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  1. gold rush
    How to Bet on Oscar SeasonTwo movie columnists explain how they are making sense of this year’s Academy Awards contenders.
    By Joe Reid and Nate Jones
  2. venice 2024
    Controversial Point: George Clooney and Brad Pitt Are Good TogetherWolfs is fine as a comedy but great as a star vehicle that makes you wonder why it took so long for its leads to reunite.
    By Alison Willmore
  3. venice 2024
    What Is the New Standard for American Cinema?The movies in competition at the 2024 Venice Film Festival told a story of a porous U.S. film world, a washed up scene, or something in between.
    By Nate Jones and Alison Willmore
  4. venice 2024
    A Minute-By-Minute Breakdown of The BrutalistA mostly spoiler-free summary of how Adrien Brody’s new movie spends its 215 minutes. (Yes, that’s three and a half hours.)
    By Nate Jones
  5. venice 2024
    Familiar Touch Is an Infinitely Tender Movie About DementiaKathleen Chalfant is astonishing as a woman who moves to a care facility after she is no longer able to live alone.
    By Alison Willmore
  6. venice 2024
    James Bond’s Sexuality Is None of Luca Guadagnino’s Business“The important thing is that he does his missions properly.”
    By Justin Curto
  7. venice 2024
    George Clooney and Brad Pitt Are Buddy-Buddy at VeniceThey’ve brought their casual movie star act to the international film festival, discussing the future of streaming and Joe Biden.
    By Nate Jones
  8. venice 2024
    This Is Not Angelina Jolie’s Big ComebackHer starring role in Maria is her most ambitious in ages, and yet it feels like a snooze.
    By Alison Willmore
  9. venice 2024
    The High-Low Triumph of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at VeniceThe crème de la crème of the global cinema community came together to watch Tim Burton spill his guts.
    By Nate Jones
  10. venice 2024
    Tim Burton Is Great AgainBeetlejuice Beetlejuice isn’t just a nostalgic retread — it’s a jolting reminder of what makes the director so seductive.
    By Alison Willmore
  11. festival szn
    Venice Film Festival Says Ciao to Joker: Folie à DeuxAnd “Sí!” to Guadagnino, Almodóvar, and Larraín.
    By Jason P. Frank
  12. venice 2023
    Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border Is an Urgent Warning“I never had such a strong experience with audience reaction like I did with this film.”
    By Rachel Handler
  13. movie review
    Ava DuVernay’s Origin Devastates Its AudienceThe new Ava DuVernay film is both essay and melodrama, though neither description quite does it justice.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  14. movie review
    If Glen Powell’s Not Already a Star, This Movie Will Make Him OneRichard Linklater’s Hit Man is a genuinely fresh and surprisingly gentle addition to the assassin genre.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  15. movie review
    The Bone-Chilling Infested Is Spiders All the Way DownThe first time an army of tiny spider-babies appeared, my body bent into a shape it has never taken before or since.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  16. movie review
    Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard Are So Weirdly Right Together in MemoryNot a lot of Michel Franco’s somber drama makes sense, but it’s a movie clearly meant to be carried by its leads.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  17. 2023 venice film festival
    Jessica Chastain Was ‘Very Nervous’ to Attend Venice Amid StrikePromoting Memory after the indie film signed an interim agreement with SAG-AFTRA.
    By Zoe Guy
  18. venice film festival 2023
    Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things Will Premiere at Venice Film FestivalThe full lineup teases new work from Ava DuVernay, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, and Bradley Cooper.
    By Zoe Guy
  19. coming soon
    What (or Who) Is Bones and All Cooking Up?Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet slay in the gory cannibal romance.
    By Zoe Guy
  20. biennale cinema 2022
    Don’t Worry Darling Is Smooth, Competent, and TediousOlivia Wilde’s film is neither as good nor as bad as you were hoping.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  21. biennale cinema 2022
    The Drama of the Venice Film Festival Made Us Forget There Are Also AwardsThe real awards were the memes we made along the way.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  22. biennale cinema 2022
    About That Blowjob Scene in BlondeThe Blonde cast and crew seem surprised at the film’s NC-17 rating. It’s pretty clear to anyone who has seen it that this scene is the reason why.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  23. biennale cinema 2022
    Lars von Trier Has No Final ReassurancesThe final season of The Kingdom is twisted and distressing, yet returning to the series’ confines is like slipping into a warm embrace.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  24. biennale cinema 2022
    The Whale Is a Perfect Comeback Role for Brendan FraserProsthetic or no, it’s hard to imagine anyone else in the part, frankly.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  25. biennale cinema 2022
    The Iñárritu Wars Begin AgainAlejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s much-hyped and achingly sincere Netflix movie Bardo arrived at Venice, only to be swiftly panned.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  26. biennale cinema 2022
    Believe Everything You’ve Heard About Cate Blanchett in TárShe is sensational in Todd Field’s film, playing an imperious chief conductor. But she has to be sensational.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  27. biennale cinema 2022
    Ath-e-na, Ath-e-na, Ath-e-naRomain Gavras’s electrifying new film turns an uprising in a French housing project into a brutal, riveting Greek tragedy.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  28. biennale cinema 2022
    Noah Baumbach Turned White Noise Into a 1980s Spielbergian Spectacle (Sort of)Yet this black comedy may be too bizarre to be appreciated by those waiting for a big, star-studded festival oomph.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  29. on the lido
    Venice Film Festival Announces Stacked Full LineupFeaturing new titles from Luca Guadagnino, Joanna Hogg, and Jafar Panahi, among others.
