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War In All Its Horrors Looms Large Over Venice Festival

The roots of war, its harrowing realities and aftermath are explored in a host of offerings at the Venice Film Festival this year, including a remarkable documentary going behind the lines with Russian soldiers.

International Business Times

Brad Pitt goes public with new girlfriend at premiere of new movie at Venice Film Festival

Star remains embroiled in a bitter divorce with ex-wife Jolie

The Independent UK

‘Like criticising a book that has 700 pages’: The Brutalist director defends long films

Brady Corbet justifies movie’s length as two-hour-plus runtimes become a theme of this year’s Venice festival

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Nicole Kidman’s erotic drama Babygirl sets pulses racing at Venice film festival

Film among host of sexually explicit features on this year’s lineup as erotica returns to screens after years of chastity

The Guardian - UK

Angelina Jolie Seemingly Alludes to Ongoing Divorce from Brad Pitt While Speaking at Venice Film Festival

“There’s a lot I won’t say in this room that you probably know and assume.”

Marie Claire

Here’s everything you need to know about the Venice Film Festival

The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival is about to begin, with major Hollywood films and stars expected in Italy

The Independent UK

‘January 6 was just the warm-up’: the film that tracks three Maga extremists storming the Capitol

Michael Premo spent months getting to know, and filming, three Maga insurrectionists who took part in the riots. Why does the documentary-maker now think America is tottering on the brink of civil war?

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Venice Film Festival: From ‘Joker 2’ to ‘Queer,’ here are 10 movies to get excited about

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix

The Independent UK

‘Eager not to miss it’: Hollywood glitz to return to Venice film festival

A casualty of last year’s strikes, movie event long associated with celebrity is expected to be star-studded affair once again

The Guardian - UK

How Venice Film Festival is ensuring that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie don’t cross paths

Jolie is promoting the new Pablo Larraín film ‘Maria’ while Pitt is promoting his latest collaboration with George Clooney, ‘Wolfs’

The Independent UK

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Will Not “Cross Each Other” While Attending the Venice Film Festival, Director Says

“There is no way.”

Marie Claire

Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter 2’ gets Venice Film Festival premiere

The second part of Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga" will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September, organizers said Wednesday

The Independent UK

Joker 2 is "daring" and "darker" than the original, says Venice Film Festival chief

Joker: Folie à Deux will show at this year's Venice Film Festival

Total Film

Peter Weir to receive Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at Venice film festival

Australian director of Gallipoli and Dead Poets Society praised by festival for his impact in Hollywood ‘while keeping his distance from the American movie industry’

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Venice Film Festival round-up: From Yorgos Lanthimos standout Poor Things to Michael Mann’s operatic Ferrari

Festivalgoers will surely agree that the 2023 competition was one of the most eclectic and eccentric in recent memory, writes Geoffrey Macnab

The Guardian - UK

Auteurs and workers’ rights spotlit at a less starry Venice film festival

Hollywood strikes have deprived festival of glamour but not debate, while focus switched to varyingly controversial directors

Evening Standard

The Palace at Venice Film Festival: Polanski’s name as a filmmaker is in the toilet, along with the humour

That the man who brought us The Pianist and Chinatown could come to this is genuinely upsetting

The Guardian - UK

Venice film festival: T-shirts replace red carpet glitz as striking stars lie low

Support for the Hollywood strikes is evident as festival hopes its strong line-up makes up for lack of glamour

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Under the Skin at 10: The chilling sci-fi masterpiece that gave us Scarlett Johansson at her best

Opinion | Reflecting on Under the Skin, a decade after its film festival premiere

Evening Standard

Venice Film Festival 2023: forget the strikes, this festival thrives on the frisson of controversy

As the festival turns 80, it may be short on American A-listers, but there’s still a buzz

The Guardian - UK

‘We knew we would face insults’: Venice film festival’s Alberto Barbera on including Polanski and Allen

The artistic director discusses the US actors’ strike, reviving Venice, and this year’s controversial lineup

The Independent UK

Venice Film Festival unveils A-list lineup with ‘Priscilla,’ ‘Ferrari,’ ‘Maestro’ amid strikes

Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein drama “Maestro,” Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley movie, Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” David Fincher’s “The Killer” and Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” will be making their world debuts at the Venice International Film Festival this fall

The Independent UK

Zendaya tennis drama ‘Challengers’ to open Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival is serving up one of the year’s buzzier films as its opening night selection in Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers.”

Evening Standard

Cate Blanchett’s Tár receives standing ovation – here are Venice Film Festival’s other big moments

As director Todd Field tackles cancel-culture, we look at the other big moments in Venice’s recent history

Asharq Al-Awsat

From Cruz to Blanchett: Venice Serves Up Film Festival Stars

The Venice Film Festival will welcome stars from Penelope Cruz to Cate Blanchett and host world premieres from directors Darren Aronofsky, Alejandro Inarritu and Luca Guadagnino, organizers said Tuesday. A total of 23 movies are in competition for the Golden Lion, the top prize awarded to the best film on…

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