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Man in Water ★½
Class differences and careerism are not only narratively at the core of Gael García Bernal‘s diffuse directorial debut, which revealsContinue Reading
Be Brave (documentary) ½
This story the audience was about to see really happened, claims a text at the beginning of Francesco Carrozzini’s promotionalContinue Reading
The Cat Wakes Up and Yawns; Then Love ★½
A certain kind of eclectic ennui seems ingrained in Federico Francioni and Samuele Sestieri‘s meandering montage of its prototypical protagonist’sContinue Reading
Scherzetto ★★½
There comes a moment in Mario Martone‘s curious mélange of comedy and creepiness, premiering out of competition at the 83rdContinue Reading
Jupiter ★½
A year ago, Kathryn Bigelow entered the Venice competition with her apocalyptic atomic strike thriller A House of Dynamite; aContinue Reading
The Weight ★★½
It’s the middle of the Great Depression. Samuel Murphy (Ethan Hawke) is a widowed father raising his daughter Penny (AvyContinue Reading
Latchkey Cinema – Teenage Nihilism (ft. Heathers)
Making the move from woodsy New England to sprawling San Bernardino, California when I was nine years didn’t seem likeContinue Reading
Queer Edward II (documentary) ★★★½
Looking at Derek Jarman‘s titular historical drama today, it’s easy to be swept away by its innovative settings and wildContinue Reading
The Rivals of Amziah King ★★★
Amziah King (Matthew McConaughey) is a man of almost mythic proportions. Everywhere he goes, life seems to happen. People flockContinue Reading
Silent Rebellion ★★½
Her mother is “a bad woman”, says 15-year-old Emma (a remarkable Lila Gueneau) at the beginning of Marie-Elsa Sgualdo‘s ambitiousContinue Reading
