Venice, Telluride, Toronto 2011. David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method"
David HudsonStrong first reviews for Cronenberg’s retelling of the Sabina Spielrein case.
Strong first reviews for Cronenberg’s retelling of the Sabina Spielrein case.
Two couples, one apartment in Brooklyn, an 18 year-old single malt Scotch and Roman Polanski.
Pans, mostly, for Madonna’s second feature as a director, a couple of them rather furious. But one critic at least is amused.
Polanski “hasn’t broken a sweat” adapting Yasmina Reza’s hit play with an all-star cast.
Lou Ye’s adaptation of Jie Liu-falin’s Bitch with Tahar Rahim and Corinne Yam fails to provoke the critics.
A doc on the 50-year-old Parisian night spot. “Very gently, Wiseman disrobes the spectacle and peers inside.”
Travel hijinks imperceptibly segue into Italian experimental film in our first report from the Venice International Film Festival.
Clooney’s fourth feature as a director serves just fine as a festival opener but otherwise breaks no new ground.
Head of the Italian Cinematheque Enrico Magrelli talks about his must-see retrospective program at the Venice, “Orizzonti 1961-1978”.
More trailers for films heading to Venice.
You can watch the trailers on the films’ pages; here, they’re all gathered in one place.
Includes films by Lanthimos, Garrel, Polanski, Cronenberg, Sokurov, Friedkin, Ferrara, McQueen, Stillman, and more.