Venice Film Festival | Little White Lies

Venice Film Festival

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Festivals

One More Time With Feeling – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

Andrew Dominik’s doc­u­men­tary about Nick Cave’s new album offers a gen­tle, haunt­ing por­trait of a fam­i­ly con­sumed with grief.
Soldier in camouflage uniform crawling on muddy ground, wearing protective helmet and gear.
Festivals

Hacksaw Ridge – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

Mad Mel returns to the director‘s chair, preach­ing paci­fism in a church whose walls are splashed with gore.
A man wearing ornate red and gold robes and a collar, standing in a grand, ornately decorated room, surrounded by people.
Festivals

The Young Pope – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

Pao­lo Sor­renti­no tran­si­tions to the small screen (with a Jude Law assist) and comes up trumps.
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Festivals

Frantz – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

François Ozon returns with a full-bod­ied tale of stunt­ed romance and the pained lega­cy of warfare.
Woman in mint green dress by patterned wall.
Festivals

Hounds of Love – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

This Aus­tralian chiller about a rash of gris­ly mur­ders makes a play to be the new Snowtown.
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The Light Between Oceans – first look review

by David Jenkins

The star-span­gled tag team of Michael Fass­ben­der and Ali­cia Vikan­der can’t save this ludi­crous peri­od weepie.