Premiere's of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," "Shame" and "Contagion" put stars including Al Pacino and Colin Firth in front of cameras
First three days of the fest feature a handful of respected movies, plus Madonna's fancy flop
Polanski's "Carnage" and Soderbergh's "Contagion" will play at fall festival, which opens with George Clooney's "Ides of March"
Actor/director will receive Glory to the Filmmaker Award, debut new film "Wilde Salome"
"Black Swan" director won festival's top prize three years ago for "The Wrestler"
The prize for best movie was chosen unanimously by the jury
Honored for lifetime achievement, including films like "Broken Arrow," "Face Off"
Darren Aronofsky's sexually charged thriller one of 23 films in the official competition at the fest, which wraps Sept. 11
Unable to attend Cannes, Jafar Panahi is out of jail and will attend the Venice Film Festival
22 films enter competition this year, along with such out-of-competition films such as Casey Affleck’s Joaquin Phoenix doc, Julie Taymor's "The Tempest" and Robert Rodriguez’s “Machete.”
Robert Rodriguez's revenge drama gets midnight slot at festival
Comic-Con comes to a (bloody) end, and tonier gatherings await
Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis star in thriller from director of "The Wrestler"
Hong Kong action director will be honored at 2010 Venice Film Festival
Man crashes press conference to declare his love for the actor.
Walkes the red carpet with director Oliver Stone for the premiere of the documentary "South of the Border."
The director became known in the west after winning the Venice Golden Lion in 1951 with "Rashomon."
71 world premieres will debut in Italy.
Selection contains 71 world premieres.
