Italy
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IDFA 2024
IDFA 2024: Personale (dir. Carmen Trocker) | Review
Director Carmen Trocker invites us to take a closer look at the housekeeping team behind the perfection of a 4-star…
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TIFF 2024
TIFF 2024: They Will Be Dust (by Carlos Marques-Marcet) | Review
TIFF selection "They Will Be Dust" celebrates the symphonies of death in an arthouse musical, with a hyperbolic emphasis on…
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Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers
Venice 2024 (Competition): Vermiglio (by Maura Delpero) | Review
While the world is torn apart by war and conflict, in an Italian village hidden from the global storms, life…
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Spotlight: Documentary
Venice 2024 (Orizzonti): Wishing on a Star | Interview of Péter Kerekes
We interviewed director Péter Kerekes, whose latest, "Wishing on a Star," takes us on a magical journey of self-discovery.
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Venice Film Festival 2024
Venice 2024 (Competition): Campo di battaglia (by Gianni Amelio) | Review
I applauded with energy when the closing credits rolled on "Campo di battaglia," touched and humbled by the gentleness that…
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Venice Film Festival 2024
Venice 2024 (Competition): Maria (by Pablo Larraín) | Review
Pablo Larraín adds another disintegrating diva to Jackie (2016) and Spencer (2021) with Maria which premiered at the 81st Venice…
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Venice Film Festival 2024
Venice 2024 (Orizzonti): Nonostante (by Valerio Mastandrea) | Review
Venice Orizzonti’s opening film, "Nonostante," by renowned actor Valerio Mastandrea, premiered with a special message: always maintain an optimistic outlook…
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Melbourne International Film Festival 2024
Melbourne IFF 2024: The Damned (by Roberto Minervini) | Review
Roberto Minervini’s alternate take on war in "The Damned" is a rare sight that speaks volumes.
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Sydney Film Festival 2024
Sydney Film Festival 2024: There’s Still Tomorrow (by Paola Cortellesi) | Review
Paola Cortellesi stars in and directs the top prize winner of the Sydney Film Festival, which might just be one…
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Spotlight: Documentary
Visions du Réel 2024: Valentina and the MUOSters | Review
Director Francesca Scalisi captured a young woman's late but moving blossoming in a documentary that prompts us to reflect on…
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