The 2024 Venice Film Festival kicked off August 28 with the long-awaited Tim Burton-Michael Keaton sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice opening the 81th edition, which runs through September 7 on the Lido. Deadline is on the ground to watch all the key films.
The lineup for the world’s oldest fest also includes world premieres of Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix-Lady Gaga pic Joker: Folie à Deux, Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Pablo Larrain’s Maria Callas biopic Maria starring Angelina Jolie and new works from the likes of Alfonso Cuarón, Walter Salles, Harmony Korine, Thomas Vinterberg, Brady Corbet, Takeshi Kitano, Claude Lelouch, Errol Morris and others.
Below is a compilation of our reviews from the fest, which last year awarded its Golden Lion for best film to Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, who went on the win the Best Actress Oscar. Isabelle Huppert heads the competition jury this year.
The lineup for the world’s oldest fest also includes world premieres of Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix-Lady Gaga pic Joker: Folie à Deux, Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Pablo Larrain’s Maria Callas biopic Maria starring Angelina Jolie and new works from the likes of Alfonso Cuarón, Walter Salles, Harmony Korine, Thomas Vinterberg, Brady Corbet, Takeshi Kitano, Claude Lelouch, Errol Morris and others.
Below is a compilation of our reviews from the fest, which last year awarded its Golden Lion for best film to Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, who went on the win the Best Actress Oscar. Isabelle Huppert heads the competition jury this year.
- 9/4/2024
- by Pete Hammond, Damon Wise, Stephanie Bunbury, Dominic Patten and Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Expect Venice Film Festival juror James Gray — the filmmaker behind epic American panoramas like “The Immigrant” and “Armaggedon Time” — to respond to Brady Corbet’s staggering ambition “The Brutalist.” The VistaVision-shot, 215-minute portrait of a Jewish-born Hungarian architect (played by Adrien Brody) wowed crowds at its Sala Grande premiere Sunday night — and at press and industry screenings the day before that sent attendees into the night chattering even as early as the film’s 15-minute intermission, which includes a countdown to get you back in your seats.
Brody stars as László Tóth, a fictional architect so fully realizes that you’d be forgiven for thinking this is an arthouse biopic rather than an original conception from the “Vox Lux” director, screenwriting with his partner Mona Fastvold, who brought “The World to Come” to the Lido in 2020. Oscar-winner Brody’s (“The Pianist”) performance commands nearly every celluloid frame of this film,...
Brody stars as László Tóth, a fictional architect so fully realizes that you’d be forgiven for thinking this is an arthouse biopic rather than an original conception from the “Vox Lux” director, screenwriting with his partner Mona Fastvold, who brought “The World to Come” to the Lido in 2020. Oscar-winner Brody’s (“The Pianist”) performance commands nearly every celluloid frame of this film,...
- 9/2/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Could Nicole Kidman score a fifth Best Actress nomination for her performance in racy thriller Babygirl, which has just debuted at the Venice Film Festival?
The short answer is yes. The longer answer is that it’s complicated.
In the Halina Reijn-directed erotic-thriller, Kidman plays a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern (played by Harris Dickinson).
The early word on Kidman from critics here on the Lido is very positive. Deadline’s Damon Wise said: “It’s hard to ignore the amount of dedication, not to mention naked flesh, that she brings to the role….Kidman really goes the distance, imbuing Romy with a psychological vulnerability that is missing from the film it most obvious sounds like (50 Shades of Grey) and presenting a unique reversal of the film it most obviously looks...
The short answer is yes. The longer answer is that it’s complicated.
In the Halina Reijn-directed erotic-thriller, Kidman plays a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern (played by Harris Dickinson).
The early word on Kidman from critics here on the Lido is very positive. Deadline’s Damon Wise said: “It’s hard to ignore the amount of dedication, not to mention naked flesh, that she brings to the role….Kidman really goes the distance, imbuing Romy with a psychological vulnerability that is missing from the film it most obvious sounds like (50 Shades of Grey) and presenting a unique reversal of the film it most obviously looks...
- 8/30/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 Venice Film Festival got underway this week and stars hit the red carpet in full force. Jenna Ortega and Winona Ryder showed up for the world premiere of Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which was warmly received, while Angelina Jolie drew raves for her performance as opera diva Maria Callas in Pablo Larrain’s “Maria.” Nicole Kidman took to Venice for her erotic drama “Babygirl,” and Cate Blanchett flanked Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón for the premiere of the “Roma” director’s Apple TV+ series “Disclaimer.”
See all the looks in TheWrap’s Venice Film Festival red carpet gallery below, which we’ll be updating throughout the festival.
Taylor Russell attends a red carpet for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” during the Venice Film Festival. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale / Getty Images) Taylor Russell attends a red carpet for “Maria” during the Venice Film Festival. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images...
See all the looks in TheWrap’s Venice Film Festival red carpet gallery below, which we’ll be updating throughout the festival.
Taylor Russell attends a red carpet for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” during the Venice Film Festival. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale / Getty Images) Taylor Russell attends a red carpet for “Maria” during the Venice Film Festival. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images...
- 8/30/2024
- by TheWrap Staff
- The Wrap
Nicole Kidman Heats Up Venice with ‘Babygirl’ and Kinky Sex Onscreen — Festival Day Three Highlights
If only it were just the stars bringing heat to the Venice Film Festival.
This year’s Biennale on the Lido continues to be one of the hottest on record — incoming attendees, if you don’t have one of those Uv-fighting umbrellas, brace yourself. How Nicole Kidman, water-taxiing into the Lido for the world premiere of the psychosexual thriller “Babygirl,” arrived at Friday’s press conference in a black dress without an ounce of sweat is anyone’s guess. The room was hot, but then it got hotter. The Oscar-winning star showed up with the cast and crew, including co-stars Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, and Sophie Wilde, and writer/director Halina Reijn, for a presser heavy on questions on Kidman’s nudity in the film. As she explained to the press corps, she doesn’t get caught up in the “minutiae” of showing sexuality onscreen. Kidman’s turn in “Babygirl...
This year’s Biennale on the Lido continues to be one of the hottest on record — incoming attendees, if you don’t have one of those Uv-fighting umbrellas, brace yourself. How Nicole Kidman, water-taxiing into the Lido for the world premiere of the psychosexual thriller “Babygirl,” arrived at Friday’s press conference in a black dress without an ounce of sweat is anyone’s guess. The room was hot, but then it got hotter. The Oscar-winning star showed up with the cast and crew, including co-stars Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, and Sophie Wilde, and writer/director Halina Reijn, for a presser heavy on questions on Kidman’s nudity in the film. As she explained to the press corps, she doesn’t get caught up in the “minutiae” of showing sexuality onscreen. Kidman’s turn in “Babygirl...
- 8/30/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
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Views From Venice
Sigourney Weaver attends The Venice Film Festival red carpet of the opening film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Lift off on the Lido: After a starry opening night courtesy of Tim Burton’s zany Beetlejuice sequel, the Venice Film Festival is booming with a stacked roll call of A-list talent shooting into town on those cute little boats. This year is perhaps starrier than ever with names including Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Michael Keaton, Jenna Ortega, Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, Daniel Craig, Angelina Jolie, Kevin Costner, Nicole Kidman, Isabelle Huppert, Winona Ryder, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe and Sigourney Weaver. The latter received...
Views From Venice
Sigourney Weaver attends The Venice Film Festival red carpet of the opening film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Lift off on the Lido: After a starry opening night courtesy of Tim Burton’s zany Beetlejuice sequel, the Venice Film Festival is booming with a stacked roll call of A-list talent shooting into town on those cute little boats. This year is perhaps starrier than ever with names including Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Michael Keaton, Jenna Ortega, Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, Daniel Craig, Angelina Jolie, Kevin Costner, Nicole Kidman, Isabelle Huppert, Winona Ryder, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe and Sigourney Weaver. The latter received...
- 8/30/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 Venice Film Festival has officially commenced.
Hard to say whether the audience loved the opening night film “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which scored laughs here and there, and many a gasp or two at the inventive effects that pull the film even more into body horror territory. But its standing ovation at the end was cut short by the venue flashing the lights to signal that the actors needed to leave.
