VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – Jude Law brought the follow-up to “The Young Pope” to the Venice Film Festival on Sunday, presenting a glimpse of his return in the Paolo Sorrentino-directed papal drama, which at one point sees him wearing just “a napkin”. The second... More »
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – A ring of Cuban operatives seeking to infiltrate anti-government groups exiled in Miami in the early 1990s is the focus of French director Olivier Assayas’ “Wasp Network”, a star-studded political thriller based on a true story. Starr... More »
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – Filmmaker Nate Parker apologized on Sunday for being “tone deaf” three years ago when a decades-old rape charge derailed his directorial debut, as he seeks to make a return with police violence drama “American Skin”. Parker wrote, dir... More »
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – A holiday tragedy sends Oscar winner Meryl Streep on a puzzling probe of ambiguous financial dealings in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat”, a drama based on the massive leak of offshore financial data known as the Panama Papers. Wi... More »
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – Greek-born French director Costa-Gavras has been recognized for his “particularly original contribution to innovation in contemporary cinema” at the Venice Film Festival, where the Oscar winner also presented his new movie about the G... More »
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – One of Gotham’s most famous villains arrived at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, in a standalone dark story telling the origins of the Joker. Joaquin Phoenix follows in the footsteps of Jack Nicholson, the late Heath Ledger and m... More »
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – To the thumping beat of reggaeton, Chilean television actress Mariana Di Girolamo dances her way through Pablo Larrain’s “Ema”, her major film debut about a woman on a journey of self-discovery as her family life falls apart. Set in t... More »
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – Roman Polanski’s new film “An Officer and a Spy”, a portrayal of the notorious Dreyfus Affair in 19th-century France, premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Friday to renewed controversy over the director, given his conviction for a... More »
Mexican director Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water", a dark fairy tale in which a mute cleaning lady falls in love with More »
Italian director Sebastiano Riso said he chose to make it a gay couple who refuse to adopt a terminally ill child in his new film to show how a person can commit good or terrible deeds, regardless of sexual orientation. More »
Music video "Thriller" was not the product of a brilliant idea but was made because pop star Michael Jackson wanted to be a monster, director John Landis said at the Venice film festival on Monday. More »
Making movies gets more terrifying the older you get, British actress Judi Dench said on Monday, a day after her latest royal comedy drama "Victoria & Abdul" premiered at the Venice film festival. More »
John Wayne was the inspiration for Frances McDormand's portrayal of an angel of vengeance in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri", the American said ahead of the movie's premiere at the Venice film festival on Monday. More »
Breaking the brittle veneer of the picture-perfect suburbs of 1950s America, George Clooney's new satire tackles racial prejudice which the actor and director said on Saturday continues to erupt in today's angry society. More »
A refugee documentary by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, a horror film starring Jennifer Lawrence and George Clooney's latest directorial effort are all tipped as must-sees at the Venice film fest set to open on the Lido island on Wednesday. More »
Director Lav Diaz (C) poses with actress Charo Santos-Concio (L) and actor John Lloyd Cruz (R) as they attend the photo call for the movie ‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’ (The Woman Who Left) at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 9, 2016. REUTERS/Al... More »
Actors Denzel Washington (R) and Chris Pratt (C) leave by taxi boat for the film screening of ‘The Magnificent Seven’, at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 10, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi As a pastor’s son, Denzel Washington never g... More »
Director Andrei Konchalovsky (R) poses with his son Pyotr as they attend the red carpet for the movie ‘Paradise’ at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Andrei Konchalovsky uses the Holocaust-theme in his... More »
Director Nick Hamm (C) poses with actors Colm Meaney (L) and Timothy Spall as they attend the photocall for the movie ‘The Journey’ at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Film director Nick Hamm hopes hi... More »
Director and actor Mel Gibson (L) and actor Andrew Garfield attend the photocall for the movie ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Mel Gibson called his relationship with Hollywood “su... More »
Director Francois Ozon poses with actors Pierre Niney, Paula Beer as they attend the photocall for the movie ‘Frantz’ at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 3, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi French director Francois Ozon shot “Frantz” in... More »
Actors Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts attend the photocall for the movie ‘The Bleeder’ at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Liev Schreiber took around 800 punches when filming “The Bleeder” to make the boxing drama more... More »
Actor Jude Law (R) chats with actress Ludivine Sagnier as they attend the photocall for the movie ‘The Young Pope’ at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 3, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Jude Law was thrilled to be given the opportunity... More »
American director Tom Ford attends the photocall for the movie ‘Nocturnal Animals’ at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi After a seven-year hiatus, Tom Ford is back to film making with thriller “Nocturn... More »
ROME The Venice Film Festival revealed a star-filled line-up for its 73rd annual edition on Thursday, featuring top Hollywood names and auteur directors in a wide selection of U.S. and international movies. The world’s oldest film festival will open with Damie... More »
VENICE Films from Latin America won two of the top prizes at the 72nd Venice Film Festival on Saturday, with Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vigas getting the Golden Lion best film award for “Desde Alla” (From Afar). Vigas, who won for his first feature film, abou... More »
VENICE The usually decorous Ralph Fiennes dances wildly around a swimming pool to a Rolling Stones tune while Tilda Swinton mostly whispers in the offbeat French-Italian film “A Bigger Splash” which had its premiere in Venice on Sunday. Italian director Luca G... More »
VENICE Few people have been left untouched by the plight of desperate refugees trying to make it to Europe, and at the Venice Film Festival, actors and directors alike shared their distress over the crisis, pleading for tolerance and compassion. Mexican direct... More »
VENICE Eddie Redmayne said transgender people helped him prepare for his portrayal of transsexual pioneer Lili Elbe in “The Danish Girl” that opened on Saturday at the Venice Film Festival, even if no transgender person got the main role. “Across the board the... More »
VENICE So the question that will arise — if only jokingly — with the premiere of the transgender movie “The Danish Girl” on Saturday at the Venice Film Festival is should Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne win another for best actor or best actress? The British actor... More »
VENICE With Kristen Stewart of “Twilight” fame and Nicholas Hoult of “X-Men”, the science-fiction film “Equals” is sure to have some box-office draw, but it failed to win much critical acclaim when screened in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Stewart a... More »
VENICE Johnny Depp says he did not have to dig deep to tap into his evil side for his portrayal of the Irish-American gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in the film “Black Mass”, screened out of competition on Friday at the Venice Film Festival. “I found the evil ... More »
VENICE Venice may be the world’s oldest film festival, but this year it is pioneering what may well become the future of cinema as Netflix screens two films here, one of them its first feature and a contender for the top prize. “Beasts of No Nation” stars Idri... More »
