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Venice Film Festival

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Venice Film Festival

Ghost Elephants – first-look review

by Leila Latif

Werner Herzog peers into the Angolan highlands in search of colossal elephants, and ends up gently reflecting on the ghosts of human longing.
George Clooney standing in a high end kitchen
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Jay Kelly – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Noah Baumbach’s new dramedy isn’t breaking new ground, but it’s a charming, wistful take on what lies beneath the myth of celebrity.
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Bugonia – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Yorgos Lanthimos’ stylish and sardonic take on the Korean sci-fi caper Save The Green Planet! defies the remake odds.
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Orphan – first-look review

by Marshall Shaffer

Despite a compelling scenario, the characters in László Nemes’s third feature feel more like stand-ins for ideas than flesh-and-blood people.
Man in black coat and bowler hat walking on wet path between bare trees, viewed from behind on overcast day.
Venice Film Festival

La Grazia – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest tries to recapture the unruly political bite of his early films, with mixed results.
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Festivals

The 2025 Venice line-up is insanely stacked

by Nathan Lewis

Festival chief Alberto Barbara has pulled out all the stops to deliver a star-spangled and mouth-watering set of titles.
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Familiar Touch – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Sarah Friedland’s feature debut is a stunning, sensory-forward portrait of a woman with dementia adapting to life in an assisted living facility.
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April – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Dea Kulumbegashvili’s stark Georgian drama follows an obstetrician who moonlights as an abortionist, as she is accused of interfering with her patients.
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Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 – first-look review

by Luke Hicks

Kevin Costner deftly keeps the wheels turning on his hyper ambitious four-part western saga, despite a lukewarm reception and scrapped release.
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Love – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Dag Johan Haugerud’s exploration of human desire is a sadly all too sterile affair.

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