    By Zoe Guy
  30. movie review
    The Power of the Dog and Jane Campion’s Triumphant ReturnHer new Western starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst may be one of her greatest films.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  31. venice film festival
    Venice Film Festival Announces Star-Studded Full LineupSee the full lineup here.
    By Cydney Lee
  32. venice film festival
    Princess Diana Biopic Spencer to Premiere at Venice Film FestivalThe drama film stars Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana and Jack Farthing as Prince Charles.
    By Cydney Lee
  33. mmmmmm
    Dune and Oscar Isaac’s Hot Beard Will Premiere at Venice Film FestivalImportant film (and hair) news.
    By Devon Ivie
  34. film festivals
    Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland Takes Top Prize at 2020 Venice Film FestivalShe’s the first female director to win the Golden Lion in a decade.
    By Chris Murphy
  35. film festivals
    Venice Unveils Lineup for This Year’s Socially Distanced Film FestivalIncluding Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland.
    By Zoe Haylock
  36. cannes 2020
    How Each Major Film Festival Is Responding to the CoronavirusTelluride is canceled, and TIFF tells journalists to stay away.
    By Nate Jones
  37. sorry to this fest
    Venice Film Festival Is Going Forward With or Without CannesThe festival’s president says there is “no dialogue” about a joint venture this year.
    By Zoe Haylock
  38. movie review
    Joker Is One Unpleasant Note Played Louder and LouderJoaquin Phoenix is impressive, but the film panders to selfish, small-minded feelings of resentment.
    By David Edelstein
  39. faq
    The Brad Pitt Space Movie Sees Him Fighting Moon PiratesAd Astra has a space monkey, too.
    By Christina Newland
  40. award season
    Joker Laughs Its Way to Winning the Venice Film FestivalHaaHHHHAAaahhAAAaa.
    By Devon Ivie
  41. venice film festival
    Spike Lee Calls Nate Parker’s New Film a ‘Part of History’At the Venice Film Festival, the American Skin filmmaker apologized for his past “tone-deaf” behavior.
    By Christina Newland
  42. venice film festival
    The King Director Cast Robert Pattinson and His Wig for ‘Razzle-Dazzle’At a press conference in Venice, David Michôd teased his new Netflix movie.
    By Alexander Bisley
  43. venice film festival
    8 Things to Know About Joker, Before We’re Allowed to Say If It’s GoodAt the Venice Film Festival, the director said his Joaquin Phoenix movie is “certainly not a political film.” Now that’s comedy!
    By Jessica Kiang
  44. venice film festival
    What Does Joker Mean for the Future of Comic-Book Movies?Todd Phillips’s film drips with arthouse seriousness and unabashed provocation, packaged inside recognizable IP.
    By Jessica Kiang
  45. venice film festival
    Roman Polanski’s Film Premieres at Venice Film Festival to ApplauseAn Officer and a Spy (J’Accuse) cast and producers refused to discuss their absent director’s rape conviction.
    By Jessica Kiang
  46. carol 2
    Kristen Stewart Wants Cate Blanchett to Represent Humanity if Aliens ComeDo you have a better person to be Earth’s ambassador? No?
    By Bethy Squires
  47. venice 2019
    Roman Polanski’s New Film to Premiere at the Venice Film FestivalAnd only two female filmmakers in competition.
    By Zoe Haylock
  48. venice film festival
    Suspiria Is a Bleak, Gorgeous, Radical Reimagining of Its PredecessorLuca Guadagnino’s gruesome reimagining has neither style nor substance in common with Dario Argento’s giallo classic, and it’s all the better for it.
    By Emily Yoshida
  49. the festival circuit
    Meanwhile, Netflix Is Out Here at the Venice Film Festival, Taking the Top OnoreAlfonso Cuarón’s Roma is worth the hype.
    By Devon Ivie
  50. venice film festival
    Venice Has a Lot of Women’s Stories — and Not a Lot of Women StorytellersThere are only eight films directed by women in the official selection, and a lone woman director in this year’s 21-deep competition lineup.
    By Emily Yoshida
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