Deborah Young - The Film Verdict

Lord of the Ants

Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 6, 2022 | Featured, Festivals, VENICE 2022 |

Director Gianni Amelio recreates a dismaying but true story from 1960’s Italy, when a brilliant writer who does little to hide his love for young men is persecuted and put on trial by a laughably outmoded justice system.

Call of God

Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 6, 2022 | Festivals, VENICE 2022 |

A young woman’s first love turns out to be a bad dream in the final film of South Korean master Kim Ki-duk, a visually striking if (for Kim) restrained relationship film that was posthumously completed by Estonian producer and director Artur Veeber.

Love Life

Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 5, 2022 | Festivals, Spotlight, VENICE 2022 |

A young couple dealing with the tragic loss of a child finds their love for each other challenged in a deeply original drama from Koji Fukada (‘Harmonium’).

In Viaggio

Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 5, 2022 | Festivals, VENICE 2022 |

Italy’s premier documaker Gianfranco Rosi turns his attention to Pope Francis and his non-stop foreign travels, stressing the ecumenical core of his messaging as he comments on the world’s horrors.

The Whale

Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 4, 2022 | Festivals, Spotlight, VENICE 2022 |

In a career-best performance, Brendan Fraser turns Darren Aronofsky’s apartment-bound drama about an unhappy English teacher crippled by obesity and his daughter’s distance into a classic piece of filmmaking whose emotions are truly immense.

Author: Deborah Young

Lord of the Ants

Call of God

Love Life

In Viaggio

The Whale