A Dour, Well-Acted Chinese drama
The weight of the past comes crashing down on a pair of ex-lovers in Chinese director Cai Shangjun’s…
Venice Film Festival 2025 Golden Lion and Other Awards Winners List
The undeniably robust 82nd edition of the Venice International Film Festival has come to a triumphant finish. Heading…
Julian Schnabel’s ‘In the Hand of Dante’ Gets Embraced in Venice
Julian Schnabel‘s long-gestating offbeat period drama In the Hand of Dante has finally met an audience. The Oscar…
Kathryn Bigelow Nuclear Threat Thriller
Eight years since her last feature, Kathryn Bigelow returns with an unrelenting chokehold thriller so controlled, kinetic and…
Dwayne Johnson’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ Delivers TKO at Venice Premiere,
Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne Johnson as legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr,…
‘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…
‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Review: Jim Jarmusch’s Family Triptych
Jim Jarmusch has been doing his idiosyncratic thing for so long we sometimes take him for granted. But…
Jim Jarmusch “Quite Disconcerted” About Mubi’s Ties to Israeli Military
Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, whose new film Father Mother Sister Brother is being released by Mubi, addressed the company’s…
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 & Greta Lee Are So Good in ‘Late Fame’
“You must have been beautiful when you were young,” Greta Lee says to Willem Dafoe at one point…
Guillermo del Toro’s ’Frankenstein’ Wows Venice Film Festival
Guillermo del Toro’s lifelong passion project Frankenstein jolted to life on Saturday night in Italy where the Netflix…
Mads Mikkelsen in Absurdist Black Comedy
Mads Mikkelsen brings a deadpan look and a great deal of grace to his role as a psychologically…