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Sigourney Weaver welled up Wednesday at the Venice Film Festival as she considered whether her work had impacted the rise of Kamala Harris. In response to a reporter who linked her role as Ripley in Alien to Harris, Weaver considered the thought and tears filled her eyes as she said: “We're all so…

French acting legend Isabelle Huppert, who is president of the Venice Film Festival jury this year, was joined by her panelists as artistic director Alberto Barbera hosted the opening press conference for the 81st running of the event this morning. It’s a different look this year, with no one sporting…

Thirty-six years after Tim Burton and Michael Keaton collaborated on classic supernatural comedy Beetlejuice, the pair are unveiling the sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice here at the Venice Film Festival. The follow-up will have its gala world premiere this evening after having screened for the press this…

Curiously, for a woman who directed a movie called Triumph of the Will, Leni Riefenstahl seemed to lose control over her own person when she first met Adolf Hitler. "I had hot sweats," the German filmmaker said of seeing the future Führer speak at a rally in 1932. "I was somehow captured, as by a…

EXCLUSIVE: Two years ago, Sigourney Weaver handed the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to the filmmaker Paul Schrader. As she explains to us in a rare sit-down, she didn't imagine that two years later she would be receiving the same accolade. Looking over her career is to…

EXCLUSIVE: Here's your first look at Miyazaki, Spirit Of Nature, which debuts at this year's Venice Film Festival.  The doc, directed by Leo Favier, is billed as the "first documentary to focus on Hayao Miyazaki's deep connection to nature and the environmental themes expressed through his…

EXCLUSIVE: Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari has finally returned to feature filmmaking with Harvest, for which we can share a first-look teaser above.  Harvest stars an interesting ensemble led by Caleb Landry Jones. Tsangari completed the feature in northern Scotland earlier this year without…

EXCLUSIVE: Norwegian filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud is set to debut Love, his second feature of 2024, at this year's Venice Film Festival. We can share the first trailer for the film above.  The film follows Marianne, a pragmatic doctor, and Tor, a compassionate nurse, who are both avoiding…

EXCLUSIVE: Managing Director of Neom Media Industries Wayne Borg, Monica Ciarli of Minerva Pictures, and former EFM head Dennis Ruh will serve on the jury of the Venice Film Festival's work-in-progress event Final Cut In Venice.  The Final Cut in Venice programme will run from September 1-3. The…

Italian production designer Paolo Comencini, whose recent credits include the box office hit There's Still Tomorrow, will be feted with the Campari Passion for Film Award at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.  The ceremony will take place on September 6 to be followed by the Out of…

French director Claude Lelouch will be celebrated with the the Cartier Glory To The Filmmaker Award at the upcoming 81st Venice Film Festival, running from August 28 to September 7. He follows in the footsteps of Wes Anderson who was last year’s recipient of the award, dedicated to a personality who…

Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 will premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival. The second installment of the Civil War saga starring Costner alongside Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone and Danny Huston, will screen out-of-competition on Saturday, September 7.  In…