While Jenna Ortega, the primary new addition to the world of “Beetlejuice” had been the draw who has lined hundreds of Italian teenagers along the Lido, inside the theater, it was national icon Monica Bellucci who got the biggest applause, and she also happened to be who director Tim Burton had on his arm entering the theater. They’ve been dating since last year.
Outside of the “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” cast members in attendance — like Justin Theroux, Willem Dafoe, and returnees Michael Keaton,...
Hard to say whether the audience loved the opening night film “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which scored laughs here and there, and many a gasp or two at the inventive effects that pull the film even more into body horror territory. But its standing ovation at the end was cut short by the venue flashing the lights to signal that the actors needed to leave.
While Jenna Ortega, the primary new addition to the world of “Beetlejuice” had been the draw who has lined hundreds of Italian teenagers along the Lido, inside the theater, it was national icon Monica Bellucci who got the biggest applause, and she also happened to be who director Tim Burton had on his arm entering the theater. They’ve been dating since last year.
Outside of the “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” cast members in attendance — like Justin Theroux, Willem Dafoe, and returnees Michael Keaton,...
- 8/28/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Isabelle Huppert Defends Cinema and ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Weirds Out Venice Day One — Highlights
Cinema isn’t dead, long live cinema! (Pronounced cheenima.)
So the Venice Film Festival — aka La Biennale as it’s known around the Lido — launched into its 81st edition on Wednesday, August 28 with a chatty day of press conferences, a world premiere, and a Golden Lion ceremony for an American screen icon. And it’s an especially hot day with temperatures in the low 30 degrees Celsius (or the upper 80s in Fahrenheit; I’m trying to get into my Italian spin here) and attendees in under-air-conditioned venues like the Sala Grande schvitzing into the night. Heads up: Bring a paper fan.
Last year’s Venice saw a festival deprived of top-drawer talent due to the then-ongoing writers and actors strikes. That’s not the case in 2024, where all the stars of “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” could come out for their world premiere, not just Tim Burton and his girlfriend Monica Bellucci (who...
So the Venice Film Festival — aka La Biennale as it’s known around the Lido — launched into its 81st edition on Wednesday, August 28 with a chatty day of press conferences, a world premiere, and a Golden Lion ceremony for an American screen icon. And it’s an especially hot day with temperatures in the low 30 degrees Celsius (or the upper 80s in Fahrenheit; I’m trying to get into my Italian spin here) and attendees in under-air-conditioned venues like the Sala Grande schvitzing into the night. Heads up: Bring a paper fan.
Last year’s Venice saw a festival deprived of top-drawer talent due to the then-ongoing writers and actors strikes. That’s not the case in 2024, where all the stars of “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” could come out for their world premiere, not just Tim Burton and his girlfriend Monica Bellucci (who...
- 8/28/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Taylor Russell is giving us an incredible fashion moment to kick off the 2024 Venice Film Festival!
The 30-year-old actress is serving as a jury member for the festival and she stunned on the red carpet at the opening ceremony on Wednesday (August 28) in Venice, Italy.
Taylor was joined at the event by fellow jury members Isabelle Huppert and Zhang Ziyi, who are both on the Main Competition jury. Taylor is a member of the Debut Film jury.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was the opening night film and the cast walked the red carpet!
Fyi: Taylor is wearing a Chanel Couture dress and Tiffany & Co. jewelry. Zhang is wearing an Armani Prive Couture look and Chopard jewelry. Isabelle is wearing a Balenciaga Haute Couture outfit.
Browse through the gallery for 30+ photos of Taylor Russell and others at the festival…...
The 30-year-old actress is serving as a jury member for the festival and she stunned on the red carpet at the opening ceremony on Wednesday (August 28) in Venice, Italy.
Taylor was joined at the event by fellow jury members Isabelle Huppert and Zhang Ziyi, who are both on the Main Competition jury. Taylor is a member of the Debut Film jury.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was the opening night film and the cast walked the red carpet!
Fyi: Taylor is wearing a Chanel Couture dress and Tiffany & Co. jewelry. Zhang is wearing an Armani Prive Couture look and Chopard jewelry. Isabelle is wearing a Balenciaga Haute Couture outfit.
Browse through the gallery for 30+ photos of Taylor Russell and others at the festival…...
- 8/28/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
After a year when Hollywood strikes stripped festival red carpets of their stars, the 81st Venice Film Festival marked a return to oh-so-glamorous form Wednesday night with an A-list opening night.
The Venice fans, many of whom spent up to 10 hours in the searing Italian heat for a glimpse, rarely stopped screaming as one star after the other shimmied past the paparazzi and into the Sala Grande for the opening night ceremony, and world premiere of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Burton and the starry cast of his long-awaited sequel — including Jenna Ortega, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Willem Defoe, Justin Theroux and Monica Bellucci — grabbed the lion’s share of attention, but there were plenty of whoops and hollers for the other celebrities on offer, including French acting icon Isabelle Huppert, president of this year’s Venice festival jury, and Cate Blanchett, in town for the premiere of her Apple TV+ series Disclaimer.
The Venice fans, many of whom spent up to 10 hours in the searing Italian heat for a glimpse, rarely stopped screaming as one star after the other shimmied past the paparazzi and into the Sala Grande for the opening night ceremony, and world premiere of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Burton and the starry cast of his long-awaited sequel — including Jenna Ortega, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Willem Defoe, Justin Theroux and Monica Bellucci — grabbed the lion’s share of attention, but there were plenty of whoops and hollers for the other celebrities on offer, including French acting icon Isabelle Huppert, president of this year’s Venice festival jury, and Cate Blanchett, in town for the premiere of her Apple TV+ series Disclaimer.
- 8/28/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sigourney Weaver championed environmental conservation efforts in the Venice area, when receiving her honorary Golden Lion at the opening ceremony for the 81st edition of the city’s film festival.
“The true story of conservation is not a global one of doom and gloom,” said Weaver, having received the award from French actress Camille Cottin. “It is the story of people coming together to take care of their own homes, their own neighbourhoods. Citizens coming together to figure this out and doing everything they can to save their city.”
Weaver cited the Mose project, a system of gates built around...
“The true story of conservation is not a global one of doom and gloom,” said Weaver, having received the award from French actress Camille Cottin. “It is the story of people coming together to take care of their own homes, their own neighbourhoods. Citizens coming together to figure this out and doing everything they can to save their city.”
Weaver cited the Mose project, a system of gates built around...
- 8/28/2024
- ScreenDaily
Among historic piazzas and winding canals, the 81st Venice Film Festival kicks off tonight on the Lido di Venezia with the Opening Ceremony and the highly anticipated world premiere of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
The red carpet was brimming with talent, marking a stark contrast to last year’s event, which saw a notable absence of celebrities due to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.
Related: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Review: It’s A Wonderful Afterlife For Tim Burton’s Joyously Macabre Sequel – Venice Film Festival
Cast at the premiere included Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe, Justin Theroux, Arthur Conti, and director Tim Burton who all walked the red carpet for the out-of-competition film at the Palazzo, on Wednesday, August 28.
Related: See All Of Jenna Ortega’s Beetlejuice-Themed Red Carpet Looks
Other guests included Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement honoree, Sigourney Weaver and Taylor Russell,...
The red carpet was brimming with talent, marking a stark contrast to last year’s event, which saw a notable absence of celebrities due to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.
Related: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Review: It’s A Wonderful Afterlife For Tim Burton’s Joyously Macabre Sequel – Venice Film Festival
Cast at the premiere included Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe, Justin Theroux, Arthur Conti, and director Tim Burton who all walked the red carpet for the out-of-competition film at the Palazzo, on Wednesday, August 28.
Related: See All Of Jenna Ortega’s Beetlejuice-Themed Red Carpet Looks
Other guests included Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement honoree, Sigourney Weaver and Taylor Russell,...
- 8/28/2024
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
French screen icon Isabelle Huppert, president of the 81st Venice Film Festival’s main competition jury, took the stage Wednesday afternoon to share her thoughts on how she will approach her role as the event’s de facto artistic judge-in-chief. The gathering was marked by a triumphant tone from Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera, who sat by Huppert’s side and noted that his glamorous Italian festival will feature more big-name stars on its red carpet over the coming week than in any year of recent memory. But there was also a palpable undercurrent of angst over the myriad tech-driven business challenges that continue to roil the global independent film business.
