Venice Film Festival

The Hand of God – first-look review

By David Jenkins

Paolo Sorrentino gets personal in this hit-and-miss tale of a world-famous footballer and a filmmaker’s creative birth.

The Power of the Dog – first-look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Jane Campion doesn’t so much dissect masculinity as explode it in her dirt-smudged adaptation of Thomas Savage’s western.

Parallel Mothers – first-look review

By David Jenkins

Pedro Almodóvar delivers yet another major late work, with Penélope Cruz on career-best form.

Jane Campion, Paul Schrader head up Venice Film Festival 2021 line-up

By David Jenkins

They’ll be joined by big names and exciting new talent, including Pedro Almodóvar, Ana Lily Amirpour and Pablo Larraín.

Chloé Zhao, Gia Coppola and Michel Franco head up Venice Film Festival 2020

By Adam Woodward

La Biennale’s 77th edition will go ahead as planned, with one of the festival’s most eclectic line-ups in years.

State Funeral – first look review

By Ed Gibbs

A chilling doc on the bizarre spectacle of the Russian people grieving over the death of Stalin.

Venice Film Festival 2019: the awards

By David Jenkins

As Lucrecia Martel's jury deliver their verdict, here's a rundown of all who won the big prizes on the Lido this year.

Rialto – first look review

By Tom Bond

Pete Mackie Burns' first rate follow-up to Daphne explores the repressed homosexuality of a shy dock worker.

Babyteeth – first look review

By David Jenkins

Shannon Murphy's eloquent comic debut offers a unique take on terminal illness and drug addiction.

About Endlessness – first look review

By David Jenkins

The great Swede Roy Andersson concentrates his style to its tragicomic essence – with spectacular results.

The Painted Bird – first look review

By David Jenkins

Mass walk-outs greeted this gruelling but brilliant literary epic about a young lad’s journey through hell.

The King – first look review

By Stephanie Watts

Timothée Chalamet sports a crown and a bowl cut as King Henry V in David Michôd's sombre historical drama.

Citizen K – first look review

By Ed Gibbs

Documentary legend Alex Gibney investigates the current state of Russia through the story of fallen oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Wasp Network – first look review

By David Jenkins

Olivier Assayas delivers a ripping modern spy movie which peels back the layers of espionage and counterespionage in Castro's Cuba.

The Laundromat – first look review

By David Jenkins

Steven Soderbergh's playfully ironic take on the 2015 Panama Papers scandal is a slight but enjoyable diversion.

Joker – first look review

By David Jenkins

Todd Phillips’ wannabe edgy comic book origin story falls flat on every conceivable level.

Ema – first look review

By David Jenkins

A young street dancer deals with a family trauma in a very unique way in Pablo Larraín’s enigmatic stunner.

Little White Lies Logo

About Little White Lies

Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.” Our reviews feature a unique tripartite ranking system that captures the different aspects of the movie-going experience. We believe in Truth & Movies.

Editorial

Design