Tilda Swinton in Almodóvar’s Human Voice, plus Apples and Final AccountThree films early on at the Venice Film Festival encompass emotional breakdown, memory loss and Nazi guiltThe Disciple — a finely tuned tale of devotion and doubt A Mumbai singer struggles with musical scales and vices in this Venice Film Festival competition entryThe World to Come — female bonding on the US frontierKatherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby and Casey Affleck star in a 19th-century-set tale of two women in search of escapeThe Duke — Jim Broadbent steals the show in Ealing-style heist comedy A truth-based story told with droll dialogue makes for a warm and witty crowd-pleaserFrench Bill & Ted befriend a giant fly in MandibulesQuentin Dupieux’s film may be the silliest movie at the Venice Film Festival but it’s also the funniestMainstream — Gia Coppola’s journey into the heart of online darkness Andrew Garfield scales the heights of obnoxiousness as an anti-internet rebel seduced by YouTube stardom
Tilda Swinton in Almodóvar’s Human Voice, plus Apples and Final AccountThree films early on at the Venice Film Festival encompass emotional breakdown, memory loss and Nazi guiltThe Disciple — a finely tuned tale of devotion and doubt A Mumbai singer struggles with musical scales and vices in this Venice Film Festival competition entryThe World to Come — female bonding on the US frontierKatherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby and Casey Affleck star in a 19th-century-set tale of two women in search of escapeThe Duke — Jim Broadbent steals the show in Ealing-style heist comedy A truth-based story told with droll dialogue makes for a warm and witty crowd-pleaserFrench Bill & Ted befriend a giant fly in MandibulesQuentin Dupieux’s film may be the silliest movie at the Venice Film Festival but it’s also the funniestMainstream — Gia Coppola’s journey into the heart of online darkness Andrew Garfield scales the heights of obnoxiousness as an anti-internet rebel seduced by YouTube stardom
