Author: Deborah Young

In anonymous interviews with Secret Service eyewitnesses about Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, including the extent and methods of killing that have made civilian casualties astronomical, ‘NAZA’ is an anguishing testament to inhumanity.

A mammoth 4-hour extravaganza of brilliant, cutting-edge cinema that has been in the making for the last 20 years, Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s wildly imaginative critique of Soviet society DAU found an appreciative showcase in Venice competition.

Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to storytelling from a child’s POV in the visually dazzling and narratively charming ‘Look Back’, where two talented schoolgirls break into the magical world of manga comics.

Nanni Moretti returns to Venice after 37 years to bow ‘It Will Happen Tonight’, an unrepentantly passionate love story starring Louis Garrel and Jasmine Trinca.