“I’m worried about the things everyone is worried about — whether cinema can continue to survive — because it’s very weak now,” Huppert remarked early in the sitdown. “It’s very difficult to make a film. A film is not just an individual effort.
“I’m worried about the things everyone is worried about — whether cinema can continue to survive — because it’s very weak now,” Huppert remarked early in the sitdown. “It’s very difficult to make a film. A film is not just an individual effort.
- 8/28/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bei der Pressekonferenz am Eröffnungstag der 81. Mostra bekam Alberto Barbera den Unmut der nach Venedig gereisten Freelance-Journalisten zu spüren. Nachdem der Festivalchef darauf verwiesen hatte, dieses Jahr würden so viele Stars wie nie vor Ort sein, machte die schreibende Zunft ihrem Ärger Luft: Für sie sei dieser Jahrgang des Festivals der schlimmste ever. Weil zwar sehr viele Stars und Filmschaffende nach Venedig reisen würden, aber so gut wie keine Interviews und keinerlei Pressejunkets stattfinden würden. Rein wirtschaftlich wäre das für sie eine Katastrophe.
Isabelle Huppert & Alberto Barbera bei der Pk am 28. August (Credit: B. Schuster)
In der Pressekonferenz am Eröffnungstag der 81. Mostra hieß Festivalchef Alberto Barbera nicht nur Jury-Präsidentin Isabelle Huppert willkommen und bedankte sich dafür, dass sie sich trotz aktueller Theaterengagements die Zeit genommen habe, sondern stellte auch die anwesenden Jurymitglieder des Hauptwettbewerbs (auch Julia von Heinz gehört dazu und war da) und der Orizzonti-Reihe vor. Zunächst war es still im Saal,...
Isabelle Huppert & Alberto Barbera bei der Pk am 28. August (Credit: B. Schuster)
In der Pressekonferenz am Eröffnungstag der 81. Mostra hieß Festivalchef Alberto Barbera nicht nur Jury-Präsidentin Isabelle Huppert willkommen und bedankte sich dafür, dass sie sich trotz aktueller Theaterengagements die Zeit genommen habe, sondern stellte auch die anwesenden Jurymitglieder des Hauptwettbewerbs (auch Julia von Heinz gehört dazu und war da) und der Orizzonti-Reihe vor. Zunächst war es still im Saal,...
- 8/28/2024
- by Barbara Schuster
- Spot - Media & Film
The Venice Film Festival — which gets underway today — has in recent decades fired the starting gun on the “traditional” awards season.
This year’s festival is stacked with A-list talent. It’s perhaps starrier than ever. The roll call includes Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Michael Keaton, Jenna Ortega, Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, Daniel Craig, Angelina Jolie, Kevin Costner, Sigourney Weaver, Nicole Kidman, Isabelle Huppert, Winona Ryder, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe and many more.
In terms of awards hopefuls, Warner Bros’ Joker: Folie à Deux, Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut The Room Next Door, Angelina Jolie starrer Maria and Luca Guadagnino’s Queer are among those jostling for liftoff at the event, which is firmly established as a key Academy launchpad.
Related: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Venice Film Festival World Premiere Photo Gallery
This isn’t the year’s first glimpse at awards hopefuls, however. In reality,...
This year’s festival is stacked with A-list talent. It’s perhaps starrier than ever. The roll call includes Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Michael Keaton, Jenna Ortega, Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, Daniel Craig, Angelina Jolie, Kevin Costner, Sigourney Weaver, Nicole Kidman, Isabelle Huppert, Winona Ryder, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe and many more.
In terms of awards hopefuls, Warner Bros’ Joker: Folie à Deux, Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut The Room Next Door, Angelina Jolie starrer Maria and Luca Guadagnino’s Queer are among those jostling for liftoff at the event, which is firmly established as a key Academy launchpad.
Related: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Venice Film Festival World Premiere Photo Gallery
This isn’t the year’s first glimpse at awards hopefuls, however. In reality,...
- 8/28/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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 Writers Guild strike T-shirts à la 2023.
This morning’s session was brief but earnest, with many of the jury members speaking about the concerns around the state of contemporary cinema.
“I’m worried about the things everyone is worried about. Making sure that cinema continues to live because it is very weak now,” Huppert said during the session.
“It’s very difficult to make a film. A film is not just an individual effort. It’s really something we deliver to the world. So I am concerned about whether our world will still connect with people. That’s why...
This morning’s session was brief but earnest, with many of the jury members speaking about the concerns around the state of contemporary cinema.
“I’m worried about the things everyone is worried about. Making sure that cinema continues to live because it is very weak now,” Huppert said during the session.
“It’s very difficult to make a film. A film is not just an individual effort. It’s really something we deliver to the world. So I am concerned about whether our world will still connect with people. That’s why...
- 8/28/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Much like Martin Scorsese and other members of cinema's old guard, Isabelle Huppert is concerned about the state of film today. “I’m worried about the things everyone is worried about. Making sure that cinema continues to live because it is very weak now,” the esteemed actor said at a...
- 8/28/2024
- by Mary Kate Carr
- avclub.com
The Venice Film Festival kicks off its 81st edition on Wednesday with the premiere of Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which key cast Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe are all confirmed to attend. For the following nine days, the Palazzo del Cinema’s red carpet will be the starriest place on the planet.
After suffering the impact of last year’s Hollywood strikes which prevented most top talents from making the trek, Venice has now outdone itself with a steady stream of big names lined up to light up the Lido and grab global headlines.
Angelina Jolie will be disembarking Thursday for the world premiere of Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic “Maria,” in which she plays the lead. Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera has specified that Jolie will not be crossing paths with her estranged husband Brad Pitt, at...
After suffering the impact of last year’s Hollywood strikes which prevented most top talents from making the trek, Venice has now outdone itself with a steady stream of big names lined up to light up the Lido and grab global headlines.
Angelina Jolie will be disembarking Thursday for the world premiere of Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic “Maria,” in which she plays the lead. Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera has specified that Jolie will not be crossing paths with her estranged husband Brad Pitt, at...
- 8/27/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Having had a career that’s spanned over 50 years, Isabelle Huppert knows a thing or two about cinema. She’s done epic westerns like “Heaven’s Gate” and erotic dramas like “The Piano Teacher,” worked with legends like Jean-Luc Godard and Paul Verhoeven, but no matter the genre or person behind the lens, Huppert thinks her work is best seen, as intended, on the big screen. Ahead of serving as Jury President at the 81st Venice Film Festival this week, Huppert spoke to The New York Times for a recent interview, in which she shared her appreciation for what festivals offer to cinema’s lasting health and her optimism for the medium’s future.
“Festivals are more and more important,” Huppert said. “We all know that with the development of new ways of watching movies such as streaming platforms — which do have their virtues — movie theaters are somewhat threatened. So festivals...
“Festivals are more and more important,” Huppert said. “We all know that with the development of new ways of watching movies such as streaming platforms — which do have their virtues — movie theaters are somewhat threatened. So festivals...
- 8/25/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
Filmmaker Ethan Hawke will be honored at this year’s Lucca Film Festival in Italy with the event’s Golden Panther Award and will present his latest film Wildcat, in which he directs his daughter Maya, at Lucca on September 26.
Hawke will also hold a public masterclass at the Italian festival and present Lucca’s Lifetime Achievement Award to Paul Schrader, who directed Hawke in the critically acclaimed film First Reformed.
The festival will also screen an extensive retrospective of Hawke’s filmography, including Dead Poets Society, Gattaca, Boyhood, and the Before trilogy (Sunrise, Sunset and Midnight).
Hawke is a four-time Academy Award nominee: for best supporting actor for Training Day (2002) and Boyhood (2015), and for best adapted screenplay for Before Sunset (2005) and Before Midnight (2014).
“At the age of 14, he made his debut in the film Explorers (1985) alongside River Phoenix,” Lucca organizers highlighted about Hawke on Wednesday. “He studied acting at...
Hawke will also hold a public masterclass at the Italian festival and present Lucca’s Lifetime Achievement Award to Paul Schrader, who directed Hawke in the critically acclaimed film First Reformed.
