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@loudandclearrvs.bsky.social"Gael García Bernal’s HOMBRE AL AGUA suffers from a lack of refinement, leading viewers to comb through a disorienting and convoluted story to derive their own meaning from the film."
Read Hayley's review from #Venezia83!
@icsfilm.bsky.socialShahran Morshed sees four lives intersect in Anuparna Roy's LOVERS IN THE BLUE NIGHT, which is at its most interesting when it approaches its characters not as social symbols but as people who are simply desperate for some form of intimacy #Venezia83 icsfilm.org/festivals/ve...
@loudandclearrvs.bsky.socialA Chinese lesbian woman struggles to come out to her family in Michelle Zhou’s debut feature, BIG LITTLE THINGS (Huangyan Shenghuo)!
Read Rino Lu's review from the Venice Film Festival!
@icsfilm.bsky.socialMarc van de Klashorst feels Ali Asgari's A BIT OF LIGHT is lacking, but still says even a ramshackle Asgari is worth a watch, certainly with an excellent performance and strong direction #Venezia83 buff.ly/4AMEL7M
@icsfilm.bsky.socialMatthew Joseph Jenner is a skinchanger in Léa Domenach's PEAU D'HOMME, a plucky comedy that aims to be a subversive folktale about gender roles, sexuality and the importance of community in consolidating one’s identity #Venezia83 buff.ly/Xs7PPzs
@lwlies.comManuel Wetscher’s intimate and personal film does an excellent job at placing us within close proximity of its two young leads, creating a sense of being given access to their secret world
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@lwlies.comThe tensions between Japanese and American occupants of Okinawa inform Xavier Tera’s feature debut, where teenagers make the most of the summer sprawl.
The Color of the Sun – first-look review #Venezia83
@lwlies.comRiddled with flimsy humour and by-the-book clichés, Place to Be never builds enough momentum to even take off, let alone land with any real resonance, writes Yasmine Kandil #Venezia83
@lwlies.comFrench director Stéphane Brizé returns to the genre where he’s found most success and acclaim: the social drama
@marshallshaffer.bsky.social reviews A Good Little Soldier #Venezia83
@lwlies.comAndrei Kutsila reaches far beyond Belarus and further still beyond a reckoning with what democracy can cost, writes Sonya Vseliubska
Letters from the Silenced Country – first-look review #Venezia83
@lukehearfield.bsky.socialI love a good happy-cry 🥹❤️ Here’s my review of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s sweeping and tender live action adaptation of the manga LOOK BACK:
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@icsfilm.bsky.socialMatthew Joseph Jenner hides an uncomfortble truth in Michelle Zhou's BIG LITTLE THINGS, a quiet, meditative drama about loneliness and self-reflection #Venezia83 buff.ly/jiTnIwI
@eyeforfilm.bsky.socialDiane In The Loop is "unexpectedly playful considering the weight of the subject – the passing down of trauma through the generations" - www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/diane... #Venezia83 #FilmSky
@borntobeblueunderabadsign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyEcensione di "The Girl With the Leica", film biografico sulla fotografa Gerda Taro presentato al festival di Venezia
@maximmacrae.bsky.socialJury Grid until now.... #venezia83 #veneziafilmfestival
@ukcline.bsky.socialReviews of this week's new films are up, including #Fall2 #Pressure #DontLookBackinAnger #BlueFilm #TheCondorDaughter and more. Plus an alternative cover for this week from Venice! www.shadowsonthewall.co.uk #filmcritic #newmovies #summer #london #venezia83
