Film Reviews

8282 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 13/02/2026. 696 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Duse by Pietro Marcello

04/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Pietro Marcello delivers an unconventional biopic on the iconic Italian theatre actress Eleonora Duse who’s sensitively played by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  

Duse

Duse

Tired of Killing by Daniele Vicari

04/09/2025

VENICE 2025: With plenty of concessions to genre cinema, Daniele Vicari tells the story of the son of a Calabrian mafia boss in the 1970s who rebels against his destiny  

Ammazzare stanca. Autobiografia di un assassino

Ammazzare stanca. Autobiografia di un assassino

The Ivy by Ana Cristina Barragán

03/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Ana Cristina Barragán’s intimate portrait of healing is an emotionally raw story hinging on the relationship between a 30-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy  

Hiedra

Hiedra

Cotton Queen by Suzannah Mirghani

03/09/2025

VENICE 2025: In spite of its title, Suzannah Mirghani’s impressive debut, following a Sudanese girl assessing her future on a plantation, avoids any fluff  

Cotton Queen

Cotton Queen

Bearcave by Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysianna B. Papadakis

03/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Stergios Dinopoulos and Krysianna B Papadakis explore society’s expectations of two young female best friends in the Greek countryside  

Arkoudotrypa

Arkoudotrypa

Calle Málaga by Maryam Touzani

03/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Maryam Touzani brings us a new Moroccan story brimming with life and love, and urging us to think deeply about generational divides  

Calle Málaga

Calle Málaga

Lost Land by Akio Fujimoto

03/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Japanese director Akio Fujimoto’s powerful second feature follows two displaced Rohingya children as they attempt to flee Bangladesh for Malaysia  

Harà Watan

Harà Watan

The Stranger by François Ozon

02/09/2025

VENICE 2025: François Ozon achieves perfection with a sublime adaptation of Albert Camus' legendary novel that is captivating, refined, faithful and yet highly personal  

L’Étranger

L’Étranger

Memory of Princess Mumbi by Damien Hauser

02/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Swiss-Kenyan filmmaker Damien Hauser creates a film full of inventiveness, a mix between sci-fi, romance and mockumentary that reflects on the use of AI in cinema in a futuristic Africa  

Memory of Princess Mumbi

Memory of Princess Mumbi

Orfeo by Virgilio Villoresi

02/09/2025

VENICE 2025: Virgilio Villoresi’s debut feature throws us into an at once fascinating and terrifying world where the magic of cinema imbues every image  

Orfeo

Orfeo

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