Film Review
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Rome Film Fest 2026
Rome Film Fest 2026: Ulya (dir. Viesturs Kairišs) | Review
Viesturs Kairišs’ beautifully shot biopic of Latvian basketball legend Ulyana Semjonova is a portrait of an outsider struggling to find…
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Rome Film Fest 2026
Rome Film Fest 2026: The Debut (dir. Jesse Eisenberg) | Review
Jesse Eisenberg’s surreal, big-hearted comedy stars Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti in a delightful story about artistic ambition, late-life reinvention…
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Rome Film Fest 2026
Rome Film Fest 2026: I Play Rocky (dir. Peter Farrelly) | Review
Peter Farrelly’s feel-good retelling of the story behind Rocky is pure cheese, but Anthony Ippolito’s charming performance pulls the movie…
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Rome Film Fest 2026
Rome Film Fest 2026: Fjord (dir. Cristian Mungiu) | Review
Cristian Mungiu’s thought-provoking family drama explores the fault lines between religious belief, immigration and liberal values, resisting easy answers to…
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Rome Film Fest 2026
Rome Film Fest 2026: Eurotrash (dir. Frauke Finsterwalder) | Review
A wealthy Swiss family reckons with inherited guilt and the emptiness of privilege in this visually beautiful but heavy-handed adaptation…
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Busan IFF 2026
Busan IFF 2026: The Soul Whisperer (dir. Leo Thaddeus) | Review
Witness a rare yet sublime cinematic view centred upon death at its threshold, strongly magnified through Pauly Valsan and Dileesh…
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Busan IFF 2026
Busan IFF 2026: About an Intimate Matter (dir. Sandeep Kumar Paul) | Review
One voice, calling for change. One room, thick with clashes. One major backfire. Sandeep Kumar Paul’s "About an Intimate Matter"…
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Rome Film Fest 2026
Rome Film Fest 2026: I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning (dir. Clio Barnard) | Review
Clio Barnard’s "I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning" is an engaging, emotionally resonant portrait of young British life, against the…
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Rome Film Fest 2026
Rome Film Fest 2026: Fatherland (dir. Paweł Pawlikowski) | Review
Sandra Hüller is extraordinary in Paweł Pawlikowski’s truly stunning "Fatherland," a film that feels all too relevant as Germany once…
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Rome Film Fest 2026
Rome Film Fest 2026: Elsinore (dir. Simon Stone) | Review
A heartbreaking, witty and beautifully shot biopic, "Elsinore" brings Ian Charleson back to life in 1980s Britain.
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