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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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