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Review #Venezia74: Marvin

Carmen Mc Intoshvenezia74September 4, 2017September 6, 2017

Directed by Anne Fontaine, Marvin is a film on life seen through the eyes of a homosexual boy in a small town of France. 

Review #Venezia74: The Leisure Seeker

Carmen Mc Intoshvenezia74September 3, 2017September 3, 2017

Directed by Paolo Virzì, starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland, The Leisure Seeker is a beautiful on the road film about getting old and suicide. The plot is based on the novel The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian.

Review #Venezia74: La vita in comune

Carmen Mc Intoshvenezia74September 3, 2017September 3, 2017

Directed by Edoardo Winspeare, La vita in comune is a magnifying glass over life in a small village in Puglia, Italy, named Disperata. The film maintains its true nature by having the actors act in typical “salentino”, a Puglia dialect.

Review #Venezia74: Lean On Pete

Carmen Mc Intoshvenezia74September 2, 2017September 3, 2017

Based on the novel Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin and directed by Andrew Haigh, Lean on Pete is the story of a young boy in Portland, Oregon, and his journey to Wyoming.

Review #Venezia74: Suburbicon

Carmen Mc Intoshvenezia74September 2, 2017September 3, 2017

Directed by George Clooney and written by also the Coen brothers, Suburbicon is an absurd comedy-crime film, with peaks of suspense and tension, mixed with comedy and drama.

Review #Venezia74: The Shape of Water

Carmen Mc Intoshvenezia74September 1, 2017September 3, 2017

Guillermo del Toro has come back with another of his fantasy films, and he definitely made a masterpiece.

Review #Venezia74: The Insult

Carmen Mc Intoshvenezia74August 31, 2017September 3, 2017

The Insult is directed by Ziad Doueiri, who has been Tarantino’s camera assistant for Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and Reservoir Dogs. This collaboration could probably have influenced Ziad’s filming style, but he actually reveals that he didn’t think of the filming part, he just filmed.

Jane Fonda and Robert Redford Golden Lions at Venezia74

Carmen Mc Intoshvenezia74August 22, 2017

Jane Fonda and Robert Redford are the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement at the 74th Venice International Film Festival.

#venezia73 The Bad Batch by Ana Lily Amirpour: A Sophomore Slump

Alessandro Del Vignavenezia73September 29, 2016

Despite the high budget and the Special Jury Prize won at Venice Film Festival, “The Bad Batch” disappoints the expectations arose from her feature film debut, the b/w vampire western “A girl walks home alone at night”.

Positive Magazine + Biennale Urbana Party #venezia73

Positive Magazinevenezia73September 12, 2016

Positive Magazine, in collaboration with Biennale Urbana, and thanks to the support of Bevande Futuriste and Giol Italian Organic and Vegan Wines, organized an unique event during the Venice Film Festival.