Venice Film Festival
Venice Premiere ‘One Woman One Bra’ Takes Aim at ‘Message-Based’ Films Shaping African Narrative
[ad_1] Kenyan filmmaker Vincho Nchogu makes her feature directorial debut with the pastoral drama “One Woman One Bra,” a story of womanhood, community and the struggle to reshape African narratives...
Female Filmmakers Lead Large Contingent of Arab Features Unspooling at the Venice Festival
[ad_1] Continuing a great year for Arab cinema at major festivals — with films such as “Once Upon a Time in Gaza,” “The President’s Cake” and “The Little Sister” winning...
Willem Dafoe’s Venice Movie ‘The Souffleur’ Finds Distribution in Italy Ahead of World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
[ad_1] Gastón Solnicki’s buzzy new film “The Souffleur,” starring Willem Dafoe and world premiering in Venice Horizons, has found a home in Italy. Magnify has sold the film to Revolver...
Venice Days Selections Explore Russia’s ‘Willing Blindness’ During Chechen Wars, Silence Over Ukraine
[ad_1] More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two films premiering in the Venice Days sidebar of the Venice Film Festival explore a different conflict...
Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi Shed Tears as Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Brings Venice to Life With Monstrous 13-Minute Ovation
[ad_1] Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” injected some life into Venice, earning a rapturous 13-minute standing ovation, the longest of the festival so far. Oscar Isaac, who plays the titular mad...
Huge Gaza Protest Marches Toward Venice Film Festival as Thousands Attend Rally
[ad_1] The Venice Film Festival on Saturday became the focus of possibly the largest protest ever seen at a major film event over Israel’s ongoing military assault on Gaza. Thousands,...
Mads Mikkelsen Delivers Another Wild Look in Anders Thomas Jensen’s Boundary-Pushing ‘The Last Viking’: ‘Part of Him Wants to Be Ugly’
[ad_1] Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen makes Mads Mikkelsen look bad. Literally. “It actually comes from him. Everybody thinks about Mads as this iconically beautiful man, so a part of...
‘Below the Clouds’ Review: Nothing Erupts in Gianfranco Rosi’s Lyrical Vesuvius Portrait, But It Brims With Life and Contrast
[ad_1] Vesuvius — the very name sounds ancient, rhythmically mythical, so tied into tales of a destroyed past that one almost forgets it’s still very much in the ordinary, existing...
Mohamed Hefzy, Valérie Garcia Team on French-Lebanese Dramedy Series ‘Nadine’ Set in Parisian Fashion World (EXCLUSIVE)
[ad_1] Mohamed Hefzy, the Egyptian producer whose banner Film Clinic is presenting three movies at the Venice Film Festival, is teaming with French producer Valerie Garcia’s banner Gabman on a...
‘Broken English’ Review: An Adoring Hybrid Ode to Marianne Faithfull That Gives Her the Last Salty Word
[ad_1] In his autobiography, Keith Richards described “As Tears Go By,” a disarmingly simple ballad that he and Mick Jagger composed under duress, as “a terrible piece of tripe.” You...
