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TILDA SWINTON

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EN LOS MÁRGENES

ORIZZONTI
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TERESA THE THIEF

VENICE CLASSICS
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Poised lives

The outlook on Italian cinema grows wider thanks to Gianni Amelio’s Il signore delle formiche, inspired by a real criminal case mounted against a homosexual professor in 1960s Italy, accused of ‘brainwashing’ youth. Joana Hogg worked on a recurrent theme at the Festival: mother-daughter relationships, in the shape of a disquieting ghost story: The Eternal Daughter...
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The absence of China, save for a couple entries, is certainly conspicuous. The main reason, aside from the pandemic, is censorship. It may be sly, underhanded, but it is strong. Unwanted filmmakers are prevented from obtaining the necessary funds to...
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International Critics’ Venezia 79 Movies Ratings

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS

SCREEN
INTERNATIONAL
THE HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER
THE FILM
VERDICT
Mathieu Macheret
Le Monde
BEN CROLL
THE WRAP
TOMMASO KOCH
EL PAIS
JONATHAN ROMNEY
THE OBSERVER
BARBARA HOLLENDER
rzeczpospolita
Daniel Kothenschulte
FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU

WHITE NOISE

☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5

BARDO

☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 1/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 1/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5

TÁR

☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5

A COUPLE

☆☆☆☆☆ 1/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5

BONES AND ALL

☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5

ATHENA

☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 1/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 1.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5

ALL THE BEAUTY...

☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5

MONICA

☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5

ARGENTINA, 1985

☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5

OTHER PEOPLE’S...

☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5

L’IMMENSITÀ

☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 1/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5

THE WHALE

☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 1/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5

LOVE LIFE

☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5

THE BANSHEES...

☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5

 

SCREEN INTERNATION.
HOLLYWOOD REPORT.
FILM VERDICT
LE MONDE
THE WRAP
EL PAIS
THE OBSERVER
RZECPOSPOLITA
FRANKFURTER RUND.

WHITE NOISE

☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5

BARDO

☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 1/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 1/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5

 

SCREEN INTERNATION.
HOLLYWOOD REPORT.
FILM VERDICT
LE MONDE
THE WRAP
EL PAIS
THE OBSERVER
RZECPOSPOLITA
FRANKFURTER RUND.

TÁR

☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5

A COUPLE

☆☆☆☆☆ 1/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5

 

SCREEN INTERNATION.
HOLLYWOOD REPORT.
FILM VERDICT
LE MONDE
THE WRAP
EL PAIS
THE OBSERVER
RZECPOSPOLITA
FRANKFURTER RUND.

BONES AND ALL

☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5

ATHENA

☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 1/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 1.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5

 

SCREEN INTERNATION.
HOLLYWOOD REPORT.
FILM VERDICT
LE MONDE
THE WRAP
EL PAIS
THE OBSERVER
RZECPOSPOLITA
FRANKFURTER RUND.

ALL THE BEAUTY...

☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5

MONICA

☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5

 

SCREEN INTERNATION.
HOLLYWOOD REPORT.
FILM VERDICT
LE MONDE
THE WRAP
EL PAIS
THE OBSERVER
RZECPOSPOLITA
FRANKFURTER RUND.

ARGENTINA, 1985

☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5

OTHER PEOPLE’S...

☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5

 

SCREEN INTERNATION.
HOLLYWOOD REPORT.
FILM VERDICT
LE MONDE
THE WRAP
EL PAIS
THE OBSERVER
RZECPOSPOLITA
FRANKFURTER RUND.

L’IMMENSITÀ

☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 1/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5

THE WHALE

☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 1/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5

 

SCREEN INTERNATION.
HOLLYWOOD REPORT.
FILM VERDICT
LE MONDE
THE WRAP
EL PAIS
THE OBSERVER
RZECPOSPOLITA
FRANKFURTER RUND.

LOVE
LIFE

☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ /5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5

THE BANSHEES OF...

☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 2/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5

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( 114
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( 90

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( 105
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( 111

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( 129
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