The festival will also screen an extensive retrospective of Hawke’s filmography, including Dead Poets Society, Gattaca, Boyhood, and the Before trilogy (Sunrise, Sunset and Midnight).
Hawke is a four-time Academy Award nominee: for best supporting actor for Training Day (2002) and Boyhood (2015), and for best adapted screenplay for Before Sunset (2005) and Before Midnight (2014).
“At the age of 14, he made his debut in the film Explorers (1985) alongside River Phoenix,” Lucca organizers highlighted about Hawke on Wednesday. “He studied acting at...
- 8/21/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Venice Film Festival is just over two weeks away, bringing starry talent back to the Lido in water taxis after a year off for many due to the strikes in 2023. The Biennale has unveiled its Conversations and Masterclasses lineup, with a richer program and in a new and larger (250 seats) location at the Match Point Arena, set up at the Tennis Club Venezia on the Lido.
Four Masterclasses will be held by directors and performers, including the actress Sigourney Weaver (recipient of the Golden Lion for Career) on Thursday, August, 29; filmmaker Peter Weir (Golden Lion for Career) on Sunday, September 1, and his 2003 film “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” also screens during the festival; actor/filmmaker Ethan Hawke on Monday, September 2; and Pupi Avati, director of closing night film “L’orto Americano” on Friday, September 6. All can be followed via live stream at labiennale.org.
Organized by Cartier,...
Four Masterclasses will be held by directors and performers, including the actress Sigourney Weaver (recipient of the Golden Lion for Career) on Thursday, August, 29; filmmaker Peter Weir (Golden Lion for Career) on Sunday, September 1, and his 2003 film “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” also screens during the festival; actor/filmmaker Ethan Hawke on Monday, September 2; and Pupi Avati, director of closing night film “L’orto Americano” on Friday, September 6. All can be followed via live stream at labiennale.org.
Organized by Cartier,...
- 8/19/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Una selección que incluye de lo mejor de los grandes festivales internacionales. © Elástica Films / Universal Pictures / Ssiff
El Festival de Cine de San Sebastián ha anunciado los títulos que forman parte de la sección Perlak de esta 72 edición. Esta sección se compone de películas que han pasado por los grandes festivales de cine internacionales como la Berlinale, Cannes, Venecia o Toronto, y optan al Premio del Público Ciudad de Donostia / San Sebastián, que incluye dos galardones para los distribuidores del filme en España: uno a la mejor película (50.000 €) y otro al mejor filme europeo (20.000 €).
Desde la Berlinale, llega Yeohaengjaui pilyo (A Traveler’s Needs), de Hong Sangsoo, una cinta que obtuvo el Oso de Plata-Gran Premio del Jurado. Protagonizada por Isabelle Huppert, la película sigue la historia de una mujer francesa que se instala en Corea.
De Cannes aterrizan las películas más premiadas de su última edición: la ganadora de la Palma de Oro,...
El Festival de Cine de San Sebastián ha anunciado los títulos que forman parte de la sección Perlak de esta 72 edición. Esta sección se compone de películas que han pasado por los grandes festivales de cine internacionales como la Berlinale, Cannes, Venecia o Toronto, y optan al Premio del Público Ciudad de Donostia / San Sebastián, que incluye dos galardones para los distribuidores del filme en España: uno a la mejor película (50.000 €) y otro al mejor filme europeo (20.000 €).
Desde la Berlinale, llega Yeohaengjaui pilyo (A Traveler’s Needs), de Hong Sangsoo, una cinta que obtuvo el Oso de Plata-Gran Premio del Jurado. Protagonizada por Isabelle Huppert, la película sigue la historia de una mujer francesa que se instala en Corea.
De Cannes aterrizan las películas más premiadas de su última edición: la ganadora de la Palma de Oro,...
- 8/16/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
"By the Stream,” the 32nd feature by Hong Sangsoo, opens as many of the previous 31 have, with a polite meeting between two softly acquainted people — neither strangers nor as familiar to each other as they might once have been. Tentative pleasantries are exchanged, before one says to the other, “You haven’t changed at all.” It’s a premature observation, of course: The ensuing action, such as it is, shows either how much has changed between the two, or how much they’ve forgotten along the way. Distinguished from other Hongs like it by its light autumnal chill and accompanying russet palette, this subtle comedy of actors, academics and dreams set to one side welcomes the director’s steadfast fans like a gentle but hesitant embrace.
Premiering in competition at the Locarno Film Festival, the prolific South Korean’s second feature of 2024 — following the Isabelle Huppert-starring Berlinale prizewinner “A Traveler’s Needs...
Premiering in competition at the Locarno Film Festival, the prolific South Korean’s second feature of 2024 — following the Isabelle Huppert-starring Berlinale prizewinner “A Traveler’s Needs...
- 8/16/2024
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Margaret Menegoz, the head of French production company Les Films du Losange, who produced the movies of Michael Hanke, Wim Wenders and Éric Rohmer, among others, has died. She was 83.
The company issued a statement confirming that Menegoz died in Montpellier on August 7. They cited her “love of films and work, and her loyalty to her filmmakers that have become the hallmarks of Les Films du Losange,” describing Menegoz as “open-minded towards Europe and the international scene, which she particularly cherished.”
Menegoz led Les Films du Losange for close to 50 years, taking over at the company in 1973. She produced more than 60 films, including Haneke’s Amour, The White Ribbon and Cache, Wenders’ 1977 feature The American Friend, Volker Schlöndorff’s Swann in Love (1984), Agnieszka Holland’s Europa Europa (1990), Rohmer’s A Tale of Springtime (1990) and A Tale of Winter (1992), among many others.
Amour received 5 Oscar nominations in 2013, including a nomination for Menegoz for best feature.
The company issued a statement confirming that Menegoz died in Montpellier on August 7. They cited her “love of films and work, and her loyalty to her filmmakers that have become the hallmarks of Les Films du Losange,” describing Menegoz as “open-minded towards Europe and the international scene, which she particularly cherished.”
Menegoz led Les Films du Losange for close to 50 years, taking over at the company in 1973. She produced more than 60 films, including Haneke’s Amour, The White Ribbon and Cache, Wenders’ 1977 feature The American Friend, Volker Schlöndorff’s Swann in Love (1984), Agnieszka Holland’s Europa Europa (1990), Rohmer’s A Tale of Springtime (1990) and A Tale of Winter (1992), among many others.
Amour received 5 Oscar nominations in 2013, including a nomination for Menegoz for best feature.
- 8/11/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Margaret Menegoz, who led iconic French film company Les Films du Losange for close to 50 years, producing the films of Éric Rohmer, Michael Haneke and Wim Wenders among others, has died at the age of 83.
The German and French film producer was born in Hungary in 1941. Her family, which was of German origin, was expelled from the country in the wake of the 1945 Siege of Budapest, and Menegoz grew up in Germany.
Menegoz entered the film industry as an editor and then connected with the French independent filmmaking scene via her documentarian husband Robert Menegoz, who she met at the Berlin Film Festival in the early 1970s.
She took the reins of Les Films du Losange in 1975, having been originally hired as an assistant on co-founder Rohmer’s 1976 German-language film Marquise Of O, co-starring Edith Clever and Bruno Ganz.
Rohmer and Barbet Schroeder had created the company in 1962, but with...
The German and French film producer was born in Hungary in 1941. Her family, which was of German origin, was expelled from the country in the wake of the 1945 Siege of Budapest, and Menegoz grew up in Germany.
Menegoz entered the film industry as an editor and then connected with the French independent filmmaking scene via her documentarian husband Robert Menegoz, who she met at the Berlin Film Festival in the early 1970s.
She took the reins of Les Films du Losange in 1975, having been originally hired as an assistant on co-founder Rohmer’s 1976 German-language film Marquise Of O, co-starring Edith Clever and Bruno Ganz.
Rohmer and Barbet Schroeder had created the company in 1962, but with...
- 8/11/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
And Bear Your Eyes: Hochhäusler’s Grim Sketch of a Tangled Underworld
Death, it seems, does not quite become Christoph Hochhäusler, the Berlin School alum making his French language debut with the enigmatically titled La Mort viendra (Death Will Come). His foray into French language, a country which first lavished considerable acclaim upon the wave of Berlin School directors who cropped up in the late 1990s German cinema scene (such as Christian Petzold and Angela Schanelec), feels like something of a logical full circle moment for Hochhäusler in particular, who spent years trying to make an Isabelle Huppert headlined WWII drama I’ve Seen You Smile.…...
