Venice Film Festival
Netflix won’t be at Cannes for 2019
March 18, 2019 | David FarnorNetflix reportedly won’t be at Cannes this year for the second year in a row.
The streaming giant made a big splash on the Croisette in 2017, when it premiered multiple movies, including Bong Joon-ho’s Okja and Noah Baumbach’s The … Read More
VOD film review: Suspiria (2018)
November 16, 2018 | David FarnorLuca Guadagnino’s stylish Suspiria remake is a distinctly new piece that dwells on the horror and power of rebirth.Read More
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: A delightful mixtape of mini-masterpieces
November 10, 2018 | David FarnorThis delightful Western anthology is a finely tuned mixtape of mini-masterpieces.Read More
Netflix UK film review: They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
November 2, 2018 | David FarnorThis brilliantly edited meta-documentary is an essential companion piece to The Other Side of the Wind.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Other Side of the Wind
November 2, 2018 | David FarnorOrson Welles’ final film is an ambitious, angry, elusive whirlwind of cinema – unfinished or otherwise.Read More
Interview: Alessandro Borghi, Alessio Cremonini, Jasmine Trinca talk Netflix’s On My Skin
September 12, 2018 | David FarnorIn 2009, Stefano Cucchi was arrested in Rome on a minor, drug-related offence. One week later, he was found dead behind bars. On My Skin (Sulla Mia Pelle) tells the story of what happened. (Read our review here.)
It’s a … Read More
Netflix UK film review: On My Skin (Sulla Mia Pelle)
September 12, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix’s powerful, important drama brings a national tragedy to a global stage.Read More
Netflix’s Roma leads Venice Film Festival award winners
September 8, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix’s Roma just became a frontrunner in next year’s Oscar race, as Alfonso Cuaron’s film has taken home the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.
The most personal project to date for the award-winning director of Gravity, the film … Read More
Venice 2018 round-up reviews: The Sisters Brothers, La Quietud, Sunset
September 8, 2018 | David FarnorWith Netflix and Amazon Studios both premiering titles at this year’s Venice Film Festival, we head to Italy to check out the latest streaming originals and catch up with some of the other titles on offer. Keep up-to-date with our … Read More
VOD film review: Peterloo
September 4, 2018 | David FarnorMike Leigh’s historical epic is an incendiary powder keg of cinema that blisters with topical anger.Read More