Despite the current global pandemic causing film festivals like Cannes and Telluride to be cancelled, it is looking like one of the big three European film festivals is still going ahead as planned. The Venice International Film Festival has just announced the line up for their three main categories: Venezia 77, Horizons, and Out of […]Read More
As COVID-19 continues to upset the cinematic calendar, film festivals have been forced to cancel or postpone en masse. In the wake of such disruption, YouTube and Tribeca Enterprises (the organisation behind New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival) have partnered to bring us an entirely virtual film festival named “We Are One: A Global Film […]Read More
Todd Phillips’ contribution to the DC canon, Joker, has just scooped the top award at the Venice Film Festival, beating out tough competition from the likes of Ad Astra and Marriage Story. Having been praised by critics for transgressing the tropes that one may expect from a comic book movie, Joker sees Joaquin Phoenix star […]Read More
Following on from TIFF’s recent lineup announcement, the Venice Film Festival has just announced the films that will be competing for the prestigious Golden Lion this year, previously won in 2018 by Roma. However, although some exciting films appear on the lineup, critics have been quick to point out the lack of women on the […]Read More
Roma, a tear-jerking Spanish-language drama centered around a Mexican family in the 1970’s and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, has been awarded the Golden Lion at the 75th Venice Film Festival. The Mexican director, whose past films include Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Gravity, looked to his childhood for inspiration with Roma, with the […]Read More
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