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In The Kidnapping of Arabella, Carolina Cavalli Channels the Anxiety of Growing Up
The director’s sophomore film, starring Chris Pine in an Italian speaking role, premiered in the United States on July 17
Venice Critics’ Week Unveils 2026 Selection With Films From Colombia, China & Tunisia
Venice parallel sidebar Settimana Internazionale della Critica (International Critics’ Week) has unveiled the lineup for its 41st edition.
The section, organised by the Union of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI) and focused on works by emerging filmmakers, will showcase seven features in competition and two films out of competition.
Colombia has a strong presence this year with two works tapping into the country’s turbulent history. Bibiana Rojas Gómez and Juan David Cárdena will compete with The End of Times, a radical essay film using archive footage and artificial intelligence to reflect on memory and colonialism. They are joined by countryman Sebastián Múnera’s Meteorite, which is described as an intense female-centred story set in a land still haunted by the ghosts of violence.
Venice Critics’ Week Lineup: Shalini Adnani’s Family Drama ‘Our Share of Sand,’ AI-Assisted Colombian Doc ‘The End of Times’ and More
There are no entries from the U.S., while titles from Italy and Colombia feature prominently
Venice Critics’ Week Unveils Political, Experimental Lineup
An AI-assisted video essay from Colombia, a Tunisian sci-fi dystopia, and an Italian coming-of-age musical are among this year’s Critics’ Week selections.
A Conversation About ‘The Kidnapping of Arabella,’ An Italian Road Movie from Writer-Director Carolina Cavalli
The new movie features two misfits and Chris Pine speaking in Italian.
Il Paradiso Italiano di Julian Schnabel
At his pink palazzo, in the West Village, the artist packs up paintings for a Pace exhibit and discusses his new movie, about Dante—produced by, and guest-starring, Martin Scorsese.
Giovanni Veronesi’s ‘Dio Ride’ To Close Venice Film Festival
Dio ride, written and directed by Giovanni Veronesi (The King’s Musketeers), will close this year’s Venice Film Festival.
The film will screen out of competition. The synopsis provided by the festival reads: “Set in the mid-1600s and loosely based on true events, the movie resonates strongly with the present time through a story that centers on freedom, the power of the truth, and the relationship between people and power, with its shadows and contradictions. With his profound humanity, the friar Frate Leopoldo will change the lives of the people he encounters.”
Giovanni Veronesi’s ‘Dio Ride’ to Close Venice Film Festival
“Dio Ride,” written and directed by Giovanni Veronesi, will close the 83rd Venice Intl. Film Festival, which runs Sept. 2-12. The film will play in the out-of-competition section.
Venice Film Fest to Close With Giovanni Veronesi’s ‘Dio Ride’
A synopsis for the film, loosely based on real events in the mid-1600s, reads: “While the Church preaches in Latin, Fra Leopoldo recounts the Gospel with contagious joy.”
Four Must-See Titles from Il Cinema Ritrovato 2026
Now in its 40th edition, Il Cinema Ritrovato has swollen to become a true labyrinth of cinema, a Borgesian garden of forking paths that one goes to get lost in. The festival takes place over nine days across 10-or-so theaters and comes replete with a 500-page catalog that weighs you down like a rock as you shuffle through the porticoed streets of Bologna between movies. It’s a cinephile’s dream, and it’s hard to describe how magical it feels to watch hundred-year-old silent films or experimental Armenian movies amongst thousands of people seated in the Piazza Maggiore next to a gorgeous 500-year-old Italian cathedral.