Obnoxious Woman, Confident Man
I’ve told this story many times, but never in print, at least so far as I remember. When I was 16, I went into the bathroom to take a shower and turned on the radio. There was a woman being …
Venice Recap
Earlier this month I was a panelist at the Venice Film Festival, discussing and evaluating the films of the Biennale College, which has funded low budget art films for most of the past decade. …
Mick LaSalle’s favorite movies of 2016
The other day it occurred to me that it might be interesting and instructive if critics, in addition to issuing a top ten list, also made a list of their FAVORITE movies. That is, movies they simply …
The Mickies 2016 — The Nominations
Most of the critics awards have already been announced, and SAG and THE GOLDEN GLOBES have published their slate of nominees. And so the movie world has waited for the final shoe to drop . . . and …
Daniele Parisi wins the Primo Nuovo Imae award at Venice
The thing about film festivals — the interesting thing — the thing that puts a charge in the air — is that they change people’s lives. Not every life. Just a few lives, and everyone hopes, at the …
Venice Film Fest and “Une Vie”
In the above video I talk a little bit about the difference between being at Venice vs. other film festivals. (Spoiler alert: Being at Venice is better.) I also talk about how this year I didn’t walk …
Biennale College at the Venice Film Festival
One of the best things about the Venice Film Festival has very little to do with red carpets or the sight of George Clooney riding up the Grand Canal in a motor boat. It’s the festival’s …
“Nocturnal Animals” at the Venice Film Festival
Above is a picture of Amy Adams, sitting at the front of the balcony, visible to all, about to watch herself in “Nocturnal Animals,” the latest from Tom Ford. The stars sit and watch their own films …