Report From Venice
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‘Ferrari’ Reviews Praise Michael Mann Drama: ‘Benefits from Another Great Turn By Adam Driver’
Venice 2023: The race car biopic also stars Penelope Cruz and Shailene Woodley
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‘Ferrari’ Review: Michael Mann’s Racing Movie Astounds but Sputters
Venice 2023: Mann’s first film in eight years is overwhelming at times, but it’s hard to ignore the creakiness of the script
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‘El Conde’ Review: Pablo Larraín Fashions a Fiercely Original Vampire Tale About Pinochet and Chile’s Authoritarian Legacy
Venice 2023: The auteur’s deliciously gothic political satire feels urgent
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‘Comandante’ Review: An Improbable If Pleasant War Drama That Calls for Tolerance
Venice 2023: The Edoardo De Angelis film is well-intentioned despite all its dopiness and national mythologizing
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12 Photos That Capture the Glamour and Romance of the Venice Film Festival
TheWrap creative director Jeff Vespa walks us through 20-plus years of star-studded Lido memories
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Venice Film Festival Invites Controversy, Books New Films by Woody Allen and Roman Polanski
Films by Bradley Cooper, Sofia Coppola, Ava DuVernay and David Fincher will screen in the festival’s main competition
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‘Commandante’ Replaces ‘Challengers’ as Venice Film Festival’s Opening Film
Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” pulled out of the festival rather than screen during the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes
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‘The Son’ Review: Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern Battle Pain and Guilt in Tough Look at Teen Depression
Director Florian Zeller once again explores mental illness in a bolder, less focused follow-up to “The Father”
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‘No Bears’ Review: Jafar Panahi Continues to Create Powerful Art, Even When Officially Banned
The Iranian auteur crafts what might be his most powerful work yet in exile, one that addresses his own shortcomings as well as his country’s sanctions against him
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‘Saint Omer’ Review: White Supremacy in France Takes the Stand in Murder Trial
Documentarian Alice Diop makes a riveting fiction debut with this courtroom drama of a Senegalese woman on trial for infanticide
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‘The Whale’ Review: Darren Aronofsky Handles a Heavyset Character With a Heavy Hand
This claustrophobic adaptation of a play simultaneously feels like a departure and entirely of a piece with his filmography
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‘Bardo’ Review: Iñárritu Uses History, Humor and Surrealism to Dissect Mexico, and Himself
The Oscar-winning auteur’s most ambitious film yet pulls no punches in his exploration of his homeland and his own life
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‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Review: Stirring Doc Intertwines the DNA of Nan Goldin’s Art and Activism
Laura Poitras’ Golden Lion–winner tracks the artist’s life and her commitment to taking on the Sackler family’s presence in the museum world
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‘The Eternal Daughter’ Review: Tilda Swinton Plays Mother and Daughter in Ghostly ‘Souvenir’ Sequel
Venice Film Festival 2022: Swinton takes over the role of stand-in for director Joanna Hogg while still playing the matriarch in this haunting look at parent-child bonds
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‘White Noise’ Review: Adam Driver Fears Death in Noah Baumbach’s Don DeLillo Adaptation
The “Marriage Story” filmmaker’s reverent, stylish tribute to a great comic novel about American panic isn’t always the post-pandemic release you need, but it entertains
