions
More than once, incensed characters accuse the mad doctor of being the true “monster” in Guillermo del Toro’s…
The Oscars May Have ‘No Other Choice’ But to Nominate Park Chan-wook
Strangely, though he has been on the radar of most American cinephiles since his film “Oldboy” won the…
Julia Roberts in a Drama of Sexual Accusation
Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt,” a drama of sexual accusation and academic scheming set within the rarified cloisters…
Valérie Donzelli’s Perceptive Character Study
Nobody but the perilously naive these days expects to become a writer and get rich. Perhaps more are…
All of the Celebrity Menswear at the Venice Film Festival 2025
Benvenuto a Venezia! The Venice Film Festival 2025 kicks off this week, which means that Hollywood has landed…
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…
George Clooney in a Fun but Soft Hollywood Drama
In “Jay Kelly,” George Clooney plays a movie star very much like George Clooney. By that, I don’t…