Film Reviews

8214 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 06/01/2026. 701 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Divine Comedy by Ali Asgari

06/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Ali Asgari’s metafictional sibling to Terrestrial Verses takes a deep dive into the absurdity buried within the world of Iranian film censorship  

Komedie elahi

Komedie elahi

Bravo Bene! by Franco Maresco

06/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Franco Maresco imagines a never-completed film dedicated to Carmelo Bene and confirms his extreme, radical and provocative vision of cinema  

Un film fatto per Bene

Un film fatto per Bene

Silent Friend by Ildiko Enyedi

06/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Ildikó Enyedi’s eccentric, charming film inspects a tree in a German university garden in three distinct time periods over the last century  

Silent Friend

Silent Friend

Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes by Gabriel Azorín

05/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Gabriel Azorín has created a slow-paced, radical film, rich in dialogue, that intertwines past and present while set in a place suspended in time  

Anoche conquisté Tebas

Anoche conquisté Tebas

Grand Ciel by Akihiro Hata

05/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Akihiro Hata’s debut feature delves into a dystopian construction site, blending social themes with an eerie atmosphere  

Grand Ciel

Grand Ciel

Straight Circle by Oscar Hudson

05/09/2025

VENICE 2025: This punkish satire by Oscar Hudson feels so timely it hurts  

Straight Circle

Straight Circle

Kabul, Between Prayers by Aboozar Amini

05/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Aboozar Amini’s sophomore feature-length documentary adopts a gentle approach to exploring the lives of two brothers shaped by Kabul under the Taliban  

Kabul, Between Prayers

Kabul, Between Prayers

Elisa by Leonardo Di Costanzo

05/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Loosely based on a real-life news item analysed in a criminology text, Leonardo Di Costanzo lends a voice to the perpetrator of a ferocious family crime  

Elisa

Elisa

Who Is Still Alive by Nicolas Wadimoff

04/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Nicolas Wadimoff brings nine Palestinian refugees together to listen to stories about their previous lives in Gaza, lending a face to the despair of a people who are losing everything  

Qui vit encore

Qui vit encore

I Want Her Dead by Gianluca Matarrese

04/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Gianluca Matarrese continues to demonstrate his mastery of the conversation-centric documentary, turning his camera on his own family  

Il quieto vivere

Il quieto vivere

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