Miguel Ángel Jiménez’s Piazza Grande film The Birthday Party lets Willem Dafoe chew the scenery, but its not one of his essential performances.
In The Birthday Party, The Rich Eat Themselves
Piazza Grande
First Case Cross-Examines Coming-of-Age
Work and sex inevitably tangle in First Case, a classically French throwback to the golden era of sexy 90s legal thrillers — live from Locarno Film Festival.
Beautiful Summer Starts a Conversation That It Never Finishes
Promising a new look at female nudity in art and on-screen, Italian drama Beautiful Summer slowly gives into a panoply of clichés — live from Locarno.