That's a wrap on Venice!
Monday, September 13, 2021 at 11:00PM 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
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Reader Comments (5)
I enjoyed the Venice coverage. Glad you both had a great time. I’m looking forward to seeing the movies on this side of the Atlantic!
Nice shirt!
Venice does you good. The festival coverage was outstanding.
V -- thank you so much. the ticketing system made the experience not an A+ but otherwise it was pretty great. and it felt so good to be at the movies constantly for 8 days, too. like coming home.
Elisa and Nathaniel: I've been too busy at work to comment in the past couple of weeks but I wanted to say, belatedly, thank you for your excellent Venice coverage. It sounds as though there were many good films (I'm especially looking forward to The Card Counter, L'Evenement, The Hand of God and Parallel Mothers) and you both write so brilliantly because you make us feel part of the festival. Thanks!