Film Reviews

8044 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 11/09/2025. 748 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Orchestra Class by Rachid Hami

02/09/2017

VENICE 2017: Kad Merad goes full Michelle Pfeiffer in Rachid Hami’s crowd-pleaser, which owes a huge debt to Dangerous Minds, with an added helping of string instruments  

La Mélodie

La Mélodie

Tainted Souls by Matteo Botrugno, Daniele Coluccini

02/09/2017

VENICE 2017: Matteo Botrugno and Daniele Coluccini have adapted the Walter Siti novel, crafting a patchwork of lives in the working-class suburbs  

Il contagio

Il contagio

Lean on Pete by Andrew Haigh

02/09/2017

VENICE 2017: British director Andrew Haigh's latest is an adaptation of a novel by singer and author Willy Vlautin and something of a departure from his previous work  

Lean on Pete

Lean on Pete

Hunting Season by Natalia Garagiola

02/09/2017

VENICE 2017: In her film screening in the Critics’ Week, debutant Argentinian director Natalia Garagiola observes a father-son relationship in need of mutual maturation  

Temporada de caza

Temporada de caza

Crater by Silvia Luzi, Luca Bellino

02/09/2017

VENICE 2017: The first fiction feature film by Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino tells the story of a Neapolitan father trying to cash in on the musical talent of his adolescent daughter  

Il Cratere

Il Cratere

Longing by Savi Gabizon

01/09/2017

VENICE 2017: Israeli director Savi Gabizon returns after a 14-year hiatus with his new film, an acute and fascinating reflection on paternity and how to smile in the face of death  

Ga'agua

Ga'agua

The Insult by Ziad Doueiri

01/09/2017

VENICE 2017: Ziad Doueiri's fourth film is particularly strong when recounting the lack of working rights of refugees in Lebanon and showing that historic communal trauma is a universal phenomenon  

L'Insulte

L'Insulte

Zama by Lucrecia Martel

01/09/2017

VENICE 2017: Lucrecia Martel’s new directorial effort is her most baffling and ambitious work to date, tackling Spanish colonial rule in South America in the 18th century  

Zama

Zama

Human Flow by Ai Weiwei

01/09/2017

VENICE 2017: Artist Ai Weiwei is in the Venice competition with this documentary shot in 2015 and 2016, uncovering the growing crisis of displaced people across the globe  

Human Flow

Human Flow

The Order of Things by Andrea Segre

01/09/2017

VENICE 2017: Andrea Segre's film pre-empts the recent Paris Summit on possible solutions to the migrant crisis  

L'ordine delle cose

L'ordine delle cose

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