Venice 2026 #5, with Jordan Cronk and Öykü Sofuoğlu
About this episode
Film Comment discusses new films and critiques from the Venice Film Festival with critics Jordan Cronk and Öykü Sofuoğlu.
This week, Film Comment is reporting from the picturesque shores of the Lido di Venezia, where the Venice Film Festival takes place each year. This year’s edition features new films by many major auteurs, including Werner Herzog, Lee Chang-dong, Tsai Ming-liang, and more. For our fifth Podcast from the fest, Film Comment Co-Editor Devika Girish invited critic and programmer Jordan Cronk and critic Öykü Sofuoğlu to discuss Theo Rollason's Queer Edward II (2:40), Jacqueline Lentzou's A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (11:45), María Aparicio's Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion (18:30), Luke Lorentzen's Boatbuilders (24:55), Ilya Khrzhanovsky's DAU (29:20), and Luca Guadagnino's Joie de vivre (42:00). Subscribe to Film Comment to stay up-to-date with all of our Venice 2026 coverage.
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- Venice 2026 #3, with Jonathan Romney and Tim Grierson
- Venice 2026 #2, with Bilge Ebiri and Guy Lodge
- Venice 2026 #1, with Miriam Bale and Öykü Sofuoğlu
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