Death, it seems, does not quite become Christoph Hochhäusler, the Berlin School alum making his French language debut with the enigmatically titled La Mort viendra (Death Will Come). His foray into French language, a country which first lavished considerable acclaim upon the wave of Berlin School directors who cropped up in the late 1990s German cinema scene (such as Christian Petzold and Angela Schanelec), feels like something of a logical full circle moment for Hochhäusler in particular, who spent years trying to make an Isabelle Huppert headlined WWII drama I’ve Seen You Smile.…...
- 8/9/2024
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Veteran director and screenwriter Paul Schrader will be honored at this year’s Lucaa Film Festival with a lifetime achievement award.
The Italian event, which runs Sept. 21-29, will also screen a retrospective of Schrader’s work, including Blue Collar, Hardcore, The Comfort of Strangers, Affliction, Auto Focus, The Walker, The Canyons, The Card Counter, Master Gardener, Mishima, and First Reformed.
On Sept. 26, Schrader will hold a public masterclass at the Cinema Astra, attended by film students from various Italian universities. The following day he will receive the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
The director began his career as a screenwriter for Martin Scorsese with scripts to such classics as Raging Bull and Taxi Driver before stepping behind the camera for his 1978 directorial debut Blue Collar, a crime drama starring Richard Pryor and Harvey Keitel. Schrader’s greatest commercial success came in the early 80s with films including American Gigolo (1980) starring Richard Gere,...
The Italian event, which runs Sept. 21-29, will also screen a retrospective of Schrader’s work, including Blue Collar, Hardcore, The Comfort of Strangers, Affliction, Auto Focus, The Walker, The Canyons, The Card Counter, Master Gardener, Mishima, and First Reformed.
On Sept. 26, Schrader will hold a public masterclass at the Cinema Astra, attended by film students from various Italian universities. The following day he will receive the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
The director began his career as a screenwriter for Martin Scorsese with scripts to such classics as Raging Bull and Taxi Driver before stepping behind the camera for his 1978 directorial debut Blue Collar, a crime drama starring Richard Pryor and Harvey Keitel. Schrader’s greatest commercial success came in the early 80s with films including American Gigolo (1980) starring Richard Gere,...
- 8/6/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Meg Ryan is not just America’s sweetheart anymore — now she’s an international “heart” icon.
The writer/director/actress is being feted with the Heart Award at the 2024 Sarajevo Film Festival, where her classic rom-com “You’ve Got Mail” screened 25 years ago in 1999.
This year, Ryan will present a special screening of the 1998 hit film and also host a masterclass about writing and directing her sophomore 2023 film “What Happens Later,” which will additionally be screened at the Festival. The masterclass will be moderated by “No Man’s Land” director Danis Tanović.
Ryan made her directorial debut with 2015’s WWII drama “Ithaca,” which marked a reunion for Ryan and frequent collaborator Tom Hanks.
“Meg Ryan had our hearts at hello! Not only has she charmed us all with her unforgettable performances, but she has also proven her prowess behind the camera as a director and screenwriter. It is our honor to present...
The writer/director/actress is being feted with the Heart Award at the 2024 Sarajevo Film Festival, where her classic rom-com “You’ve Got Mail” screened 25 years ago in 1999.
This year, Ryan will present a special screening of the 1998 hit film and also host a masterclass about writing and directing her sophomore 2023 film “What Happens Later,” which will additionally be screened at the Festival. The masterclass will be moderated by “No Man’s Land” director Danis Tanović.
Ryan made her directorial debut with 2015’s WWII drama “Ithaca,” which marked a reunion for Ryan and frequent collaborator Tom Hanks.
“Meg Ryan had our hearts at hello! Not only has she charmed us all with her unforgettable performances, but she has also proven her prowess behind the camera as a director and screenwriter. It is our honor to present...
- 8/5/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
It has been over a dozen years in the making. We can confirm that Isabelle Huppert has indeed remained on board, so has Sophie Rois, and they will be surrounded by Birgit Minichmayr (of Everyone Else fame) and Huppert’s About Joan co-star in Lars Eidinger in Ulrike Ottinger’s long-gestating The Blood Countess. At eighty-two years young, the German filmmaker has been receiving some much needed pre-production coin support as of late and just landed another round of coin via German funding bodies Film und Medienstiftung Nrw, Fff Bayern and Hessen Film & Medien. Tilda Swinton, Udo Kier and Irm Hermann (who passed away in 2020) were once mentioned way back in 2010.…...
- 8/5/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Three German regional film funds - Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw, Fff Bayern and Hessen Film & Medien - have allocated more than €12m to new film and TV series projects in their latest funding sessions.
The fifth and final season of Babylon Berlin, scheduled to start production this autumn, received the largest sum of €2m from the funding committee of Düsseldorf-based Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw.
In total, the fund distributed €5.3m to 12 projects including Coin Film’s production of writer-director Jutta Brückner’s drama The Assistant, starring Corinna Harfouch and Sandra Hüller; Heimatfilm and Amour Fou’s co-production of Ulrike Ottinger...
The fifth and final season of Babylon Berlin, scheduled to start production this autumn, received the largest sum of €2m from the funding committee of Düsseldorf-based Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw.
In total, the fund distributed €5.3m to 12 projects including Coin Film’s production of writer-director Jutta Brückner’s drama The Assistant, starring Corinna Harfouch and Sandra Hüller; Heimatfilm and Amour Fou’s co-production of Ulrike Ottinger...
- 8/5/2024
- ScreenDaily
US filmmaker Alexander Payne will receive the honorary Heart of Sarajevo award at the 2024 Sarajevo Film Festival (August 16-23).
Payne will present a masterclass at the festival about film production, directing and writing as well as other aspects of his career. He will also present a screening of his 2004 comedy-drama Sideways, which won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay.
He will be joined by longtime collaborator Jim Taylor, who wrote Payne’s films Election, About Schmidt and Sideways, and produced 2011’s The Descendants.
Payne previously attended the festival in 2005, presenting his films in a ‘Tribute to’ programme. His last feature...
Payne will present a masterclass at the festival about film production, directing and writing as well as other aspects of his career. He will also present a screening of his 2004 comedy-drama Sideways, which won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay.
He will be joined by longtime collaborator Jim Taylor, who wrote Payne’s films Election, About Schmidt and Sideways, and produced 2011’s The Descendants.
Payne previously attended the festival in 2005, presenting his films in a ‘Tribute to’ programme. His last feature...
- 7/30/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Venice Film Festival, a perennial awards platform, revealed another powerhouse lineup Tuesday morning, including Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix-Lady Gaga starrer Joker: Folie à Deux, Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut The Room Next Door with Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, Luca Guadagnino’s Daniel Craig starrer Queer based on the William S. Burroughs novel, Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic Maria with Angelina Jolie, and Nicole Kidman A24 movie Babygirl.
Festival chief Alberto Barbera confirmed that Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe would all tread the carpet for Tim Burton’s festival opener, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Related: Conflict, Cuts And Identity Crises: How Film Festivals Are Navigating Choppy Waters
This year’s festival will also include multiple episodes of four major series: Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ drama Disclaimer, starring Cate Blanchett; Joe Wright’s Mussolini series M. Son of...
Festival chief Alberto Barbera confirmed that Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe would all tread the carpet for Tim Burton’s festival opener, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Related: Conflict, Cuts And Identity Crises: How Film Festivals Are Navigating Choppy Waters
This year’s festival will also include multiple episodes of four major series: Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ drama Disclaimer, starring Cate Blanchett; Joe Wright’s Mussolini series M. Son of...
- 7/23/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Nicole Kidman is getting into erotic power plays with the upcoming psychosexual corporate thriller “Babygirl.”
The actress stars alongside Harris Dickinson for the A24 feature, marking “Bodies Bodies Bodies” director Halina Reijn’s latest film. “Babygirl” centers on a successful CEO (Kidman) who begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). The film was first announced in November 2023.
