ONE TO BEAT
Stone has never been better, playing a woman having an unapologetic sexual awakening with transfixing reckless abandon in “Poor Things,” which just won the top prize at Venice.
Caspar Salmon is a film and culture writer based in London.
FROM THE LIDO
The Oscar winner stars in “Memory” at the Venice Film Festival, delivering an expectedly towering performance. It’s the convoluted film that doesn’t measure up.
FESTIVAL SEASON
The new film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, juggles many complicated, powerful ideas about race and caste—perhaps too many of them.
RISING STAR
After his dazzling, spark-plug turn in “Passages” this summer, Rogowski stars in “Lubo,” a devastating showcase of his sheer magnetism and jaw-dropping acting ability.
CINEMA
Japanese filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi follows up his Oscar-winning portrait of grief with “Evil Does Not Exist,” another poignant film that earned a huge ovation in Venice.
STAR TURN
The actor co-wrote the new dark comedy with director Richard Linklater. It got roaring laughs at its Venice premiere, but its breezy immorality may turn some audiences off.
SNOOZEFEST
The disgraced director’s new film “Coup de Chance,” which premiered at the Venice Film Festival,” is an exhausting and lazy retread of all his tried, true, and tired ideas.
SUSPICIOUS MINDS
Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley biopic is a nuanced portrait of how an imbalanced relationship shaped the life of a 14-year-old girl who married the world’s biggest star.
CRUISING
The director who gave us “The Exorcist” and “The French Connection” gave us one last film. (You can skip it.)
THE MARK
The latest David Fincher film just premiered at the Venice Film Festival, featuring an impeccable turn from Michael Fassbender and a whole lot of violence.