Report From Venice
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‘The Kingdom Exodus’ Review: Lars von Trier Goes Full Meta With the Return of His Creepy Hospital Drama
Like David Lynch before him, von Trier waited a quarter-century to return to his disturbing TV project
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‘Bones and All’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Makes Sparks Fly and People Die in Cannibal Road Movie
Luca Guadagnino’s film feels like a mad science experiment to see if “Raw” can coexist with “Badlands” in the body of a gooey Young Adult love tale
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‘TAR’ Review: Cate Blanchett Is at Her Peak in Razor-Sharp Character Study
Todd Field’s drama engages playfully and provocatively with hot-button topics as Blanchett delivers yet another fiery performance
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‘Argentina, 1985’ Review: Advocates and Activists Fight to Reveal the Nation’s Painful Past
Santiago Mitre doesn’t rewrite the historical drama, but his courtroom procedural on the Trial of the Juntas is an effective crowd-pleaser
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‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Film Review: Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson Are Back for More Twisted, Feckin’ Fun
Director Martin McDonagh has reunited the stars of “In Bruges” for a quieter film that’s still a disturbed delight
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‘Dead for a Dollar’ Review: Walter Hill Captures the Best and Worst of Low-Budget Westerns
The film’s handful of grace notes are overpowered by lots of cut-short scenes that seem to signal the director’s impatience
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‘Athena’ Review: Romain Gavras Captures French Police Brutality With Visceral Power
The story of a clash between cops and the Middle Eastern community calls to mind co-writer Ladj Ly’s recent “Les Misérables”
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‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Review: Florence Pugh Shines as Olivia Wilde Provokes
Pugh and Harry Styles star in Wilde’s satiric and somewhat frantic psychological thriller
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‘Pearl’ Film Review: Stunning Prequel Makes ‘X’ Even Better Than It Already Was
Mia Goth (who co-wrote with director Ti West) gives a sad, scary performance that deepens the character and her saga
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‘Nuclear’ Film Review: Oliver Stone Defends Nukes as a Power Source in Didactic Documentary
Venice Film Festival 2022: Stock footage, graphs and Stone’s own narration confirm the Oscar-winning director is here to teach rather than to entertain
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‘Blonde’ Film Review: Ana de Armas Recreates Marilyn and Norma Jeane, in Black and White and Technicolor
Venice Film Festival 2022: Director Andrew Dominik pivots between the nightmare of fame and hooray-for-Hollywood grandeur with surrealist flair
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‘Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America’ Film Review: Enjoyable Doc Celebrates Spaghetti-Western Auteur
Venice Film Festival 2022: Eastwood, Scorsese, Spielberg and Tarantino help pay homage to the cinema giant behind classics of the genre
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‘Love Life’ Film Review: Soulful Japanese Drama Finds Solitude and Solace in Connections
Venice Film Festival 2022: The latest from Kôji Fukada (“A Girl Missing”) finds emotional power and interactivity in cramped and often silent spaces
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‘When the Waves Are Gone’ Film Review: Lav Diaz Creates Another Haunting Portrait, at His Own Pace
Venice 2022: The Filipino director, known for his lengthy running times, crafts a tale of two policemen at odds with stronger visuals than dialogue
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‘The Ghost of Richard Harris’ Review: Larger-Than-Life Actor Remembered Ruefully and Gratefully
Venice Film Festival 2022: The children and co-stars of the legendary movie star, musician and drunkard all have stories to tell about the screen icon