Antonio Banderas, Victor Slezak, Esther McGregor, and “Talk to Me” breakout Sophie Wilde co-star. The busy Kidman has mainly been on TV these days, from “Lioness” to “Expats” and Netflix’s streaming-only film “A Family Affair.” She received an Oscar nomination in 2020 for “Being the Ricardos” and recently received the AFI Life Achievement Award. Harris Dickinson, meanwhile, is a recent breakout of films like “Scrapper” and “The Iron Claw” and 2023 Best Picture nominee “Triangle of Sadness.”
"Babygirl” premieres at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in competition along with films like “Joker: Folie à Deux,...
The actress stars alongside Harris Dickinson for the A24 feature, marking “Bodies Bodies Bodies” director Halina Reijn’s latest film. “Babygirl” centers on a successful CEO (Kidman) who begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). The film was first announced in November 2023.
Antonio Banderas, Victor Slezak, Esther McGregor, and “Talk to Me” breakout Sophie Wilde co-star. The busy Kidman has mainly been on TV these days, from “Lioness” to “Expats” and Netflix’s streaming-only film “A Family Affair.” She received an Oscar nomination in 2020 for “Being the Ricardos” and recently received the AFI Life Achievement Award. Harris Dickinson, meanwhile, is a recent breakout of films like “Scrapper” and “The Iron Claw” and 2023 Best Picture nominee “Triangle of Sadness.”
"Babygirl” premieres at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in competition along with films like “Joker: Folie à Deux,...
- 7/23/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The Venice Film Festival is coming up in August, and this year is looking awesome! They just announced all the movies that will be shown, and it includes some huge directors and big name stars.
The festival runs from August 28th through September 7th. It will be the 81st year they’ve done it. They’ll be showing tons of movies from all over the world in different categories.
Some of the big movies competing for awards include Pedro Almodóvar’s new one called “The Room Next Door.” Luca Guadagnino, who did “Call Me By Your Name,” has a movie called “Queer” that sounds intriguing. Pablo Larraín, who directed “Spencer” about Princess Diana, has a film called “Maria.” Also, Todd Phillips, the guy who made “Joker,” is back with a new “Joker” movie called “Joker: Folie à Deux.”
Then there are some non-competition movies that have awesome directors and famous actors.
The festival runs from August 28th through September 7th. It will be the 81st year they’ve done it. They’ll be showing tons of movies from all over the world in different categories.
Some of the big movies competing for awards include Pedro Almodóvar’s new one called “The Room Next Door.” Luca Guadagnino, who did “Call Me By Your Name,” has a movie called “Queer” that sounds intriguing. Pablo Larraín, who directed “Spencer” about Princess Diana, has a film called “Maria.” Also, Todd Phillips, the guy who made “Joker,” is back with a new “Joker” movie called “Joker: Folie à Deux.”
Then there are some non-competition movies that have awesome directors and famous actors.
- 7/23/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
The lineup for the 81st Venice International Film Festival is here. Artistic director Alberto Barbera and Biennale president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco revealed the complete list of titles across sections early on Tuesday, July 23. Watch the live stream here or on YouTube.
Competition highlights included, as expected, Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux,” Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” with Angelina Jolie, Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” with Daniel Craig, and Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, “The Room Next Door.” Other gems in the lineup include “April,” from Georgian “Beginning” director Dea Kulumbegashvili; Brady Corbet’s “Fountainhead”-inspired epic “The Brutalist,” which runs a whopping 215 minutes and will present in 70mm; Aussie auteur Justin Kurzel’s thriller “The Order”; “Chevalier” director Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “Harvest” with Caleb Landry Jones; and Halina Reijn’s psychosexual thriller for A24, “Babygirl,” starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson.
Out of competition across series and features, there’s new work from Harmony Korine,...
Competition highlights included, as expected, Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux,” Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” with Angelina Jolie, Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” with Daniel Craig, and Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, “The Room Next Door.” Other gems in the lineup include “April,” from Georgian “Beginning” director Dea Kulumbegashvili; Brady Corbet’s “Fountainhead”-inspired epic “The Brutalist,” which runs a whopping 215 minutes and will present in 70mm; Aussie auteur Justin Kurzel’s thriller “The Order”; “Chevalier” director Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “Harvest” with Caleb Landry Jones; and Halina Reijn’s psychosexual thriller for A24, “Babygirl,” starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson.
Out of competition across series and features, there’s new work from Harmony Korine,...
- 7/23/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The full list of titles set for the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival has been revealed, and it’s another powerhouse lineup — scroll below to check it out.
The venerable event in 2023 took place under the cloud of the SAG-AFTRA strike, which prevented many stars coming out in support of their movies. With the labor action resolved and this year’s roster now formalized, we can expect a tidal wave of talent to wash over the Lido at the end of next month and into early September.
Many of the films announced this morning by La Biennale President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and Venice Film Festival Artistic Director Alberto Barbera were widely anticipated, including Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix/Lady Gaga starrer Joker: Folie à Deux. The Warner Bros sequel arguably is the highest-profile movie of the competition bunch, coming five years after Phillips’ Joker won the Golden Lion before going on to 11 Oscar nominations,...
The venerable event in 2023 took place under the cloud of the SAG-AFTRA strike, which prevented many stars coming out in support of their movies. With the labor action resolved and this year’s roster now formalized, we can expect a tidal wave of talent to wash over the Lido at the end of next month and into early September.
Many of the films announced this morning by La Biennale President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and Venice Film Festival Artistic Director Alberto Barbera were widely anticipated, including Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix/Lady Gaga starrer Joker: Folie à Deux. The Warner Bros sequel arguably is the highest-profile movie of the competition bunch, coming five years after Phillips’ Joker won the Golden Lion before going on to 11 Oscar nominations,...
- 7/23/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ Series Disclaimer, based on Renée Knight’s bestselling novel, will world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
The show is among four titles announced by Venice on Tuesday as selected in a sizzling Out of Competition – Series line-up alongside Joe Wright’s M. Son Of The Century, Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s The New Years and Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours.
Venice Artistic Director Alberto Barbera said their inclusion in the program was part of a larger reflection on “a transformation” taking place around the length of “cinematic” works.
“Alongside the rise of short films, produced for social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube in particular, more and more film directors are drawn to the possibility of experimenting with the longer lengths offered by cinematographic series,” he said.
Related: Conflict, Cuts And Identity Crises: How Film Festivals Are Navigating Choppy Waters
“The four we have chosen...
The show is among four titles announced by Venice on Tuesday as selected in a sizzling Out of Competition – Series line-up alongside Joe Wright’s M. Son Of The Century, Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s The New Years and Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours.
Venice Artistic Director Alberto Barbera said their inclusion in the program was part of a larger reflection on “a transformation” taking place around the length of “cinematic” works.
“Alongside the rise of short films, produced for social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube in particular, more and more film directors are drawn to the possibility of experimenting with the longer lengths offered by cinematographic series,” he said.
Related: Conflict, Cuts And Identity Crises: How Film Festivals Are Navigating Choppy Waters
“The four we have chosen...
- 7/23/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Buckle in, film buffs, we’re not done with festival season yet. The 2024 Venice Film Festival lineup was announced on Tuesday, and rest assured there will be plenty of glamorous movie stars waving from boats. The lineup includes expected entries like Joker: Folie à Deux, starring Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix...
- 7/23/2024
- by Mary Kate Carr
- avclub.com
Venice Film Festival has revealed the programme for its 81st edition, featuring a 21-strong Competition that includes new films from Todd Phillips, Pedro Almodovar, Luca Guadagino, Pablo Larrain, Brady Corbet and Justin Kurzel.
Scroll down for full line-up
The selection was unveiled by festival president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and artistic director Alberto Barbera. It marked Buttafuoco’s first time at the annual press conference, after replacing Roberto Cicutto in October 2023.
Further filmmakers in Competition include Wang Bing, Luis Ortega, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Dag Johan Haugerud, Athina Rachel Tsangari and Walter Salles.
The line-up also includes Jon Watt’s Wolfs, starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney,...
Scroll down for full line-up
The selection was unveiled by festival president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and artistic director Alberto Barbera. It marked Buttafuoco’s first time at the annual press conference, after replacing Roberto Cicutto in October 2023.
