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Seven takes on the hits and misses of the 80th Venice International Film Festival, from the reviewers at THR Roma, The Hollywood Reporter‘s first European-language edition, on the hottest Venice titles so far.
Dogman, by Luc Besson Caleb Landry Jones in ‘Dogman’
“A bizarre and powerful work that has the stigmata of the best Besson, the one that allows us to glimpse the force, total and invincible, behind a helpless, placid and fragile appearance. Dogman is kitschy and moving as that Caleb Landry Jones who tears you apart when he wears, in his playful and necessary disguises, the most difficult mask: himself.
“Dogman is Besson’s cinema reclaiming its space after losing it for 20 years, it is the desire to excel and excel without the excuse and fear of showing itself in all its talent. Because measure and subtraction are sometimes just an alibi.”
— Boris Sollazzo
El Conde, by...
Dogman, by Luc Besson Caleb Landry Jones in ‘Dogman’
“A bizarre and powerful work that has the stigmata of the best Besson, the one that allows us to glimpse the force, total and invincible, behind a helpless, placid and fragile appearance. Dogman is kitschy and moving as that Caleb Landry Jones who tears you apart when he wears, in his playful and necessary disguises, the most difficult mask: himself.
“Dogman is Besson’s cinema reclaiming its space after losing it for 20 years, it is the desire to excel and excel without the excuse and fear of showing itself in all its talent. Because measure and subtraction are sometimes just an alibi.”
— Boris Sollazzo
El Conde, by...
- 9/3/2023
- by Boris Sollazzo, Manuela Santacatterina, Alberto Crespi and Fabio Ferzetti
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Southern Californian director Jamie Dack’s coming-of-age drama “Palm Trees and Power Lines” was crowned best film as the 40th edition of the Torino Film Festival wrapped Saturday. The award is worth €18,000.
Dack, winner of the Sundance Film Festival directing award in the U.S. Dramatic section, also received Torino’s prize for best script, shared with her co-writer Audrey Findlay.
Based on the 2018 short movie of the same name, Dack’s film stars Gretchen Mol, Jonathan Tucker and Lily McInerny, who plays a 17-year-old who has a life changing encounter with a man twice her age.
“Palm Trees” was nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards, including first feature for Dack and Leah Chen Baker; first screenplay for Dack and Audrey Findlay; supporting performance for Tucker; and breakthrough performance for McInerny.
The jury awarded “Rodeo,” the debut feature from French photojournalist-turned-filmmaker Lola Quivoron, with the special jury award, and the...
Dack, winner of the Sundance Film Festival directing award in the U.S. Dramatic section, also received Torino’s prize for best script, shared with her co-writer Audrey Findlay.
Based on the 2018 short movie of the same name, Dack’s film stars Gretchen Mol, Jonathan Tucker and Lily McInerny, who plays a 17-year-old who has a life changing encounter with a man twice her age.
“Palm Trees” was nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards, including first feature for Dack and Leah Chen Baker; first screenplay for Dack and Audrey Findlay; supporting performance for Tucker; and breakthrough performance for McInerny.
The jury awarded “Rodeo,” the debut feature from French photojournalist-turned-filmmaker Lola Quivoron, with the special jury award, and the...
- 12/4/2022
- by Davide Abbatescianni
- Variety Film + TV
ROME -- Sixteen films and documentaries, three more than last year, will screen in the Venice Film Festival's newly expanded Venice Days sidebar, organizers said Monday.
Venice Days -- which begins a day after the festival's Aug. 29 opening and runs through its Sept. 8 close -- focuses on films from new directors.
"We expanded the lineup because it was the only way with so many great films," said critic Fabio Ferzetti, the director of the event. "We could have easily included twice as many films with no drop in quality."
Italy is the best represented of the 11 nations in the sidebar, with five productions or co-productions, closely followed by France with four. Spain and Mexico have two each, and the U.S., Russia, Canada, Germany, the U.K., Lebanon and Poland each have one production or co-production in the lineup.
The U.S. entry is "Superheroes", an 83-minute drama from indie filmmaker Ed Radtke. The film revolves around a group of kids who steal video cameras and compile a film made from the pilfered tapes.
Venice Days -- which begins a day after the festival's Aug. 29 opening and runs through its Sept. 8 close -- focuses on films from new directors.
"We expanded the lineup because it was the only way with so many great films," said critic Fabio Ferzetti, the director of the event. "We could have easily included twice as many films with no drop in quality."
Italy is the best represented of the 11 nations in the sidebar, with five productions or co-productions, closely followed by France with four. Spain and Mexico have two each, and the U.S., Russia, Canada, Germany, the U.K., Lebanon and Poland each have one production or co-production in the lineup.
The U.S. entry is "Superheroes", an 83-minute drama from indie filmmaker Ed Radtke. The film revolves around a group of kids who steal video cameras and compile a film made from the pilfered tapes.
- 7/24/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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