Over the shoulder: this year's festival of rediscovered cinema, featuring a retrospective of the films of Rouben Mamoulia, was not merely a celebration of past glories, but a declaration of a peculiarly privileged present
If dogs run free: Jessica Kiang offers a canine-centric overview of the fest as it approaches its end, sniffing around Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves, Rodrigo Moreno’s The Delinquents, and more
Orchestral manoeuvres: some of the most interesting films at Venice this year—including TÁR, Saint Omer, and All the Beauty and the Bloodshed—featured women of extraordinary ability and ego
In dreams: the Georgian director discusses the method behind the delicate balance of romance, folklore, and social critique in his What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?
Hot off the presses: Kiang reports on the latest sensations and disappointments at the festival's halfway point, including The French Dispatch, Titane, Bergman Island, and more