See all of Variety's reviews from the 2025 Venice Film Festival below. The roundup will be updated throughout the festival to include the most recent reviews. ‘In the Hand of Dante’ (dir. Julian Schnabel) Read Variety’s review: Julian Schnabel's gonzo literary gangster movie is a folly that pulsates with life.

Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House Of Dynamite, might not fall into the horror genre but it might as well because it is more frightening than any of them. The Oscar winning director and producer of 2008 Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker and 2012 Best Picture nominee Zero Dark Thirty,

Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee and Jason Clarke star in the film that opens globally Oct. 10.