Venice Film Festival 2023 - The Film Verdict

The Featherweight

Posted by Kevin Jagernauth | Sep 3, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023 |

‘The Featherweight’ is an inventive faux doc portrait of boxing great Willie Pep who faces his greatest fight yet: his own legacy.

Adagio

Posted by Jay Weissberg | Sep 2, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023 |

Stefano Sollima delivers the kind of gritty, testosterone-driven underworld drama we’ve come to expect, boasting exceptional performances and location work, but a highly problematic undercurrent of homophobia can’t be brushed under the soiled carpet.

Hoard

Posted by Stephen Dalton | Sep 2, 2023 | Featured, Festivals, VENICE 2023 |

Director Luna Carmoon’s richly imaginative debut ‘Hoard’ finds filth and poetry in a young woman’s traumatic journey from childhood to womanhood.

Finally Dawn

Posted by Jay Weissberg | Sep 1, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023 |

Saverio Costanzo’s use of “La Dolce Vita” for a 1950s loss-of-innocence story set in Rome’s film world feels locked in its period charms, and despite excellent performances fails to resonate beyond the surface.

An Endless Sunday

Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 1, 2023 | Festivals, Toronto 2023, VENICE 2023 |

Dazzling camerawork and an exceptional trio of teenage actors dangle from a weak narrative thread in Alain Parroni’s intense first feature about underprivileged kids growing up without a future.

Tag: Venice Film Festival 2023

The Featherweight

Adagio

Hoard

Finally Dawn

An Endless Sunday