Dafoe vs. the Dandies
Vulture first reviewed Late Fame when it premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2025. We are republishing the review now that it’s playing…
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‘Ghost Elephants’ Review: Werner Herzog Remains Our Most Intrepid Interdimensional Explorer in Beguilingly Spiritual Nature Doc
In films like Grizzly Man, Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo, Werner Herzog has been drawn to obsessive men whose hubris tricks them into believing they can…
Read more ‘Ghost Elephants’ Review: Werner Herzog Remains Our Most Intrepid Interdimensional Explorer in Beguilingly Spiritual Nature DocBenny Safdie Didn’t Mention Josh Safdie in First Solo Feature Win
Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images When you’re winning an honor like a Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival, it’s easy to feel frazzled and forget…
Read more Benny Safdie Didn’t Mention Josh Safdie in First Solo Feature WinVenice Film Festival Awards: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Wins Golden Lion
The undeniably robust 82nd edition of the Venice International Film Festival has come to a triumphant finish. Heading into Saturday night’s awards ceremony, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s…
Read more Venice Film Festival Awards: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Wins Golden LionA House of Dynamite Is Kathryn Bigelow at Her Best
The director’s latest, her first film in seven years, is an absurdly riveting thriller with the kind of ticking-clock suspense Bigelow does so well. Photo: Eros Hoagland/Netflix The…
Read more A House of Dynamite Is Kathryn Bigelow at Her BestPaolo Sorrentino’s Buzzy Drama ‘La Grazia’ Gets U.S. Release Date
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia, widely hailed as a return to form for the 2013 Oscar winner, has locked down its theatrical release date in North American cinemas.…
Read more Paolo Sorrentino’s Buzzy Drama ‘La Grazia’ Gets U.S. Release DateJim Jarmusch ‘Disappointed’ by Mubi’s Ties to Israeli Military
Photo: Stefania D’Alessandro/WireImage At the 2025 Venice Film Festival, Jim Jarmusch spoke out against Mubi for their ties to the Israeli military. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he…
Read more Jim Jarmusch ‘Disappointed’ by Mubi’s Ties to Israeli Military‘Broken English’ Review: An Imaginative, Fittingly Eccentric Documentary Pays Starry Tribute to Marianne Faithfull
An eternal “it girl” — charismatic, original and ahead of every curve right up until she died this year aged 78 — British singer-songwriter-actor Marianne Faithfull receives a…
Read more ‘Broken English’ Review: An Imaginative, Fittingly Eccentric Documentary Pays Starry Tribute to Marianne FaithfullWith Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos Enters the Real World, Sort Of
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia began life as a remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet!, and it retains the broad outlines of that strange classic.…
Read more With Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos Enters the Real World, Sort OfNetflix’s Italian Takeover: Streamer Brings 3 Starry Titles and Top Executives to Venice Film Festival
Amid a sea of A-listers at this year’s Venice Film Festival — the 82nd edition is shaping up to be the starriest parade of talent on the Lido in…
Read more Netflix’s Italian Takeover: Streamer Brings 3 Starry Titles and Top Executives to Venice Film FestivalVenice Film Festival Kicks Off With Premiere of Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’, Francis Ford Coppola Tribute to Werner Herzog
The 2025 edition of the world’s oldest film festival kicked off with a poignant moment of movie history Wednesday night as American film legend Francis Ford Coppola took…
Read more Venice Film Festival Kicks Off With Premiere of Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’, Francis Ford Coppola Tribute to Werner HerzogProtesters Demand Venice Film Festival Take a Stance on Gaza
Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images Pro-Palestine organizers are planning multiple protests at the Venice Film Festival from August 27 to September 6, calling on the festival to…
Read more Protesters Demand Venice Film Festival Take a Stance on GazaAlexander Payne “Unprepared” to Comment on Gaza as He Fields Flurry of Political Questions in Venice
In his first official appearance as the president of this year’s Venice Film Festival competition jury, veteran filmmaker Alexander Payne fielded some heavy questions about everything from the…
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