Buzz-Worthy Films: Babygirl, directed by Halina Reijn, takes a fresh and unconventional look at the sexual desires of older women.
In this film, Nicole Kidman plays Romi, a successful CEO, who finds herself struggling under the weight of her desires when faced with a young intern.
Buzz-Worthy Films, The 81st Venice Film Festival runs from August 28 to September 7, featuring films from around the world competing in various sections. Frieze magazine has reviewed some of the standout films of the Venice Film Festival.
Babygirl, directed by Halina Reijn, offers a fresh perspective on the sexual desires of older women, a topic rarely highlighted in Hollywood. Nicole Kidman plays Romi, a successful CEO, who finds herself struggling under the weight of her desires when faced with a young intern.
The Brutalist, directed by American filmmaker Brady Corbet, is an epic historical drama featuring Adrien Brody, which is likely to earn Oscar buzz. Adrien Brody, known for his stellar performance in The Pianist, where he portrayed a Polish Holocaust survivor, once again delivers a standout performance, this time as a Hungarian Jewish architect fleeing war-torn Europe for America.
Five Most Buzz-Worthy Films Of The Venice 2024 Film Festival
Buzz-Worthy Films, Bodies of Water, a short film directed by Chelanie Budin Quentin and Caroline Laurin-Beaucage, is a 360-degree short film featured in the “Immersive” section (formerly known as “Venice VR Expanded”). This film uses innovative technology to create a fully immersive and sensory experience, inviting audiences into a world filled with water and movement.
And Their Children After Them, by brothers Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma, is an adaptation of Nicolas Mathieu’s 2018 novel of the same name. It tells the story of two boys in a small French town trying to experience their first sexual encounter. In their attempt to impress a girl at a party, they get caught in a conflict that leads to a lifelong feud. This poignant and bittersweet film, with its beautiful cinematography and 1990s rock soundtrack, captures the Boukherma brothers’ passionate portrayal of their generation’s struggles and entrapment in growing economic and social issues.
Buzz-Worthy Films, Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari, directed by Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti, is an ambitious documentary that challenges viewers to abandon a human-centered worldview. Instead, it encourages them to see humanity as a fleeting moment, or even a mistake, in Earth’s vast timeline, much like natural scientists would.
Buzz-Worthy Films, As this film shows, humanity’s passion for studying and categorizing living species has often led to their exploitation in horrific ways. For example, the first part of the film depicts animals being subjected to drugging, dissection, or worse. The second part follows the daily life of biologists at the Botanical Garden of Padua. Throughout this section, a voiceover reminds us that organic life, with its resilience and longevity, will outlast humanity and survive any man-made catastrophe. The third part of the film demonstrates how the ideas of biologists were misused during World War II to further human destruction.
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