Venice Film Festival - The Film Verdict

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’.

Following the Sound

Posted by Clarence Tsui | Sep 6, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023 |

Kyoshi Sugita’s “Following the Sound” ticks all the boxes for nipponophiles seeking some extremely austere storytelling and swathes of slow-moving, soothing imagery set in a small, serene town in Japan.

Hit Man

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Sep 5, 2023 | VENICE 2023, Spotlight, Toronto 2023 |

Richard Linklater’s farce about a phony hired killer is charming and unpredictable, but it would benefit from dropping the “based on a true story” angle.

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.

Sea Salt

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 5, 2023 | Festivals, VENICE 2023, Verdict Shorts |

The inconsistencies of adolescence are the challenges of burgeoning womanhood are central to Leila Basma’s knotty and intoxicating coming-of-age short, Sea Salt.

Tag: Venice Film Festival

Io Capitano

Following the Sound

Hit Man

Enea

Sea Salt