Deborah Young - The Film Verdict

Woman Of…

Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 8, 2023 | Festivals, Spotlight |

In ‘Woman of…’, the passive heroism of a Polish working class father of two who identifies as a woman is affectingly portrayed in the inimitable style of Malgorzata Szumowska and her co-director and D.P. Michal Englert (‘Never Gonna Snow Again’).

Holly

Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 7, 2023 | Featured, Festivals |

A high school girl demonstrates a special gift for empathy and healing others in Belgian director Fien Troch’s mysterious, multi-layered parable about the price of doing good.

Io Capitano

Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 6, 2023 | Festivals, International Oscars 2024, VENICE 2023 |

Director Matteo Garrone steps back from the edginess of stylized crime dramas and horror fantasies to recount the no less cruel and shocking journey made by two Senegalese teens to Europe in ‘Io Capitano’.

Enea

Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 5, 2023 | Festivals, Spotlight, VENICE 2023 |

A withering take-down of Rome’s vapid middle class, Pietro Castellitto’s (‘The Predators’) exuberant second feature ‘Enea’ is an amusing, fast-paced game that winks at gangster movies and bows in Venice competition.

Coup de Chance

Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 4, 2023 | Festivals, Featured, VENICE 2023 |

Infidelity is followed by murder in glamorous Paris in Woody Allen’s smooth-as-silk 50th film ‘Coup de Chance,’ shot entirely in French.

Author: Deborah Young

Woman Of…

Holly

Io Capitano

Enea

Coup de Chance