Flesh Impact (short film) ★★★
On the cover, Marilyn Monroe might be the heroine of Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s semi-biographical short film. But the glistening presence atContinue Reading
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Wild Asparagus (short film) ★★½
At a little under half an hour’s runtime, Avi Mograbi‘s documentarist meditation carries the weight of a historic chronicle ofContinue Reading
They’re Here (short film) ★★★★
“The reality is a nightmare,” Laura Poitras said in an interview about her spectral short film, premiering out of competitionContinue Reading
The Good Lawyer ★
Despite the lack of intentional humour in Tristan Séguéla‘s overwrought courtroom affair, its title almost seems like an in-joke. “BadContinue 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
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
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
