Venice Film Festival
Venice Dispatch – Martin Eden
As was often the case, this year’s Venice competition started off strong but lost some steam as it crossed the...
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Venice Dispatch – Joker / Ema
After the surprising inclusion of JOKER in Venice’s competition lineup, festival artistic director Alberto Barbera revealed in an interview that,...
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Venice Dispatch – The Truth
Another year, another trip to the dreamy sun-kissed wonderland that is Lido. For the 76th time, cinema-lovers from around the...
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Roma wins Golden Lion in Venice, The Favourite Wins Jury Prize
Alfonso Cuaron's astonishing and personal film Roma takes the Golden Lion at Venice, while Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite wins the...
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Venice Dispatch – Suspiria
"An expanded, intellectualized retelling of a popular witch tale that actually tries to give each of its nasty scares a...
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The Reviews Are In. The Verdict On A Star Is Born
And into Oscar territory, we go. With The Favourite, Roma and First Man all having screened at Venice, we'll hear...
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Venice Film Festival: First Reviews For Cuaron’s Roma
Alfonso Cuaron's rivetting Roma has bowed at the Venice Film Festival to rave reviews. Set in Mexico City, it is...
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TIFF Interview: “As A Society We Are All Responsible.” – Vivian Qu Discusses Her New Film Angels Wear White
This is the second time Vivian Qu has brought a film to the Toronto Film Festival. She was last here in...
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Venice Dispatch – Suburbicon and Lean on Pete
George Clooney as a director has been hit-and-miss for me, dropping perhaps to his lowest point last time around with...
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La La Land Reviews from Venice
We're just moments away from the official Telluride lineup being announced but La La Land has been seen and the...
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The One-Two Punch of Venice and Telluride on Oscar Season
The Venice Film Festival is in a unique position to capture the first blush of a film that might ultimately...
Read moreThe Master (Almost) Sweeps Venice – But Maybe Not?
Turns out the jury awarded The Master their top prize but then the prize was yanked. Read the full story...
Read moreFull lineup for 69th Venice Film Festival
50 world premieres among the films scheduled for Venice this year -- but despite earlier reports, the official lineup does...
Read moreFaust Wins The Golden Lion at the Venice Film Fest
Golden Lion - Faust Silver Lion - Shangjun Cai Cinematography - Wuthering Heights Screenplay - Alps Volpi Cup Actor -...
Read moreMcQueen's Shame wins FIPRESCI Award in Venice
In addition to winning the international critics' FIPRESCI Award in Venice, Shame also earns Best Film honors from Arca CinemaGiovani...
Read moreVenice Film Fest Predictions
How strange to think of last year's results for the Golden Lion when Tarantino-led jury chose Sofia Coppola's Somewhere and...
Read moreMadonna Pretties Up the Lido
Even amidst mixed to negative reviews for W.E. Madonna can't help but shine when she does red carpet events. What...
Read moreVenice Film Fest Lineup Shaping up
Peter Knegt over at Indiewire tips Variety's article about what might show up. Knegt widdles it down to a list...
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Tarantino Charged with Favoritism, in NY Times and Deadline
When Somewhere beat Black Swan, among others, to win the grand prize at Venice, the immediate reaction was huh? It's...
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I grew up in the 1970s, a time a lot like today. I'm sure that era was much better than…
I never knew the cause of Ramon Navarro's death. Terrible. I started watching Metropolis and Passion of Joan of Arc…
I consider Jaws to be one of the all-time greats. Probably Top 5, for me. And I've probably seen it…
"Meantime, Steven Spielberg, who helmed ''Jaws,'' was nominated for Best Director by the BAFTAs, the DGA and the Golden Globes,…
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