Biennale Arte 2017 La Biennale di Venezia – 57th International Art Exhibition VIVA ARTE VIVA Curated by Christine Macel Saturday May 13th to Sunday November 26th, 2017 Giardini and the Arsenale venues Venice, Italy by Katharine Fry For six months every two years, Venice’s Giardini, Arsenale and many splendoured palazzos play host to the Art […]

by Katharine Fry The 72nd Venice Film Festival returned to Lido for two weeks of sunshine, celebrities, glamour and film , film, film. Directed once again by Alberto Barbera, the festival opened with Everest. In 3D. This style of blockbuster epic did not set the trend for what was to follow with the rest of […]

Remember Directed by Atom Egoyan Starring Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Bruno Ganz, Jürgen Prochnow, Heinz Lieven, Dean Norris and Henry Czerny by Dana Jammal Remember is a “contemporary fable” according to director Atom Egoyan (Ararat, The Sweet Hereafter), a present day story of a dark period in modern history. The story is told from the […]

Anomalisa Directed by Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Thewlis, Tom Noonan by Katharine Fry Anomalisa is the latest offering from Charlie Kaufman’s idiosyncratic mind. Our protagonist is Michael Stone – a name whispered on many lips as he touches down in Cincinnati and checks into the Fregoli hotel. What manor of […]

La Biennale Di Venezia – Mostra del’Arte Cinematografica by Joanna Orland Venice is a beautiful and culturally enriched backdrop to one of the world’s top three International Film Festivals, rivalling both Cannes and Toronto. The annual film festival takes over a fair chunk of the Venice Lido, an island just east of the main tourist […]