Venice Film Festival Preview: SAG-AFTRA Strike Does Not Dim Its Sparkle

Entertainment

Polanski’s “The Palace” Released in Italy: May Be Headed for Venice Film Festival

byAmanda James

The celebrated director has already won 5 Cesars but continues to be embroiled in controversy

News

Brendan Fraser Gets a 6-Minute Standing Ovation at the Venice Film Festival

bySunny Day

Brendan Fraser plays a 600-pound gay man confined to a wheelchair in “The Whale. When the screening ended on the Darren Aronofsky drama at the Venice Film Festival, the actor was overcome with emotion as the audience gave him a standing ovation...

Arts

At Venice Film Festival, Chalamet Says that “The Collapse of Society is in the Air”

byLa Voce di New York

Presenting Italy's first Golden Lion contender, the cannibal road love story "Bones and All," at the Venice Film Festival Friday, Timothée Chalamet said that the dictatorship of social media makes life today hard. "Being young today is not at all...

Catherine Deneuve a Venezia: “Io né sexy, né icona”

People

French Star Catherine Deneuve Receives Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

byAmanda James

The Venice Film Festival has kicked off and on the first night French screen diva Catherine Deneuve has received the Golden Lion Award for career achievement. Arriving at the Lido for the 79th edition of the world's oldest film fest,...

Arts

Five Italian Films in the Running for Venice Golden Lion

byLa Voce di New York

Five Italian films will be in the running for the Golden Lion at the 79th Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 31 to September 10, organizers said Tuesday. They are Il Signore delle Formiche (The Lord of the Ants)...

Arts

Catherine Deneuve to Receive the Golden Lion Award at Venice Film Festival

byLa Voce di New York

French actress Catherine Deneuve is to get the career achievement prize at this year's Venice Film Festival running from August 31 to September 10 at the Venice Lido, organizers said Wednesday. Deneuve, 78, an icon of French cinema, will receive...