All Festivals articles – Page 9
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‘After The Hunt’ review: Julia Roberts heads Luca Guadagnino’s problematic #MeToo drama
Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield and Michael Stuhlbarg also star in this Yale University-set Venice title
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‘Sangre Del Toro’ review: Entertaining yet lightweight celebration of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
The Mexican director of ’Frankenstein’ discusses his inspirations and ideas in Yves Montmayeur’s documentary
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‘Milk Teeth’ review: A young girl searches for her missing sister in 1980s Romania
Mihai Mincan’s beguiling sophomore feature premieres in Venice Horizons
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‘At Work’ review: A French writer joins the gig economy in Valérie Donzelli’s muted drama
Bastien Bouillon stars in the director’s first Venice competition entry
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‘Hijra’ review: Family bonds are tested when a teenage girl vanishes in accomplished Saudi drama
Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s story centres on a grandmother and granddaughter in search of their missing relative
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‘The Tale Of Silyan’ review: Tamara Kotevska follows ‘Honeyland’ with portrait of Macedonian farmer
Lyrical hybrid documentary charts the highs and lows of rural life in modern Macedonia
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‘Strange River’ review: A teenage boy encounters hidden desires on a trip along the Danube
Catalan director Jaume Claret Muxart’s compelling coming-of-age drama plays Venice Horizons
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‘Cover-Up’ review: Laura Poitras co-directs fascinating portrait of US journalist Seymour Hersh
Poitras and Mark Obenhaus follow Hersh’s career reporting on the likes of Vietnam, Watergate and Abu Ghraib
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‘Agon’ review: Intriguing Italian debut follows three sportswomen at a fictional Olympics
Giulio Bertelli’s documentary-infused drama features real life world champion judo athlete Alice Bellandi
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News
“We are stirring it up for you,” says Julia Roberts of #MeToo themes in ’After The Hunt’
“We are challenging people to have conversations and be excited or infuriated by that,” said Roberts in Venice.
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‘Secret Of A Mountain Serpent’ review: Lyrical exploration of female desire set in the Himalayan foothills
Indian director Nidhi Saxena draws on folklore for her atmospheric sophomore film
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Bong Joon Ho to head Marrakech film festival 2025 jury
The South Korean auteur will preside over the 22nd edition of the festival.
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Canadian distribution veteran Charles Tremblay named head of TIFF: The Market
EXCLUSIVE: Executive most recently served at Mubi.
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Features
“You are going to get goosebumps”: Can the work showcased at Venice Immersive help draw global audiences?
“When you can sell a lot of tickets for one single show, it starts coming closer to the economic model of cinema.”
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‘Jay Kelly’ review: George Clooney impresses as a jaded movie star in Noah Baumbach’s gentle drama
Adam Sandler, Laura Dern and Riley Keough also star in Baumbach’s Venice Competition title
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Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen in talks to star in ‘Babies’, AGC and Monarch to co-finance
AGC Studios, CAA Media Finance jointly represent worldwide rights.
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Neon acquires worldwide rights to horror ‘Hokum’ starring Adam Scott
Cweature Features joins as co-producer alongside Image Nation, Spooky Pictures, and Team Thrives.
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‘Bugonia’ review: Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons are dynamite in explosive Yorgos Lanthimos thriller
The director’s Venice competition title is a gloriously gonzo, sharply satirical chamber piece
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News
Yorgos Lanthimos says it is getting “more and more difficult” to make independent films
“It’s a very complicated landscape. I wouldn’t rush to separate everything into categories.”
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‘Megadoc’ review: Filmmaker Mike Figgis goes behind the scenes of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’
This eye-opening look at the making of Coppola’s passion project screens in Venice Classics