Further filmmakers in Competition include Wang Bing, Luis Ortega, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Dag Johan Haugerud, Athina Rachel Tsangari and Walter Salles.
The line-up also includes Jon Watt’s Wolfs, starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney,...
- 7/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
The line-up for the 81st Venice International Film Festival (August 28-September 7) will be unveiled today at 11:00 Cest (10:00 BST) by festival president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and artistic director Alberto Barbera.
The press conference will be live-streamed below, and this page will be updated with the films as they are announced.
It will be Buttafuoco’s first time at the annual press conference, after replacing Roberto Cicutto in October 2023.
The previously announced opening film is Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Isabelle Huppert will preside over the jury, which also comprises James Gray, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Abderrahmane Sissako,...
The press conference will be live-streamed below, and this page will be updated with the films as they are announced.
It will be Buttafuoco’s first time at the annual press conference, after replacing Roberto Cicutto in October 2023.
The previously announced opening film is Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Isabelle Huppert will preside over the jury, which also comprises James Gray, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Abderrahmane Sissako,...
- 7/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-nominated U.S. director Debra Granik (“Winter’s Bone”) will preside over the jury of the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons (Orizzonti) section dedicated to more cutting-edge works.
Granik will be joined on the Horizons jury by Iranian writer, director and producer Ali Asgari (“Terrestrial Verses”); Syrian film director and screenwriter Soudade Kaadan (“The Day I Lost My Shadow”); Greek director, screenwriter and producer Christos Nikou (“Apples”); Swedish actress and director Tuva Novotny (“Britt-Marie Was Here”); Hungarian filmmaker Gábor Reisz (“Explanation for Everything”); and Italian screenwriter and director Valia Santella (“I Can See It in Your Eyes”).
"Winter’s Bone” won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2010 and was nominated for four Oscars, including best picture and best adapted Screenplay for Granik and co-writer Anne Rosellini. Her first film, “Down to the Bone,” won Granik the best director prize at Sundance in 2004. In 2015, Granik completed the feature doc “Stray Dog.” Her 2018 film,...
Granik will be joined on the Horizons jury by Iranian writer, director and producer Ali Asgari (“Terrestrial Verses”); Syrian film director and screenwriter Soudade Kaadan (“The Day I Lost My Shadow”); Greek director, screenwriter and producer Christos Nikou (“Apples”); Swedish actress and director Tuva Novotny (“Britt-Marie Was Here”); Hungarian filmmaker Gábor Reisz (“Explanation for Everything”); and Italian screenwriter and director Valia Santella (“I Can See It in Your Eyes”).
"Winter’s Bone” won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2010 and was nominated for four Oscars, including best picture and best adapted Screenplay for Granik and co-writer Anne Rosellini. Her first film, “Down to the Bone,” won Granik the best director prize at Sundance in 2004. In 2015, Granik completed the feature doc “Stray Dog.” Her 2018 film,...
- 7/20/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Newsa.I. Artificial Intelligence.Voting is underway to ratify IATSE’s tentative agreement with AMPTP, as union leaders try to assuage the fears of members about new allowances for AI. Results will be announced tomorrow, July 18.Agnieszka Holland, James Gray, Andrew Haigh, and Kleber Mendonça Filho, are among the members of the main competition jury of next month’s Venice Film Festival, led by Isabelle Huppert. An AI company called Flawless is developing technology to dub films and television programs into different languages with “perfectly lip-synced visuals,” playing to the aspirations of non-English-language productions, especially, to reach a subtitle-averse market in the US.In PRODUCTIONTimothée Chalamet will star in and produce Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, apparently inspired by the professional ping pong player Marty Reisman. This is Safdie’s first solo outing as a director since The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008), having shared the credit for his last five films with his brother,...
- 7/17/2024
- MUBI
Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature film, “The Room Next Door” — starring Oscar winners Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton — will likely launch from the Venice Film Festival, which is putting the final touches on a stellar lineup ahead of its official announcement next week.
“Room Next Door” is Almodóvar’s follow-up to 2021’s “Parallel Mothers,” which bowed at Venice and scored the fest’s best actress Volpi Cup for Penelope Cruz’s performance. Almodóvar’s latest is also believed to be in competition at the festival, according to several sources.
Almodóvar’s New England-set film is “about a very imperfect mother and her resentful daughter, who live separate lives because of a profound misunderstanding,” as the director has put it.
“Room Next Door,” which is produced by Almodóvar’s El Deseo banner, is set to hit theaters this year via Sony Pictures Classics in the U.S., Middle East and India,...
“Room Next Door” is Almodóvar’s follow-up to 2021’s “Parallel Mothers,” which bowed at Venice and scored the fest’s best actress Volpi Cup for Penelope Cruz’s performance. Almodóvar’s latest is also believed to be in competition at the festival, according to several sources.
Almodóvar’s New England-set film is “about a very imperfect mother and her resentful daughter, who live separate lives because of a profound misunderstanding,” as the director has put it.
“Room Next Door,” which is produced by Almodóvar’s El Deseo banner, is set to hit theaters this year via Sony Pictures Classics in the U.S., Middle East and India,...
- 7/16/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
When we think about legendary Scream Queens from the world of horror, it’s usually iconic final girls or empowered assassins who jump to mind – women like Jamie Lee Curtis and Sarah Michelle Gellar most associated with an iconic role despite a multitude of successful genre titles in their extensive catalog. While these beloved actresses will always be part of the horror landscape, newer Scream Queens have begun to diversify. Anya Taylor-Joy and Mia Goth have both broken their horror bones in a variety of outstanding genre films and continue to surprise us with unexpected roles. But of the many young actresses vying for Modern Scream Queen status, one woman rises to the top of the list.
For the past decade, Maikia Monroe has been reinventing the horror genre and her own cinematic legacy one complex role at a time. The California girl who once dreamed of a career as a professional kite-surfer,...
For the past decade, Maikia Monroe has been reinventing the horror genre and her own cinematic legacy one complex role at a time. The California girl who once dreamed of a career as a professional kite-surfer,...
- 7/11/2024
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
Bei der 70. Ausgabe des Taormina Film Festival, die am kommenden Freitag beginnt, wird Sharon Stone für ihr Lebenswerk ausgezeichnet.
Sharon Stone, hier bei der Premiere von „The Bikeriders“ in Los Angeles, wird beim Taormina Film Festival für ihr Lebenswerk geehrt (Credit: Imago / Abacapress)
Das Taormina Film Festival, dessen 70. Ausgabe von 12. bis 19. Juli stattfindet, zeichnet Sharon Stone mit dem Cariddi d’oro alla carriera für ihr Lebenswerk aus.
Wie das Festival jetzt bekannt gegeben hat, wird die US-Schauspielerin erstmals auf dem Festival zu Gast sein und in einem Gespräch mit der Presse und dem Publikum darüber sprechen, „wie sie neu definierte, was es bedeutet, eine Frau auf der Leinwand zu sein, und wie sie im Laufe der Jahrzehnte zu einer weltweiten kulturellen Ikone wurde“.
In seiner Mitteilung betont das Festival auch Stones Engagement abseits der Leinwand: „Sharon Stone hat sich schon immer für Bürgerrechte eingesetzt und ist seit fast 30 Jahren Sprecherin von amfAR,...
Sharon Stone, hier bei der Premiere von „The Bikeriders“ in Los Angeles, wird beim Taormina Film Festival für ihr Lebenswerk geehrt (Credit: Imago / Abacapress)
Das Taormina Film Festival, dessen 70. Ausgabe von 12. bis 19. Juli stattfindet, zeichnet Sharon Stone mit dem Cariddi d’oro alla carriera für ihr Lebenswerk aus.
Wie das Festival jetzt bekannt gegeben hat, wird die US-Schauspielerin erstmals auf dem Festival zu Gast sein und in einem Gespräch mit der Presse und dem Publikum darüber sprechen, „wie sie neu definierte, was es bedeutet, eine Frau auf der Leinwand zu sein, und wie sie im Laufe der Jahrzehnte zu einer weltweiten kulturellen Ikone wurde“.
In seiner Mitteilung betont das Festival auch Stones Engagement abseits der Leinwand: „Sharon Stone hat sich schon immer für Bürgerrechte eingesetzt und ist seit fast 30 Jahren Sprecherin von amfAR,...
