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573 articles available in total starting from 18/07/2003. Last article published on 18/07/2025.

Review: The Domain

Review: The Domain

VENICE 2019: Tiago Guedes treads on overly familiar ground in his epic melodrama spanning almost 50 years, which even despite its lush cinematography feels rather old-fashioned  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Olivier Assayas  • Director of Wasp Network

Interview: Olivier Assayas • Director of Wasp Network

“Every single day brought new problems”

VENICE 2019: French director Olivier Assayas sat down to talk to Cineuropa about making Wasp Network, a film based on the Cuban Five, which played in competition  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Review: Gloria Mundi

Review: Gloria Mundi

VENICE 2019: Robert Guédiguian brings some much-needed humour to the main competition, none of which is intentional  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Pietro Marcello  • Director of Martin Eden

Interview: Pietro Marcello • Director of Martin Eden

“I tried to create fiction by drawing from all available resources, while maintaining a part of unpredictability”

VENICE 2019: Italian director Pietro Marcello is in competition with Martin Eden, inspired by Jack London’s famous 1908 novel  

03/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Review: Martin Eden

Review: Martin Eden

VENICE 2019: In his adaptation of Jack London’s masterpiece, Italian director Pietro Marcello efficiently combines fiction and archive material  

03/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Review: Wasp Network

Review: Wasp Network

VENICE 2019: An all-star cast travels from Cuba to Florida, but they can't stop Olivier Assayas from getting lost in this spy drama  

03/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Review: An Officer and a Spy

Review: An Officer and a Spy

VENICE 2019: Roman Polanski has made a handsome film about the Dreyfus affair, containing another superb performance from Jean Dujardin as a man determined that the truth will out  

02/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Hirokazu Kore-eda  • Director of The Truth

Interview: Hirokazu Kore-eda • Director of The Truth

“There is always some loneliness that comes with success”

VENICE 2019: Cineuropa met up with acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, who left his home country for musings on family and fame in The Truth  

30/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Review: The Truth

Review: The Truth

VENICE 2019: With this year’s opening film, Hirokazu Kore-eda proves he is good enough to survive a shoot in another language, but not good enough to avoid every piece of clunky dialogue  

29/08/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

Review: Rounds

Review: Rounds

In his new film, Stephan Komandarev explores the challenges in Bulgarian society 30 years after the fall of communism  

22/08/2019 | Sarajevo 2019 | Competition

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