Venice film festival 2016
The Woman Who Left review – haunting drama of guilt, God and gloomy revenge
Venice Golden Lion winner Lav Diaz adapts Tolstoy to the Philippines with an intense, four-hour morality tale of a wrongly imprisoned woman seeking revenge
Peter Bradshaw
14, Oct, 2016 @10:17 AM
The Woman Who Left wins Venice film festival as Nocturnal Animals runnerup
Four-hour black-and-white Filipino revenge drama scores top award while Tom Ford’s drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams takes runnerup prize and Emma Stone named best actress for La La Land
Catherine Shoard
10, Sep, 2016 @6:59 PM
Venice film festival 2016: out of the White House, into the Vatican…
Natalie Portman shines as a grieving Jackie K, Jude Law makes a slick pontiff and Terrence Malick scrutinises the universe again in a festival littered with big names
Jonathan Romney
10, Sep, 2016 @5:00 PM
Damien Chazelle on La La Land: 'Los Angeles is full of people chasing dreams'
The Whiplash director is tipped to net a second Oscar nomination as his third movie heads to Toronto film festival following ecstatic receptions at Venice and Telluride. He talks about swinging for the fences with his love letter to Hollywood, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling
Nigel M Smith
08, Sep, 2016 @11:09 AM
Planetarium review – Natalie Portman shines in swirling supernatural chiller
Every scene looks exquisite in Rebecca Zlotowski’s magical tale of psychic sisters in 1930s Paris, trying to replicate their act on film as the war creeps in
Jordan Hoffman
07, Sep, 2016 @8:00 PM
Mel Gibson hurls insult at Batman v Superman
The director has embellished earlier Venice film festival comments against big-budget superhero movies, with one particular blockbuster in mind
Catherine Shoard
07, Sep, 2016 @1:01 PM
How Paisley and McGuinness's journey to peace ended at Venice film festival
Director Nick Hamm and writer Colin Bateman reveal how they negotiated Northern Ireland’s political minefield to find the heart of The Journey, which had its world premiere this week
Andrew Pulver
07, Sep, 2016 @11:00 AM
The Journey review – Northern Ireland history lesson recast as bromance
This fictionalised take on how Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness set aside sectarian hatred to pursue peace talks pitches Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney into odd-couple comedy while simultaneously tiptoeing on eggshells
Peter Bradshaw
07, Sep, 2016 @8:53 AM
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey review – Terrence Malick's eye-popping history of the universe
The feature length version of Malick’s long-gestating chronicle of all things great and small is a visual feast – even if it doesn’t explain much along the way
Andrew Pulver
06, Sep, 2016 @9:00 PM
The Bad Batch review – Keanu Reeves and Jim Carrey thrive in cannibal apocalypse
The Iranian director’s second film counts impressive turns from Suki Waterhouse and Keanu Reeves – but conforms to convention after a smart, chilling first act
Andrew Pulver
06, Sep, 2016 @4:20 PM
Nick Cave documentary was 'instinct of self-preservation' after death of son
One More Time With Feeling director Andrew Dominik says the musician wanted to promote his new album Skeleton Tree without having to talk to the media
Andrew Pulver
05, Sep, 2016 @3:26 PM
One More Time With Feeling review – undeniably moving contemplation of loss
The singer opens up over the tragic death of his 15-year-old son, airing his raw grief in this unconventionally directed documentary
Andrew Pulver
05, Sep, 2016 @3:24 PM
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