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Venice Dispatch – That’s a Wrap

Well, in defense of Izzy, The Room Next Door IS a very fine film. I fell happily under its spell and loved what it has to say about life, death, self-determination. And who can ever begrudge seeing the one and only Pedro Almodóvar be given golden things? It’s just that… Considering I do have a few things to say about the jury’s decisions at the 81st Venice Film Festival, announced earlier tonight, let’s better get into it. Best Young...

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Nicole Kidman wins Best Actress, Room Next Door Best Film at the Venice Film Festival Winners

Pedro Almodovar wins the Golden Lion for The Room Next Door. Brady Corbet wins Best Director for The Brutalist Nicole Kidman wins Best Actress for Babygirl. Vincent Lindon wins Best Actor for The Quiet Son Grand Jury prize goes to Vermiglio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC4sNsAGbSY The rest of the winners can be found at Variety. Nicole Kidman has won the Best Actress award, a bittersweet win as she found out her mother died suddenly at the same time. We wish her all...

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2025 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress is a Barn Burner

To my mind, the two strongest performances for the Best Actress win are Mikey Madison in Anora and Angelina Jolie in Maria. But that doesn't mean that will be how it all turns out. It's just that those are the two strongest performances after Telluride and Venice. Madison, I think, has a slight edge over Jolie because the film itself is such a strong contender, having won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. We're overdue for analyzing the Best Actress...

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Venice Dispatch – Will Win / Should Win

All 21 films in competition at the 81st Venice Film Festival have screened and, as per tradition, it’s time for guesswork. Now, we know that jury president Isabelle Huppert has taste. Not just because she is ISABELLE HUPPERT, she’s proved herself in this capacity as recently as 2009 in Cannes and delivered a rock-solid slate of winners (including The White Ribbon for the Palme d'Or). So expectations are high and I’m allowing more than a few predicted and personally...

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Weekly Predictions by Sasha Stone

Good as Gold by Mark Johnson

SO FAR... Best Picture Conclave
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
Anora
Emilia Perez
Saturday Night
Dune 2
The Piano Lesson
Sing Sing
Nickel Boys
Inside Out 2
Best Actor Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
John David Washington, The Piano Lesson
Best Actress Mikey Madison, Anora
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Perez
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Lupita Nyong'o, A Quiet Place Day One
Kate Winslet, Lee
Zendaya, Challengers
Jodie Comer, The Bikeriders
Anya Taylor-Joy, Furiosa
June Squibb, Thelma
Best Supporting Actor Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Stanley Tucci, Conclave
Samuel L. Jackson, The Piano Lesson
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Paul Raci, Sing Sing
Best Supporting Actress Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Rachel Sennott, Saturday Night
Best Director Edward Berger, Conclave
Sean Baker, Anora
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Jason Reitman, Saturday Night
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Denis Villeneuve, Dune 2
Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
George Miller, Furiosa
Adapted Screenplay Conclave
The Piano Lesson
Nickel Boys
Dune 2
Inside Out 2
Furiosa
Original Screenplay The Brutalist
A Real Pain
Anora
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Emilia Perez
The Substance
Challengers
Cinematography The Brutalist
Dune 2
Conclave
Furiosa
Best Editing Conclave
Anora
The Brutalist
Saturday Night
Nickel Boys
Dune 2
Production Design The Brutalist
Dune 2
Saturday Night
Conclave
Furiosa
Sound Mixing + Editing Dune 2
Saturday Night
Twisters
Furiosa
Costumes The Brutalist
Dune 2
Conclave
Furiosa
Visual Effects Twisters
A Quiet Place: Day One
Deadpool & Wolverine
Alien: Romulus
Furiosa
Dune 2
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  Original Score Challengers
Conclave
Dune 2
Emilia Perez
The Piano Lesson
Inside Out 2
The Wild Robot
Original Song
Makeup and Hair Furiosa
Maria
The Piano Lesson
Conclave
Dune Part 2
Animated Feature Inside Out 2
Flow
Wild Robot
If
Despicable Me 4
Documentary Feature Will & Harper International Feature
Live Action Short
Documentary Short
Animated Short

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