Friday, August 29, 2008

Venice/Telluride Review Roundup

The Venice and Telluride Film Festivals have already begun. As the weekend wears on, I'll provide additional links to reviews of significant TIFF titles in this post:

35 Shots of Rum
The Hollywood Reporter (PRO)
London Times (pro)
Screen Daily (pro)
Variety (PRO)

Achilles and the Tortoise
The Hollywood Reporter (pro)
Screen Daily (con)
Variety (mixed)

Adam Resurrected
Cinematical (PRO)
Variety (mixed)

The Beaches of Agnes
Screen Daily (pro)

The Blind Sunflowers
Variety (mixed)

The Brothers Bloom
Toronto Star (PRO)

Burn After Reading

The Daily Telegraph (pro)
The Hollywood Reporter (pro)
The London Times (pro)
Screen Daily (PRO)
Time (con)
Variety (con)

The Burning Plain
The Daily Telegraph (PRO)
The Guardian (mixed)
The Hollywood Reporter (con)
The London Times (mixed)
Screen Daily (PRO)
Variety (con)

Cold Lunch
Screen Daily (mixed)

A Country Teacher
Screen Daily (mixed)

Dioses
Variety (CON)

The Duchess
The Hollywood Reporter (mixed)
Screen Daily (pro)
Variety (mixed)

Everlasting Moments
Cinematical (PRO)
Variety (PRO)

Firaaq
Spout (mixed)

Flame & Citron

Cinematical (PRO)
Spout (pro)

Flash of Genius
Cinematical (pro)

Goodbye Solo
Screen Daily (pro)
Variety (PRO)

The Heart of Jenin
Variety (pro)

Hooked
The Hollywood Reporter (pro)
Variety (mixed)

The Hurt Locker
Toronto Star (PRO)

I'm Gonna Explode
Screen Daily (mixed)

Inju, The Beast in the Shadow
The Guardian (mixed)
The Hollywood Reporter (mixed)
Screen Daily (pro)
Variety (CON)

Jerichow
The Hollywood Reporter (mixed)
Screen Daily (mixed)
Variety (pro)

Kabuli Kid
Screen Daily (pro)

Machan
Screen Daily (mixed)
Variety (con)

Mark of an Angel
Variety (pro)

Milk
Screen Daily (pro)
Variety (mixed)

PA-RA-DA
The Hollywood Reporter (pro)

Paris 36
Variety (pro)

Passchendaele
The Globe and Mail (mixed)

A Perfect Day
The Hollywood Reporter (mixed)
Screen Daily (mixed)
Variety (con)

Plastic City
The Hollywood Reporter (con)
Screen Daily (con)
Variety (con)

Rachel Getting Married
The Hollywood Reporter (PRO)
Screen Daily (pro)
Variety (PRO)

RocknRolla
InContention.com (CON)
The Independent (mixed)
The London Times (con)

The Sky Crawlers
The Japan Times (pro)
Screen Daily (mixed)

Slumdog Millionaire
Cinematical (PRO)
Spout (con)
Variety (PRO)

Teza
Screen Daily (mixed)
Variety (mixed)

Valentino: The Last Emperor
The Guardian (pro)
The Hollywood Reporter (mixed)
The London Times (mixed)
Screen Daily (pro)
Variety (mixed)

Vinyan
The Hollywood Reporter (con)
Screen Daily (PRO)
Variety (mixed)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So far, it seems that Miyazaki and Denis have received the most positive reviews in Venice, with "Ponyo" getting raves from the three big trades (ScreenDaily, Variety and THR). So bummed it won't be in Toronto.

And why isn't Claire Denis in competition, again?