Venice 2026
‘The Basics of Philosophy’ Review: Paul Schrader Does Some Deep — and Discomfiting — Thinking About a College Professor’s Guilt
Paul Schrader’s new film 'The Basics of Philosophy' stars Jack Huston, Sofia Boutella and Bill Pullman in a weighty drama of regret and reform.
‘Burgundy’ Review: The Classic French Vin Rouge Is a Way of Life in Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw’s Captivating Oenology Doc
The premium red Is a way of life in 'Burgundy,' from Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, directors of ‘The Truffle Hunters’ and ‘Gaucho Gaucho.
‘A Place to Heal’ Review: An Intensely Performed French Teen Psych Ward Drama That Shifts Uneasily Between Reality and Fiction
French director Cédric Kahn immersed himself in a psychiatric facility to make 'A Place to Heal,' about adolescents with emotional disorders.
The ‘Holy Wood Dust’ Director Wants You to Know Your Christmas Tree Is a Living Being With 20 Senses
In a Venice 2026 'Holy Wood Dust' doc film interview, director Victor Kossakovsky says he wants you to know your Christmas tree is a living being.
‘Balcanica’: When Music Is Outlawed in Afghanistan, a Conductor and His Son Must Leave All Behind (Exclusive Venice Trailer)
Nicola Sorcinelli is exploring timely, complex and emotional issues in his feature directorial debut, Balcanica, for which THR can exclusively premiere a first teaser trailer ahead of its world premiere in the Venice Days, or Giornate degli Autori, competition, the independent sidebar.
‘My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile’ Review: War Rages On, as Does the Journalistic Resistance, in an Essential Chronicle of Reporters Under Fire
In 'My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile,' Julia Loktev followed Russian journalists forced to flee their country after the invasion of Ukraine.
‘Oasis’ Director on Asking Uncomfortable Questions About Exclusion and Why Violence Is “Like a Virus”
In a Venice 2026 film interview on 'Oasis' ('Oase') from writer, director Jannis Lenz, he discusses school, forest, exclusion, violence as a virus.
‘The End of Times’ Is an AI-Assisted Film Essay on Trauma That Wants to “Politicize Mental Illness” (Exclusive Venice Trailer)
Watch a Venice Critics' Week 2026 film trailer for 'The End of Times,' an AI-assisted cinema essay on trauma that wants to politicize mental illness.
‘The Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ Director Shares Insight Into Her Hybrid Movie That Revisits Her Filmmaker Father’s Arrest and Death
'The Horsemen of the Apocalypse' film director Lene Berg discusses the Venice Gap-Financing Market Norway hybrid film on her father's arrest, death.
‘Too Much Sugar’ Review: A Lively and Authentic Portrait of Small-Town America, in Which the Characters Become Masters of Their Own Stories
Director Robert Greene’s 'Too Much Sugar' mixes documentary and fiction techniques to focus on a pair of 40-something friends from rural Missouri.