Venice Film Festival | Little White Lies

Venice Film Festival

Outdoor billboard with red background and text, "AND STILL NO ARRESTS?", man standing on road in blue jacket facing billboard.
Festivals

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

Frances McDor­mand unleash­es hell in the black­est of black come­dies, cour­tesy of Mar­tin McDonagh.
Bald man in blue shirt pressed against a tiled wall, with a serious expression on his face.
Festivals

Brawl in Cell Block 99 – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

Vince Vaughn plays against type in S Craig Zahler’s ultra-vio­lent grind­house romp.
Two individuals, a woman in a peach-coloured blouse and a man in a white shirt and tie, stand in a room with shelves in the background.
Festivals

Suburbicon – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

George Clooney directs this time­ly and ter­rif­i­cal­ly twist­ed fable set in 1950s sub­ur­ban America.
A person in a green cap and red shirt walking alongside a brown horse in a grassy, arid landscape with a blue sky and clouds.
Festivals

Lean on Pete – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

Andrew Haigh’s beau­ti­ful­ly craft­ed lat­est fol­lows one boy’s jour­ney of self-dis­cov­ery across America.
Two elderly people, a man and a woman, wearing dark clothing and standing in front of a Christian cross.
Festivals

The Devil and Father Amorth – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

William Fried­kin revis­its his Exor­cist fran­chise with a bizarre doc ground­ed more in melo­dra­ma than cold hard fact.
Diverse group of people gathered at an event, including a woman in a yellow jumper and a man in a brown jumper with name tags.
Festivals

Downsizing – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

Alexan­der Payne’s gen­tle satire has a point to make about the state of the union – and the future of plan­et Earth.
Woman in red dress standing in an ornate room with furniture and artwork.
Festivals

Jackie – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

Natal­ie Port­man gives a stun­ning cen­tral per­for­mance in this emo­tion­al por­trait of the icon­ic First Lady.
A man with dark hair and tattoos standing close to a woman with long blonde hair, both with serious expressions.
Festivals

The Bad Batch – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

Can­ni­bals and Keanu Reeves abound in Ana Lily Amirpour’s crazed vision of post-soci­ety America.
Four individuals dining in a dimly lit, vintage-styled room. Candlelight illuminates the table, which is set with ornate silver tableware and dishes. The individuals are dressed in formal attire from an earlier era.
Festivals

A Woman’s Life – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

There’s shades of Lars von Tri­er in this exquis­ite­ly craft­ed peri­od piece from direc­tor Stéphane Brizé.
Elderly man painting a large red cross on a white canvas in a dimly lit room.
Festivals

David Lynch: The Art Life – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

The cult film­mak­er shares sto­ries and archive from his child­hood, while still man­ag­ing to remain as elu­sive as ever.