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Venice 78: "Last Night in Soho" Review
Once Upon a Time in Soho Edgar Wright’s long awaited Last Night in Soho explores the darker side of the alluring sixties. Aspiring...
Jack Salvadori
Sep 10, 20212 min read


Venice 78: "Full Time" Review
A frenetic, spiralling glimpse into everyday infernal routines. Every cinematic tool is employed by director Eric Gravel to achieve the...
Jack Salvadori
Sep 7, 20211 min read


Venice 78: "Spencer" Review
The indiscreet charm of the royals. Pablo Larrain is back with the companion piece to his critically acclaimed 2016 “Jackie”. Leading...
Jack Salvadori
Sep 5, 20212 min read


Venice 78: "107 Mothers" Review
The Borscht Redemption It’s really difficult to draw a line between the fictional scenes and the documentary ones in 107 Mothers. Peter...
Jack Salvadori
Sep 3, 20211 min read


Cannes #74- ‘Vortex’ Review
Gaspar Noé’s Amour Cult director Gaspar Noé has premiered his most moving work to date which, in an out of competition slot, instantly...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 17, 20212 min read


Cannes 74: ‘Memoria’ Review
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s first foreign language film is yet another example of a director who does not function outside of his...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 16, 20212 min read


Cannes 74: ‘Red Rocket’ Review
Sean Baker, you deserve a donut! Sean Baker is back with his introspective, cynical eye on forgotten America, depicting trashy lifestyles...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 14, 20212 min read


Cannes 74: ‘A Hero’ Review
Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero is a tale of innocent dishonesty, required by the adverse circumstances in which Rahim finds himself entangled....
Jack Salvadori
Jul 14, 20211 min read


Cannes 74: ‘Titane’ Review
The Shape of Gasoline Holy Motors! What did I just watch?! Finally Cannes has presented its first horror in this year’s competition,...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 13, 20212 min read


Cannes #74- ‘The French Dispatch’ Review
From pastel colours to music, there has always been a French filter over Wes Anderson’s films, but with his latest work, he formally...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 12, 20212 min read


Cannes 74: ‘Bergman Island’ Review
Conventionally, Jerusalem is to a priest what the Swedish island of Fåro is to a filmmaker. A filmmaker is, customarily, meant to...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 12, 20212 min read


Cannes 74: ‘Flag Day’ Review
History tells us that there are a few exceptions, but actors-turned-directors are often catalysts for calamitous filmic accomplishments....
Jack Salvadori
Jul 11, 20212 min read


Cannes 74: ‘Three Floors’ Review
3 Piani, 2 stars, 1 Review The carousel of disappointment does not seem to slow down at Cannes 74. After Paul Verhoeven and Sean Penn’ s...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 11, 20212 min read


Cannes 74: ‘Benedetta’ Review
Nobody expects the French inquisition. Have you ever tried to download a movie but instead got its porn caricature? Well, meet the XXX...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 10, 20212 min read


Cannes 74: ‘The Divide’ Review
One night in French ER. In Catherine Corsini’s new picture, a plethora of colourful characters spend the evening in a Parisian hospital,...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 10, 20211 min read


Cannes 74: ‘Ahed’s Knee’ Review
Hate and a half. Lapid’s new movie is as dry as the desert in which all the story is set - the world did not need another film on a...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 9, 20211 min read


Cannes #74- ‘The Worst Person in the World’ Review
No, it’s not Hitler’s biopic, nor a serial killer flick, but an irresistible romantic dramedy exploding with cinematic magic. Director...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 9, 20212 min read


Cannes 74: Day 2
A mild day in Cannes- after the cinematic exuberance of Annette, the festival promptly slackened its intensity with a selection of...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 8, 20213 min read


Cannes #74- ‘Cow’ Review
There is a point in crying over spilt milk. Andrea Arnold chose cows for the protagonist of her documentary, “because they’re feminine,...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 8, 20212 min read


Cannes 74: ‘Annette’ Review
La La Leos Carax. The red carpet is laid, the spotlights are on, the posters are up, and the aborted 2020 Cannes edition is an unspoken...
Jack Salvadori
Jul 7, 20212 min read
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