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The Film VerdictEuropeIt Will Happen Tonight Nanni Moretti returns to Venice after 37 years to bow ‘It Will Happen Tonight’, an unrepentantly passionate love story starring Louis Garrel and Jasmine Trinca.
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The Film VerdictEuropePrimetime Chris Hansen’s notorious TV crusade against online predators gives Robert Pattinson yet another chance to shine in the disturbingly captivating ‘Primetime’.
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The Film VerdictEuropeEklipse The excitement of the 1999 solar eclipse and the unspoken anxiety of the approaching dawn of the 21st century underpin the gentle drama of Eklipse. The feature debut by Manuel Wetscher combines the elemental with the emo
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The Film VerdictEuropeThe Road to Jericho Noted filmmaker Amos Gitai adds another brick to his lifelong critique of Israeli government policies in ‘The Road to Jericho’, whose call for peace between Arabs and Jews has a striking timeliness as the Iran war rages
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The Film VerdictEuropeThe City of the Living Nicola Lagioia’s true crime novel comes to cinematic life in a surprising way in Edoardo Gabbriellini’s ‘The City of the Living’, screened in Venice’s Orizzonti competition.
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The Film VerdictEuropeBucking Fastard Legendary German director Werner Herzog returns to fictional drama with 'Bucking Fastard', an audacious based-on-reality fairy tale starring Rooney and Kate Mara as sisters who share a spookily close bond.
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The Film VerdictEuropeAl Baraneya Ashgan El-Hamus’s loosely structured first feature ‘Al Baraneya’ uses a mosaic of scenes from rural Egyptian life to champion both a close-knit community and women’s right to choose their own lives.
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The Film VerdictEuropeBowie: Unseen | Unheard David Bowie dazzles in new ways in the immersive installation ‘Bowie: Unseen | Unheard’, unveiled as part of the Venice Immersive program.
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The Film VerdictEuropeInk Director Danny Boyle brings style and swagger to this lively, occasionally heavy-handed adaptation of 'Ink', James Graham's hit stage play about media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's early adventures in tabloid news.
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The Film VerdictEuropeVenice 2026: A Melancholy Lido As Venice 2026 gets underway, accredited professionals wonder if the event on the Lido is still a worthwhile experience, particularly for freelance journalists.
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The Film VerdictEuropeOnslaught The kind of stupid B-movie that studios always bury on Labor Day weekend, which proves that A24 isn’t all that different from its Hollywood counterparts.
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The Film VerdictEuropeThe Dog Stars It’s the end of the world as we’ve been shown it, and it feels benign.
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The Film VerdictEuropeSarajevo 2026: The Awards 'Everytime' in the Narrative Feature Competition and 'To Hold a Mountain' in the Documentary Feature Competition were notable winners at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, which closed with a screening of the restored vers
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The Film VerdictEuropeSarajevo 2026: The Verdict Sandra Wollner’s Everytime won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film at Sarajevo Film Festival’s star-studded and politically engaged 32nd edition.
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The Film VerdictEuropeAsghar Farhadi in Sarajevo: “Success is very dangerous, it creates a distance” Iranian director Asghar Farhadi spoke about keeping the gift of everyday observation alive, and resisting media’s manipulation of reality, in a masterclass at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
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The Film VerdictEuropeTomorrow a Long Time Ago German reunification forms the backbone of an intriguing character study in Luise Donschen’s feature debut ‘Tomorrow a Long Time Ago’, screened in Locarno.
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The Film VerdictEuropeInsidious: Out of the Further Even as it delivers the umpteenth spin on “generational trauma is the real horror,” this sixth entry in the spooky series upholds its core of humanity while offering jolts and frights along the way.
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The Film VerdictEuropePorkatal A young boy must adjust to a very new life in Porkatal, Sis Gurdal's delicate drama about familial devotion and the loss of childhood innocence.
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The Film VerdictEuropeSink A mother slowly and painfully comes to terms with her son’s mental illness in Zain Duraie’s debut feature, the sensitive but uneven family drama ‘Sink’.
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