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Festivals

Athena – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Tensions flair between a group of angry protesters and the police in Romain Gavras’ stylish but frustrating action-drama.
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Bones and All – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet play a pair of young cannibals on a trans-America road trip in Luca Guadagnino’s sweet, squelchy horror romance.
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A Couple – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Frederick Wiseman reflects on the relationship between Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sophia Tolstaya in his first foray into fiction filmmaking.
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Blue Jean – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Georgia Oakley delivers an assured debut with her poignant portrait of a lesbian teacher living in Thatcher’s Britain.
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Bardo – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Alejandro G Iñárritu grapples with creative fulfilment and the Mexican diaspora in his sprawling, semi-autobiographical surrealist drama.
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Tár – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Cate Blanchett is captivating as formidable, world famous classical composer in Todd Fields’ frustrating study of the cult of genius.
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White Noise – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig reunite as a couple grappling with their fear of death in Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel.
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The Venice Film Festival unveils a jam-packed lineup for 2022

by Charles Bramesco

The Lido will be perfectly happy to host the buzzy Netflix films banned from Cannes.
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A cavalcade of big names have been tipped for a stuffed Venice Film Festival

by Charles Bramesco

Luca Guadagnino, Andrew Dominik, Olivia Wilde, and many others are rumored to be locks for the Lido.
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Audrey Diwan’s L’Événement wins the Golden Lion at Venice 2021

by David Jenkins

The searing French takes home the top prize, plus all the other winners from this year’s awards ceremony.