by Nathaniel R
Elisa and Nathaniel on one of several drink between movies breaks
That's a wrap on Venezia 78, otherwise known at the 2021 edition of the Venice Film Festival. The Golden Lion went to the excellent French abortion drama L'Evenement / Happening with Parallel Mothers, Spencer, and a trio of Netflix movies Hand of God, The Lost Daughter, and Power of the Dog also emerging as hot future awards-prospects from the competition. I cannot begin to describe how beautiful the city is (my first time visiting), or what it's like to take a boat ride to the movies each day. Or especially to hang with Elisa in person who was such a great translator for me both linguistically and culturally (and so much fun, too!). There was definitely a learning curve as a first-timer (I missed way too many of the hot ticket titles) but overall it was a good experience. We hope you enjoyed our coverage. Consider subscribing for the price of a cup of coffee a month if you did as festival coverage isn't cheap for us behind the scenes...
- Elisa's Diary #1 Parallel Mothers and Power of the Dog
- Elisa's Diary #2 The Card Counter, Hand of God, The Lost Daughter
- Elisa's Diary #3 Spencer, A Plein Temps, Il Buco
- Eiisa's Diary #4 Sundown, Official Competition, etc...
- Elisa Extra Dune - full review
- Elisa's Diary #5 L'Evenement, Lost Illusions, Mona Lisa...
- Elisa's Diary #6 Reflection, Captain Volkonoff Escaped, Old Henry, etc...
- Elisa's Diary #7 Halloween Kills, Freaks Out, The Last Duel, etc...
- Elisa Extra Golden Lion and other prizes
- Nathaniel in Venice #1 Parallel Mothers
- Nathaniel in Venice #2 Power of the Dog, Madeleine Collins
- Nathaniel in Venice #3 Atlantide, Les Promesses, The Lost Daughter
- Nathaniel in Venice #4 107 Mothers, Official Competition, Miracle, etc...
- Nathaniel Extra Jessica Chastain & Oscar Isaac 🖤
- Nathaniel in Venice #5 Last Night in Soho, Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
- Nathaniel in Venice #6 Catholic School, A Hole in the Fence, The Box
- Nathaniel Extra Cambodia's Oscar submission
- Nathaniel in Venice #7 Mother Lode, L'Evenement, The Falls, etc...
- Nathaniel Extra Jury of One - best of what he saw