Posts tagged Venice Film Festival
A Compassionate Spy: In Praise of Treason
TÁR: Complicated Character Study Considers Cancel Culture
By Karen Gordon
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Original-Cin Chat: Dune Director Denis Villeneuve on Adapting the “Unadaptable”
By Karen Gordon
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InterviewJim SlotekDune, Denis Villeneuve, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Timothée Chalamet, Javier Bardem, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, TIFF 2021, Venice Film Festival, Science fiction, Adaptation, Frank Herbert sci-fi novel
New Order: Depiction of Brutal Class Divide Propels Grim Mexican Thriller
ReviewJim SlotekNew Order, Michel Franco, TIFF 2020, Venice Film Festival, Naian González Norvind, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Mexico City, Mexican film, Spanish language, Dystopian stories, Thriller, Venice Silver Lion Award
Corpus Christi: Oscar-nominated tale of a fake cleric who finds grace is the definition of 'face value'
Jim SlotekCorpus Christi, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Oscar International Film Award, Bartosz Bielenia, Maria Falconetti, Carl Dreyer, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Bruno Dumont, La vie de Jésus, Movies about fake priests, We’re No Angels, Lukasz Simlat, Eliza Rycembel, Aleksandra Konieczna, Zdzislaw Wardejn, Barbara Kurzaj, Jan Komasa, Mateusz Pacewicz
Joker: Joaquin Phoenix Descends Believably into Madness in Gotham's Dark Heart
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekJoker, Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy, Zazie Beetz, TIFF 2019, Todd Phillips, Venice Film Festival, Gotham, Batman
The Quietude: Sexually-charged Argentinian social drama is more soap than art
ReviewJim SlotekThe Quietude, Pablo Trapero, Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Argentinian films, Isidoro Tolcachir, Martina Gusman, Benenice Bejo, Joaquín Furriel, Edgar Ramirez, Graciela Borges, Family secrets, Argentinian dictatorship, Wealthy characters
Foxtrot: A brilliant dance of death by Israeli filmmaker Samuel Moaz