- 7/10/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
Sharon Stone will receive Taormina Film Festival’s Golden Cariddi for Lifetime Achievement on the Italian event’s closing night this month.
Stone joins a prestigious lineup of actors who have been honored with the award, including Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Richard Gere, Colin Firth and Isabelle Huppert.
The 66-year-old actor will be present at the Taormina Film Fest, which runs July 12 to 19, to hold a conversation on how “she redefined what it meant to be a woman on screen,” according to a press release. This will be Stone’s first appearance at the festival, which hosted the Italian premiere of her 1992 film “Basic Instinct.”
Stone first appeared on screen when she cameoed in Woody Allen’s “Stardust Memories” in 1980, and went on to become a full-blown movie star in the ’90s with roles in “Total Recall” alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, “The Quick and the Dead...
Stone joins a prestigious lineup of actors who have been honored with the award, including Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Richard Gere, Colin Firth and Isabelle Huppert.
The 66-year-old actor will be present at the Taormina Film Fest, which runs July 12 to 19, to hold a conversation on how “she redefined what it meant to be a woman on screen,” according to a press release. This will be Stone’s first appearance at the festival, which hosted the Italian premiere of her 1992 film “Basic Instinct.”
Stone first appeared on screen when she cameoed in Woody Allen’s “Stardust Memories” in 1980, and went on to become a full-blown movie star in the ’90s with roles in “Total Recall” alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, “The Quick and the Dead...
- 7/10/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
The International Jury for this year’s Venice International Film Festival has been finalized after the previous confirmation of French actress Isabelle Huppert as its chair.
Now, American director and screenwriter James Gray, British director and screenwriter Andrew Haigh, Polish director, screenwriter, and producer Agnieszka Holland, and Brazilian director-screenwriter Kleber Mendonça Filho are the latest additions to the jury. They will join Mauritanian director, screenwriter and producer Abderrahmane Sissako, Italian director-screenwriter Giuseppe Tornatore, German director-screenwriter Julia von Heinz and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.
The prestigious Golden Lion for best film and other awards will be revealed during the festival’s closing ceremony on Sept. 7.
Gray made his directorial debut in 1994 with Little Odessa, which received the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. His other projects include The Yards (2000), starring Joaquin Phoenix, Two Lovers (2008) and The Immigrant (2013). The Lost City of Z had its world premiere at the New York...
Now, American director and screenwriter James Gray, British director and screenwriter Andrew Haigh, Polish director, screenwriter, and producer Agnieszka Holland, and Brazilian director-screenwriter Kleber Mendonça Filho are the latest additions to the jury. They will join Mauritanian director, screenwriter and producer Abderrahmane Sissako, Italian director-screenwriter Giuseppe Tornatore, German director-screenwriter Julia von Heinz and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.
The prestigious Golden Lion for best film and other awards will be revealed during the festival’s closing ceremony on Sept. 7.
Gray made his directorial debut in 1994 with Little Odessa, which received the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. His other projects include The Yards (2000), starring Joaquin Phoenix, Two Lovers (2008) and The Immigrant (2013). The Lost City of Z had its world premiere at the New York...
- 7/10/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Julia von Heinz gehört zu den neun Mitgliedern der Wettbewerbsjury in Venedig unter dem Vorsitz von Isabelle Huppert.
Julia von Heinz, hier bei der Premiere von „Treasure – Familie ist ein fremdes Land“ beim Tribeca Film Festival, ist in die Wettbewerbsjury der Mostra berufen worden (Credit: Marion Curtis / Starpix for Bleecker Street)
Nachdem die Mostra Isabelle Huppert Anfang Mai zur Präsidentin der Wettbewerbsjury ihrer von 28. August bis 7. September stattfindenden 81. Ausgabe ernannt hatte, wurden nun auch die übrigen Mitglieder des neunköpfigen Gremiums bekannt gegeben.
Demnach gehört der Mostra-Jury auch die deutsche Regisseurin und Drehbuchautorin Julia von Heinz, die für „Treasure – Familie ist ein fremdes Land“, ihr Drama über die Tochter zweier Auschwitz-Überlebender, die sich mit ihrem Vater auf den Weg nach Polen macht, um dort nach ihren jüdischen Wurzeln zu suchen, Mitte Juni mit dem Friedenspreis des Deutschen Films – Die Brücke ausgezeichnet worden war, an.
Weitere Mitglieder der Venedig-Jury sind der US-Regisseur und -Drehbuchautor James Gray,...
Julia von Heinz, hier bei der Premiere von „Treasure – Familie ist ein fremdes Land“ beim Tribeca Film Festival, ist in die Wettbewerbsjury der Mostra berufen worden (Credit: Marion Curtis / Starpix for Bleecker Street)
Nachdem die Mostra Isabelle Huppert Anfang Mai zur Präsidentin der Wettbewerbsjury ihrer von 28. August bis 7. September stattfindenden 81. Ausgabe ernannt hatte, wurden nun auch die übrigen Mitglieder des neunköpfigen Gremiums bekannt gegeben.
Demnach gehört der Mostra-Jury auch die deutsche Regisseurin und Drehbuchautorin Julia von Heinz, die für „Treasure – Familie ist ein fremdes Land“, ihr Drama über die Tochter zweier Auschwitz-Überlebender, die sich mit ihrem Vater auf den Weg nach Polen macht, um dort nach ihren jüdischen Wurzeln zu suchen, Mitte Juni mit dem Friedenspreis des Deutschen Films – Die Brücke ausgezeichnet worden war, an.
Weitere Mitglieder der Venedig-Jury sind der US-Regisseur und -Drehbuchautor James Gray,...
- 7/10/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
Sharon Stone will receive a lifetime achievement honor on the closing night of the 70th edition of the Taormina Film Festival next month.
The fest will present her with the Cariddi d’oro alla carriera (Golden Cariddi for Lifetime Achievement), which has previously been awarded to the likes of Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Richard Gere, Colin Firth, Isabelle Huppert, and Gina Lollobrigida.
The star and producer will meet the press and the audience on the occasion of a conversation on “how she redefined what it meant to be a woman on screen, becoming a global cultural icon over the decades,” Taormina fest organizers said on Wednesday. “Sharon Stone’s appearance in Taormina – curated by Marco Fallanca – marks her first attendance at the festival, which hosted Basic Instinct’s Italian premiere in 1992.”
After her debut in 1980 with a cult cameo in Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories,...
The fest will present her with the Cariddi d’oro alla carriera (Golden Cariddi for Lifetime Achievement), which has previously been awarded to the likes of Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Richard Gere, Colin Firth, Isabelle Huppert, and Gina Lollobrigida.
The star and producer will meet the press and the audience on the occasion of a conversation on “how she redefined what it meant to be a woman on screen, becoming a global cultural icon over the decades,” Taormina fest organizers said on Wednesday. “Sharon Stone’s appearance in Taormina – curated by Marco Fallanca – marks her first attendance at the festival, which hosted Basic Instinct’s Italian premiere in 1992.”
After her debut in 1980 with a cult cameo in Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories,...
- 7/10/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Filmmakers James Gray, Andrew Haigh and Agnieszka Holland have joined the main competition jury of the 81st Venice Film Festival (August 28-September 7).
They are joined by Brazilian director and screenwriter Kleber Mendonça Filho; Mauritanian director, screenwriter and producer Abderrahmane Sissako; Italian director and screenwriter Giuseppe Tornatore; German director and screenwriter Julia von Heinz; and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.
As previously announced, the jury will be chaired by Isabelle Huppert, and award the Golden Lion for best film and the other official awards.
Gray’s Ad Astra screened in competition at Venice in 2019, and his directorial debut Little Odessa received the...
They are joined by Brazilian director and screenwriter Kleber Mendonça Filho; Mauritanian director, screenwriter and producer Abderrahmane Sissako; Italian director and screenwriter Giuseppe Tornatore; German director and screenwriter Julia von Heinz; and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.
As previously announced, the jury will be chaired by Isabelle Huppert, and award the Golden Lion for best film and the other official awards.
Gray’s Ad Astra screened in competition at Venice in 2019, and his directorial debut Little Odessa received the...
- 7/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
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