Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor

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    Venice
    The Testament of Ann Lee
    ★★★★★

    Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee undertakes the daunting...

    Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 1st September 2025
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    Venice
    Father Mother Sister Brother
    ★★★★★

    Jim Jarmusch returns to estrangement and deadpan tension in...

    Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 31st August 2025
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    Venice
    The Last Viking
    ★★★★★

    Despite what its title hints at, Anders Thomas Jensen’s The Last Viking...

    Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 30th August 2025
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    Venice
    Frankenstein
    ★★★★★

    The first thing that registers in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is his...

    Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 30th August 2025
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    Venice
    The Holy Boy
    ★★★★★

    Paolo Strippoli’s The Holy Boy begins with a comfortably spare premise:...

    Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 30th August 2025
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    Venice
    No Other Choice
    ★★★★★

    Park Chan-wook has never been afraid of taking the mundane and twisting it...

    Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 29th August 2025
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    Venice
    Strange River
    ★★★★★

    At first glance, Jaume Claret Muxart’s Strange River has the makings of a...

    Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 29th August 2025
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    Venice
    Jay Kelly
    ★★★★★

    Noah Baumbach leaves no doubt about how he wants us to perceive Jay Kelly. In...

    Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 28th August 2025
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    Venice
    La Grazia
    ★★★★★

    Toni Servillo slips effortlessly into presidential tailoring in La Grazia, Paolo...

    Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 27th August 2025
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    Live music
    Coldplay at Wembley Arena: “Nobody does stadiums like them”
    ★★★★★

    Oh summer, it always brings some of the best...

    Filippo L'Astorina, the Editor 24th August 2025