Film Review
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Venice Film Festival 2026
Venice 2026: One Minute to Midnight (dir. Nicolas Pariser) | Review
Director Nicolas Pariser invites you to find out: a walkabout of structured opinions, self-reflection, and principles of decisions and choices…
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Venice Film Festival 2026
Venice 2026: What Belongs to Others (dir. Grzegorz Dębowski) | Review
Director Grzegorz Dębowski bolds the quote “Every fortune feeds on a fracture” through "What Belongs to Others" — a deceptive…
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Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers
Venice 2026: A Common Story (dir. Anna Foglietta) | Review
In "A Common Story," Anna Foglietta carries out a sharp dissection of marriage that is dark, justified, and unflinching –…
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Spotlight: Middle Eastern Filmmakers
Venice 2026: No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman (dir. Halkawt Mustafa) | Review
Kurdish Wonder Woman with a sniper makes a dazzling entry to Venice that brings women warfighters’ dignity and resilience to…
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Venice Film Festival 2026
Venice 2026: Children of the Monkey (dir. Tommaso Landucci) | Review
Riccardo Scamarcio’s spot-on performance is both devastating and uplifting in Tommaso Landucci’s fairly dangerous gameplay of intentions versus reality, all…
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Venice Film Festival 2026
Venice 2026: I Plant My Hand in the Garden (dirs. Hoda Taheri & Boris Hadžija) | Review
Hoda Taheri and Boris Hadžija’s multicultural exploration of identity and family goes against the grain, using cinema’s formal qualities to…
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Venice Film Festival 2026
Venice 2026: Diane In The Loop (dirs. Ann Sirot & Raphaël Balboni) | Review
Diane is an avenger with a hat on who takes principles to the utmost level in a progressive take on…
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Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers
Venice 2026: Our Share of Sand (dir. Shalini Adnani) | Review
Witness a meditative thriller on reverse culture shock and the disillusionment of real-world inequality, all through Shalini Adnani’s revolutionary direction…
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Venice Film Festival 2026
Venice 2026: House of The Wind (dir. Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu) | Review
A lonely life, an accepted deal, a system to defeat: Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu’s "House of the Wind" breezes mightily…
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Locarno Film Festival 2026
Locarno 2026: Nowhere to Lay My Eyes (dir. Hong Sang-soo) | Review
Hong Sang-soo presents one of his most deliberate films yet, ruminating on the intersection between art, family, and acceptance.
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