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Venice #80 - DogMan
Written & Directed by Scooby Doo And so even Venice now has its own Dogman… The film in question pales in comparison with its Cannes 2018...
Jack Salvadori
Sep 2, 20232 min read


Cannes #76 - “Perfect Days” Review
Middle-aged Hirayama awakens at dawn, attentively trims his moustache, proceeds to water his plants, and chooses an upbeat tape to listen...
Jack Salvadori
Jun 6, 20232 min read


Cannes #76 - “Asteroid City” Review
Gadzooks! Wes is back, and his latest work Asteroid City is no toad swindle. After wandering around European hotels, Japanese kennels,...
Jack Salvadori
May 26, 20232 min read


Cannes #76 - “Killers of the Flower Moon” Review
Osage County, Oklahoma, the 1920s. Local Native Americans, now millionaires due to black gold findings on their territory, are in danger....
Jack Salvadori
May 24, 20232 min read


Cannes #76 - “The Zone of Interest” Review
The Sun is shining bright. Teenagers share summer love; a mother cuddles her baby; children merrily play as vibrant flowers blossom in...
Jack Salvadori
May 24, 20232 min read


Cannes #76 - “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
Sorry, you have dialled an incorrect destiny. I’ll be honest, this review is particularly painful to write. I love Indiana Jones. I grew...
Jack Salvadori
May 22, 20232 min read


Cannes #76 - “Monster” Review
2018 Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-Eda is back on the Croisette with Monster, once again offering an intimate window into Japanese...
Jack Salvadori
May 22, 20232 min read


2022 BEST FILMS - Top 10
It goes without saying that the following list is solely based upon my personal taste, being my own individual evaluation. Perhaps the...
Jack Salvadori
Jan 1, 20236 min read


Venice #79: “Blonde” Review
The 2-hour-and-45-minute itch It seems to be a contemporary trend: who gets closer is the best. Almost an interactive game, place a frame...
Jack Salvadori
Sep 12, 20222 min read


Venice #79- “The Whale” Review
Darren Aronofsky does it again- take a very sad personal story, a beloved washed-out actor, and offer him the role of a lifetime in one...
Jack Salvadori
Sep 12, 20222 min read


Cannes #75 - "Crimes of the Future"
“Where is the art in tumorous growth?”, wonders a perplexed character in David Cronenberg’s latest cinematic fatigue, pretty much...
Jack Salvadori
May 29, 20222 min read


Cannes #75 - "Holy Spider"
Saeed is a family man - a caring father, devoted husband, and occasional serial killer. Yes, a merciless executioner who hunts his prey...
Jack Salvadori
May 27, 20222 min read


Cannes #75- "Triangle of Sadness"
It started with a spheric avalanche rolling into a square, and finally culminating with a triangle. We’re talking about Ruben Östlund’s...
Jack Salvadori
May 24, 20222 min read


Cannes #75 - "EO"
Balthazar enters the void in Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO, following the POV of a donkey as he embarks into a road movie looking for.. Freedom?...
Jack Salvadori
May 21, 20222 min read


Cannes #75 - "Coupez!"
The Trauma Show - And so it began, the 75th edition of the most prestigious cinematic rendezvous in the world. To represent such a...
Jack Salvadori
May 19, 20222 min read


Venice 78: “The Last Duel” Review
#Me(dieval)Too Ridley Scott likes period movies. He has indulged in directing them throughout his career, and after "Kingdom of Heaven"...
Jack Salvadori
Sep 15, 20212 min read


Venice 78: “Competencia Oficial”
In Gaston Duprat & Mariano Cohn’s previous film, The Distinguished Citizen (2016), the Nobel Prize author briefly mentions an intriguing...
Jack Salvadori
Sep 13, 20212 min read


Venice 78: “America Latina”
ParasItaly The opening, environmental shots of nature in what looks like a forest are interrupted by a brutalist, concrete villa. A...
Jack Salvadori
Sep 13, 20211 min read


Venice 78: “Life of Crime” review
“What is going on? Life is going on.” I can’t say that Jon Alpert’s latest documentary is a comedy. It is rather a bleak and brutal piece...
Jack Salvadori
Sep 13, 20212 min read


Venice 78: "Freaks Out" Review
And so Italian cinema has finally discovered CGI Unfortunately, Freaks Out confirmed my cheerless suspicion: Gabriele Mainetti is nothing...
Jack Salvadori
Sep 11, 20212 min read
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