Film Reviews

8105 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 18/10/2025. 739 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Freaks Out by Gabriele Mainetti

09/09/2021

VENICE 2021: Gabriele Mainetti’s second film blends pure entertainment with a reflection on diversity, but its tendency towards appropriation results in a feeling of déjà vu  

Freaks Out

Freaks Out

Republic of Silence by Diana El Jeiroudi

09/09/2021

VENICE 2021: Diana El Jeiroudi’s documentary depicts Syria’s human and societal tragedies, spanning 12 years of her life spent with partner and IDFA director Orwa Nyrabia  

Republic of Silence

Republic of Silence

The Hole in the Fence by Joaquin del Paso

09/09/2021

VENICE 2021: Mexican director Joaquín del Paso’s second feature welcomes you to the summer sleepaway camp from hell, even if its counsellors would say it's blessed  

El hoyo en la cerca

El hoyo en la cerca

Pilgrims by Laurynas Bareiša

09/09/2021

VENICE 2021: In Laurynas Bareisa's feature debut, layer after layer is unravelled as an odd couple with a shared trauma looks into an unsettling past  

Piligrimai

Piligrimai

Becoming Mona by Sabine Lubbe Bakker, Niels van Koevorden

09/09/2021

Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden paint the portrait of a woman condemned by her own kindness and worry for others to live in the shadows of those she loves  

Kom Hier Dat Ik U Kus

Kom Hier Dat Ik U Kus

Vera Dreams of the Sea by Kaltrina Krasniqi

09/09/2021

VENICE 2021: With her feature debut, Kaltrina Krasniqi continues, and probably tops, the wave of Kosovar female directors whose films deal with the position of women in their society  

Vera andrron detin

Vera andrron detin

They Carry Death by Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado

08/09/2021

VENICE 2021: Helena Girón and Samuel M Delgado craft a valiant and scathing political critique of the official version of history, in the guise of an organic film about ancestral adventures  

Eles transportan a morte

Eles transportan a morte

My Night by Antoinette Boulat

08/09/2021

VENICE 2021: Casting director Antoinette Boulat delivers a moving, paradoxical, unusual but uneven first feature film, following in the wake of charismatic acting revelation Lou Lampros  

Ma nuit

Ma nuit

Captain Volkonogov Escaped by Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov

08/09/2021

VENICE 2021: Rising young Russian actor Yuriy Borisov plays the titular escaped captain in Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova’s thriller set amidst Stalin’s Great Purge  

Kapitan Volkonogov bezhal

Kapitan Volkonogov bezhal

Caveman – The Hidden Giant by Tommaso Landucci

08/09/2021

VENICE 2021: Tommaso Landucci pays tribute to a man who turned his delicate and courageous art into a veritable testimony  

Caveman - Il gigante nascosto

Caveman - Il gigante nascosto

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