74th Venice Film Festival La Biennale di Venezia 30 Aug 2017 – 9 Sep 2017 Venice, Lido by Joanna Orland and Richard Hamer The 2017 Venice Film Festival brought world famous movie stars, auteur directors and outstanding innovation to the Lido di Venezia. Alongside showcasing a handful of the best upcoming films, this year’s Biennale […]

Videos from the 74th Venice Film Festival press conferences:

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Venezia 74 Directed by Martin McDonagh Starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, John Hawkes, Caleb Landry Jones and Peter Dinklage Watch on [amazon_link asins=’B078SL1XQJ’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’loolip-21′ text=’Amazon’ marketplace=’UK’ link_id=’887786cf-5ce9-11e8-9af8-19892f65ca89′] or iTunes by Joanna Orland Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is by far Martin McDonagh’s finest film. It […]

The Third Murder (Sandome No Satsujin) Venezia 74 Directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu Starring Fukuyama Masaharu, Yakusho Kōji and Hirose Suzu by Richard Hamer This is director Hirokazu Koreeada’s 12th feature film, but his first foray into the crime genre. While The Third Murder is not without issues in pacing and dialogue, it is still an […]

mother! Venezia 74 Directed by Darren Aronofsky Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson and Ed Harris Watch on iTunes or [amazon_link asins=’B075MS3DP9′ template=’ProductLink’ store=’loolip-21′ text=’Amazon’ marketplace=’UK’ link_id=’caa06907-e40c-11e7-a183-d732c11b86d0′] by Joanna Orland Is mother! Darren Aronofsky’s worst film to date? (No, but it’s a close second.) In what can only be described as pretentious […]

Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D by John Landis Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller by Jerry Kramer Out of Competition by Joanna Orland Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D has made its world premiere at the 74th Venice Film Festival. Using the original 35mm film negative, the film was neither reedited nor recut – original Thriller director John Landis […]

Brawl in Cell Block 99 Out of Competition Directed by S. Craig Zahler Starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Marc Blucas, Udo Kier and Fred Melamed In UK cinemas October 20th, 2017 Watch on iTunes or [amazon_link asins=’B076HFR4D9′ template=’ProductLink’ store=’loolip-21′ marketplace=’UK’ text=’Amazon’ link_id=’162a78f5-ebcb-11e7-bc1e-6baedf928449′] by Richard Hamer At first, I thought that Brawl in Cell […]

The Leisure Seeker Venezia 74 Directed by Paolo Virzì Starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland by Joanna Orland Fine performances can’t fully save The Leisure Seeker from its own mediocrity, but they certainly do try. Ella and John Spencer (Mirren and Sutherland) are an elderly couple on the run from their own children, in order […]

Suburbicon Venezia 74 Written by Joel & Ethan Coen, George Clooney and Grant Heslov Directed by George Clooney Starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe and Oscar Isaac Watch on iTunes or [amazon_link asins=’B077S85DJD’ template=’ProductLink’ text=’Amazon’ store=’loolip-21′ marketplace=’UK’ link_id=’882396e6-46ec-11e8-af00-07e244127698′] by Richard Hamer My opinion of Suburbicon solidified after reading that the Coen Brothers originally wrote […]

Lean on Pete Venezia 74 Directed by Andrew Haigh Starring Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny and Steve Zahn by Richard Hamer Andrew Haigh’s follow up to 45 Years is a very different sort of film. Based on the novel of the same name, this Oregan-based story of a 15-year old runaway is as dark […]