Like every other film in its genre, No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman can’t help but make being a sniper look awesome; the drama is sadly not up to par.
Not Without My Sister
Tag: Venice Film Festival
Tell Me Things. Tell Me Big Little Things.
While Big Little Things is based upon a well-worn queer premise, the execution gives us just enough complexity to stick with it.
A Hill of Beans in a Crazy World
Talky drama One Minute to Midnight is certainly pleasant, but its not gripping enough to justify inclusion in the Venice Competition.
Arrested Memory. Frontal Underload.
Sabu’s Arrested Memory is a weird blend of crime comedy, emotional journey and martial arts movie. None of it really coheres.
En el camino Updates the Queer Road Trip Playbook
David Pablos’ riveting Mexican film En El Camino, winner of the Queer Lion, presents a fresh take on the queer road trip movie.
Made in EU. Exploitation in the Peripheries.
Stephan Komanderev uses the coronavirus pandemic to explore the horrors of labour exploitation in one of Europe’s poorest regions.
Empty Incel Nonsense
Evi Kalogiropoulou’s deeply disappointing Gorgonà leans so heavily into fascist aesthetics it starts to resemble the very thing it criticises.
Otec Brutally Shows How the Mind Can Rewrite Reality
A father makes a devastating mistake in Tereza Nvotová’s Otec, bleak and hellish depiction of every parent’s worst nightmare.
“There’s all sorts of shit around a movie set. You don’t pay attention to all of it.” — Alex Ross Perry and Robert Greene on Pavements
Alex Ross Perry and Robert Greene discuss capturing the spirit of the 90s’ most ironic indie band by splicing together musical, biopic and exhibition.
Familiar Touch Depicts Dementia with Disarming Discernment
Sarah Friedland’s potent debut takes time and care to depict the ins and outs of living with dementia, to powerful results. Live from Venice Film Festival.