“People like shit,” mutters Ethan Coen, quoting Miles Davis from a hotel room overlooking the French Riviera. Slouched in his chair,...

Some places are more than just coordinates on a map. They’re emotional vaults; sanctuaries of memories. For me, the Grand Théâtre Lumière...

“It’s better than The Climb . 100%, no doubt,” declares Michael Angelo Covino, the Mediterranean glittering behind him as he munches...

Remember the days when a sneeze was more feared than a gunshot? Ari Aster surely does, and Eddington is his chaotic love letter to those...

Lynne Ramsay comes in swinging with a jagged, intoxicating fever dream that grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. Die My Love ...

Ah, Cannes... That glittering mirage on the French Riviera where champagne flows, critics lose sleep, stars lose weight, and sunglasses...

Hollywood finally pulled it off. For once, the Oscars season didn’t feature any seismic snubs, head-scratching upsets, or infamous...

Over the last few weeks, something has been heating up Hollywood even more than the relentless LA wildfires. A whisper that ignited into...

When The VVitch came out ten years ago, horror aficionados felt as excited as a virgin on prom night: their date was Robert Eggers, the...

As we bid adieu to 2024, let’s take a moment to spotlight the titles that delivered the goods in the last 365 cinematic days. 2024 has...

Ready or not, 2025 is lurking around the corner, poised to become known as the Year of the Great Film Famine . The silver screen is...

The Critic's Week, or Settimana della Critica as the natives say, has always been quite a gamble at the Venice Film Festival. The...

With April , Dea Kulumbegashvili brings to the Lido the biggest surprise of the 2024 Venice Film Festival, shocking and dividing the...

Back in 2019, director Todd Philipps reassured that Joker  was always pitched as one movie, not set up to have any sequels, and in his...

Trying to capture an author’s literary style into moving pictures is a challenging task. When that author is no less than William S....

After two short films in English, Pedro Almodóvar delivers his first feature not in his native Spanish with The Room Next Door . And he...

I thought the days when films looked great were gone forever. You know, when they actually looked like films, with that special magical...

There is no doubt that Chilean director Pablo Larraín is the master of biopics. By developing his own formula, he specialised in...

Disclaimer: in the following review I’ll be careful not to say "Beetlejuice" three times, in the slightest chance he comes back and they...

Bologna’s Il Cinema Ritrovato is the cinephile’s ultimate oasis “No, this time I won’t go”. After months of pondering, rationality struck...