# Venice 2026 #5, with Jordan Cronk and Öykü Sofuoğlu

An episode of [The Film Comment Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1051091555), 11 Sep 2026, 51 min.

Audio: https://media.transistor.fm/f932aee8/dbb37b87.mp3

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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