Venice Film Festival 2025 Reviews

Venice Film Festival 2025 Reviews. From lady gaga in the joker sequel to angelina jolie as maria callas, our critic rounds up his favourite movies — and which to avoid Below is a compilation of our reviews from the fest, which last year awarded its golden lion for best film to yorgos lanthimos’ poor things, starring emma stone, who went.

The smart concept, social commentary and a strong central performance from albrecht schuch combine to create a polished, slyly entertaining work that should attract. The first half of brady corbet’s the brutalist should go down as the most electrifying cinematic experience at this year’s venice film festival.