Report From Venice
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‘From Darkness to Light’ Review: Documentary Proves That Yes, Jerry Lewis’ Holocaust Movie Really Was Terrible
Venice Film Festival: Michael Lurie and Eric Friedler’s film breaks down the tortured journey of “The Day the Clown Cried”
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‘The Order’ Review: A Paunchy Jude Law Dominates Neo-Nazi Drama
Venice Film Festival: Director Justin Kurzel’s most accomplished work to date offsets broody fatalism against natural splendor
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‘Babygirl’ Review: Nicole Kidman Goes Dom-Com for Safe, Commercial Kink
Venice Film Festival: The A24 film is a descendant of “Fifty Shades” without much bite
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‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Review: Odd, Chaotic Documentary Explores a Dizzying Time for John Lennon
Venice 2024: The filmmakers have made a bracing, scattered and somewhat revelatory look at a period that’ll go down as a misstep for the Smart Beatle
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‘September 5’ Review: Can Journalists Be the Heroes in a Story of Deadly Terrorism?
Venice Film Festival: Tim Fehlbaum’s drama about the massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics finds strength in dark rooms, unlikely protagonists and moral dilemmas
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‘Maria’ Review: Angelina Jolie Embraces the Crazy in Dreamlike Maria Callas Drama
Venice Film Festival: Pablo Larraín follows his films about Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana with another dark fantasia about an iconic woman
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‘Separated’ Review: Errol Morris Pumps Up the Drama in His Story of Trump’s Border Policies
Venice Film Festival: The documentary filmmaker creates a curious hybrid by mixing nonfiction techniques with a fictional storyline
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‘Joker’ Sequel, Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s ‘Wolfs’ Headed to Venice Film Festival
Pedro Almodovar, Pablo Larrain, Luca Guadagnino and Alfonso Cuaron will also have work in the festival
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‘Poor Things’ Wins 2023 Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival Awards
The Silver Lion went to Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” while Cailee Spaeny and Peter Sarsgaard won the leading acting prizes
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Jessica Chastain Says More Actors Should Promote Indie Film During Strike: ‘Show Up and Support Our Union’ (Video)
While her Venice Film Festival attendance made her “incredibly nervous,” she says showing up for interim agreement projects is what actors have been asked to do
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Film Festival Audiences Get Up for Anything These Days. Maybe they Shouldn’t | Commentary
This article will take you 10 minutes to read — about as long as Yorgos Lanthimos’ standing ovation last week in Venice
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‘Memory’ Review: Jessica Chastain Leads Bleak Drama With Dash of Hope
Venice 2023: Director Michel Franco’s latest proves more user-friendly than his previous work
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‘Origin’ Review: Ava DuVernay Crafts an Ambitious, Deeply Intellectual Exploration of Race and Class
Venice 2023: Elevated by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor’s bravura performance, DuVernay’s epic impressively spans continents and periods
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‘Hit Man’ Review: Richard Linklater’s Screwball ‘Breaking Bad’ Absolutely Kills
Venice 2023: The comedy is a deliriously entertaining star vehicle for actor Glen Powell
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61 Photos of the Venice Film Festival Scene, From ‘Poor Things’ to Wes Anderson
See the looks and stars that made their way to the red carpet, despite the ongoing Hollywood strikes