Report From Venice
-
‘Jay Kelly’ Review: George Clooney Is Damn Good at Playing a Pampered Movie Star
Venice Film Festival: And Noah Baumbach is back to nailing that tricky balance with a film that moves like a comedy but has a lot on its mind
-
‘Bugonia’ Review: Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons Sure Love Going Crazy for Yorgos Lanthimos
Venice Film Festival: The Greek director tackles conspiracy theories in another wacky extravaganza, even if it isn’t quite as satisfying as “Poor Things” or “The Lobster”
-
‘Megadoc’ Review: Warts-and-All Doc Reveals How Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Became a Mega-flop-olis
Venice Film Festival: The behind-the-scenes film about Francis Ford Coppola’s $120 million dream project celebrates artistic risk, without pretending it paid off
-
‘Ghost Elephants’ Review: Who but Werner Herzog Could Lead Us on This Mystical Search for Giant Pachyderms?
Venice Film Festival: As usual, Herzog finds the poetry in nature and looks beyond the facts to the myths and legends that make them worthy of his attention
-
Venice Film Festival 2025: Cate Blanchett, Emma Stone, Julia Roberts and More Hit the Biennale | Photos
The 82nd international festival kicked off with the premiere of Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia” and lifetime achievement honors for Werner Herzog
-
‘La grazia’ Review: Paolo Sorrentino Presents the President, Italian Style
Venice Film Festival: The director of “The Great Beauty” envisions an even greater beauty — power, for once, driving a man sane
-
‘Mother’ Review: Noomi Rapace Plays Mother Teresa in Odd, Bold Drama
Venice Film Festival: “Mother” quite deliberately takes a small slice of a large life and treats it in ways that are both contemplative and assaultive
-
Alexander Payne Dodges Gaza Query at Venice Press Conference: ‘I Feel a Little Unprepared for That Question’
“My political views I’m sure are in agreement with many of yours,” the filmmaker and jury president says
-
Venice Film Festival Faces Pressure From Hundreds of Italian Industry Figures to Take Stronger Pro-Palestine Stance
“We have seen it all. We keep seeing it all,” the group, operating under the name Venice4Palestine, writes in an open letter
-
‘The Room Next Door’ Wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival Awards
Other winners include best actress Nicole Kidman for “Babygirl,” “The Brutalist” director Brady Corbet and the screenplay for Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here”
-
‘Horizon 2’ Review: Kevin Costner’s Slow and Flat Sequel Unlikely to Win New Fans
Venice Film Festival: The second part of the filmmaker’s planned four-part American Saga is more soap opera than spectacle
-
‘April’ Review: Abortion Drama Is a Singular Horror Show
Venice Film Festival: Director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s distinct film follows an OB-GYN who performs illegal abortions in Georgia
-
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix Is Daring, Pathetic in Todd Phillips’ Impressively Odd Sequel
Venice Film Festival: The ambitious musical sequel confronts and challenges Phillips’ own Oscar-winning film
-
‘Queer’ Review: Daniel Craig Boozes and Cruises in Luca Guadagnino’s Transportive Lust Story
Venice Film Festival: The James Bond actor perfects the art of longing in the “Call Me by Your Name” filmmaker’s William S. Burroughs adaptation
-
‘Wolfs’ Review: George Clooney and Brad Pitt. That’s It. That’s the Movie.
Venice Film Festival: The “Ocean’s Eleven” stars reunite for a caper with more star power than real power
