At Venice, the most reliable poll is less obvious, but this year seems to be the Venezia News one composed of critics from Screen International, THR, Film Verdict, Le Monde, The Wrap, El Pais, The Observer, Rzeczpospolita, and Frankfurter Rund. 16 of the 22 competition films have been screened so far. If you’ve been following our Venezia coverage, then the top 3 shouldn’t surprise you: TÁR — 4.1The Banshees of Inisherin — 3.8All the Beauty and the Bloodshed — 3.8Argentina 1985 — 3.5Bones and All — 3.4The Whale — 3.3Love Life — 3.3White Noise — 3.2The Eternal Daughter — 3.1Other People’s Children — 3.1Monica — 2.9L’Immensita — 2.8Athena — 2.7Bardo — 2.4The Lord of the Ants — 2.4Un Couple — 2.4 This is the same top three as in the International Cinephile Society pol, which has Poitras, Field and McDonagh, with Guadagnino and Zlotowski not too far behind. A consensus is clearly building that these seem to be the cream of the crop for the 79th Venezia. Meanwhile, the POLL OF POLLS, which tabulates every grid from every country has these results:The Banshees of Inisherin — 3.83TAR — 3.56Bones and All — 3.54All the Beauty and the Bloodshed — 3.53Argentina, 1985 — 3.34Love Life — 3.13Monica — 3.01Other People’s Children — 2.99White Noise — 2.93Lord of the Ants — 2.91The Whale — 2.85The Eternal Daughter — 2.75Bardo — 2.70Athena — 2.65A Couple — 2.59L’immensita — 2.58 Left to be screened are Alice Diop’s “Saint Omer,” Florian Zeller’s “The Son,” Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” Jafar Panahi’s “No Bears,” Vahid Jalilvand’s “Beyond the Wall,” Roschdy Zem’s “Our Ties,” and Susanna Nicchiarelli’s “Chiara.” Has this Venice lineup been better than Cannes 75? I’ll let you be the judge on that one. Contribute Hire me
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