1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (395+ words) May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival from a jury led by American actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal. The Special Jury Prize went to NAZA, a documentary from No…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1157+ words) ‘NAZA’ Review: The Bloodthirsty Israeli Genocide Machine Against Palestinians in Gaza is Put Under a Quietly Terrifying Microscope [A] Venice AwardsWatch When human life becomes a simple matter of numbers, no number is too high or too low for it…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (779+ words) ‘A Good Little Soldier (Un bon petit soldat)’ Review: Stéphane Brizé’s Takedown of Corporate Phoniness is a Triumph [A] Venice awardswatch.com For those familiar with the work of French director Stéphane Brizé, you’ll have a pretty good idea of…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1439+ words) ‘Wild Horse Nine’ Review: John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell Want to Change the World in Martin McDonagh’s Comedic Investigation [A] Telluride AwardsWatch For decades, we’ve asked ourselves a question, do we really want to know who is taking care of…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1064+ words) ‘Bunker’ Review: Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz are Wasted in Sometimes Satire as Subtle as a Sledgehammer [C-] Venice AwardsWatch How much control do we really have in our lives? We tend to protect ourselves and our families from the…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (818+ words) ‘Look Back’ Review: Hirokazu Koreeda’s Second Effort of 2026 is a Tender Sensory Ode to Youth [A-] Venice AwardsWatch Back-to-back premieres at the world’s three major film festivals are rare feats; Krzysztof Kieślowski’s grand slam with the Three Colors trilogy remains…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1040+ words) ‘Ink’ Review: The Sun Also Rises in Danny Boyle’s Pulsating Origin Story of Journalism’s True Crime Downfall [A-] Telluride AwardsWatch In 2026, any movie heavily featuring Rupert Murdoch has to present the architect of News Corp as the overt villain, right?...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (765+ words) ‘Possible Love’ Review: Lee Chang-dong Returns with Searing Treatise on Exploiting Human Connection [A] Venice AwardsWatch Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love, premiering at the Venice Film Festival, joins a recent thread of South Korean films reckoning with inequality and class envy....

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (885+ words) ‘Tenzing’ Review: Shift of Perspective Elevates Mt. Everest Film to New Heights [B+] Telluride AwardsWatch The Tibetans call it “Chomolungma.” We know it as Mt. Everest. Whatever the name, its long-attempted ascent in 1953 by a group of determined mountaineers is…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1180+ words) ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ Review: The Triumphant Tale Of A Band That’s Going To Live Forever [A-] Venice AwardsWatch Full disclosure: I’m an Oasis fan. I’ve always been an Oasis fan. I’ve seen them live more than once, and…...