Seven-Word Reviews solicits contributors to assess or describe a film using a total of seven words, jotting them down on anything at hand. The series is inspired by cinema's status as the seventh art, and the internet's increasing emphasis on critical brevity.For this edition, critics, programmers, and other film professionals at the 40th Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna were asked to share their reviews. The eclectic choices showcase the diversity of the sprawling program, including new restorations, rare revivals, and highlights from retrospectives on directors Ritwik Ghatak, Mitchell Leisen, Gunvor Nelson, and Luchino Visconti, and star Barbara Stanwyck.LOU BURKARTTrailer for Dante's Paradise (Radu Jude, 2026)CELLULOID LIBERATION FRONTBefore the Revolution (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1964)FLAVIA DIMABall of Fire (Howard Hawks, 1941)BRYONY DIXONSunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau, 1927)EDO CHOIPakeezah (Kamal Amrohi, 1972)CECILIA ERMINIMy Name Is Oona (Gunvor Nelson, 1969), Forty Guns (Samuel Fuller, 1957), Lumber Jack-Rabbit (Chuck Jones, 1954), Warsaw Bridge (Pere Portabella, 1989)SALLY FOLKARDCurse of Frankenstein (Terence Fisher, 1957)LILI FOURMESTRAUXThe Devils (Ken Russell, 1971), Weighed but Found Wanting (Lino Brocka, 1974), My Name Ain't Suzie (Angela Chan, 1985)ALEXANDER HORWATHNow You Tell One (Charles Bowers, 1926)MARGOT HERVEEThe Damned (Luchino Visconti, 1969)PAMELA HUTCHINSONMirages de Paris (Fyodor Otsep, 1933)DANIEL KASMANEight Girls in a Boat (Richard Wallace, 1934), Cradle Song (Mitchell Leisen, 1933), Report to Mother (John Abraham, 1986), Nagarik (Ritwik Ghatak, 1952/1977), Tol'able David (Henry King, 1921)JESSICA KIANGWeighed but Found Wanting (Lino Brocka, 1974), Whistle Down the Wind (Bryan Forbes, 1961), House of Strangers (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1949)MATILDE KLEIN & ALEX KLEINThe Mystery of the Old Castle (Witold Giersz, 1956)AMOS LEVINEl Puente (Juan Antonio Bardem, 1977)CHIARA MARAÑÓNNo Man of Her Own (Mitchell Leisen, 1950)IRENE MUSUMECILa dérive (Paula Delsol, 1964), The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971), Sanshiro Sugata (Akira Kurosawa, 1943), Brighton Beach (Carol Stein & Susan Wittenberg, 1981), A Spring for the Thirsty (Yuri Ilyenko, 1965), The Cycle (Dariush Mehrjui, 1976), Frame Line (Gunvor Nelson, 1983), Light Years (Gunvor Nelson, 1987), Field Study #2 (Gunvor Nelson, 1988), Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974), The Stranger (Orson Welles, 1946)K.J. RELTH-MILLERThe Long Memory (Robert Hamer, 1953), Lady in the Dark (Mitchell Leisen, 1944)JOSH SIEGELTrailer for Dante's Paradise (Radu Jude, 2026)REGINA SCHLAGNITWEITThe Fight (William Greaves, 1974)GIRISH SHAMBUMirages de Paris (Fyodor Otsep, 1933)ELEANOR THORNLEYMy Name Ain't Suzie (Angela Chan, 1985)JASON WOODVagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)EMILY WRIGHTBaby Face (Alfred E. Green, 1933)
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| 1 | Rushes | Locarno Lineup Unveiled, “Digger” Trailer Revealed, R.I.P. Sam Neill | 0 | 10.76 | 15-07-2026 |
| 2 | Movie Poster of the Week | The Best of Movie Poster of the Day, Part 31 | 0 | 9.77 | 17-07-2026 |
| 3 | Five Inspirations | Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke | 0 | 10.19 | 24-07-2026 |
| 4 | Positively the Same Dame: An Obsession with "Vertigo" | 0 | 6.79 | 30-06-2026 |
| 5 | These human TV and movie picks trounce Netflix’s algorithm | 0 | 6 | 29-06-2026 |
| 6 | Movie Poster of the Week | Tony Stella in Memoriam | 0 | 7.67 | 19-06-2026 |
| 7 | 11 sultriest lesbian and sapphic femmes in TV and film history | 2 | 4 | 01-05-2025 |
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