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6940 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 29/04/2024. 752 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

You Will Die at 20 by Amjad Abu Alala

31/08/2019

VENICE 2019: A largely European production, the feature debut from Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala reveals a promising director with great control of mise en scène  

You Will Die at 20

You Will Die at 20

A Son by Mehdi M. Barsaoui

31/08/2019

VENICE 2019: Mehdi M Barsaoui’s tense debut about a marriage and a country in crisis is hugely satisfying  

Bik eneich

Bik eneich

Pelican Blood by Katrin Gebbe

31/08/2019

VENICE 2019: The opening-night film of the Orizzonti section, directed by Katrin Gebbe, unfortunately falls before the final hurdle  

Pelikanblut

Pelikanblut

The Mayor of Rione Sanità by Mario Martone

31/08/2019

VENICE 2019: A surprising performance from Francesco Di Leva as a charismatic boss of the Camorra shines in Mario Martone’s adaptation of the eponymous play by Eduardo De Filippo  

Il Sindaco del Rione Sanità

Il Sindaco del Rione Sanità

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer by Andrey A. Tarkovskiy

31/08/2019

VENICE 2019: Forget Garbo – this time around, in the film by his son Andrey A, it’s Tarkovsky who finally talks  

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer

A Bigger World by Fabienne Berthaud

30/08/2019

VENICE 2019: Cécile de France shines in the role of a heartbroken woman who discovers her shamanic talents, in Fabienne Berthaud’s exotic, pleasant and very effective film  

Un monde plus grand

Un monde plus grand

The End of Love by Keren Ben Rafael

30/08/2019

VENICE 2019: Keren Ben Rafael signs a conceptual and audacious film around Skype communication and a frustrated love story between Judith Chemla and Arieh Worthalter  

À coeur battant

À coeur battant

Sole by Carlo Sironi

30/08/2019

VENICE 2019: Starting from the illegal black-market baby trade, the first film from Carlo Sironi offers a laconic reflection on fatherhood  

Sole

Sole

Bombay Rose by Gitanjali Rao

30/08/2019

VENICE 2019: Gitanjali Rao's daring animation from India about forbidden love has opened the International Film Critics’ Week  

Bombay Rose

Bombay Rose

The Prince by Sebastián Muñoz

30/08/2019

VENICE 2019: Chile’s Sebastián Muñoz makes his debut with an erotic prison drama about the homosexual awakening of an inmate surrounded by extreme violence  

El Príncipe

El Príncipe

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