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Festivals

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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Festivals

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.
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The Last Duel – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Appeal­ing turns from Ben Affleck and Jodie Com­er can’t save Rid­ley Scott’s bloat­ed his­tor­i­cal epic.