The Best Films From Venice, Telluride, and Toronto 2024: THR Critics' Picks

Venice, Telluride Brazilian documentary filmmaker Petra Costa explores the dire state of democracy in this eye-opening reveal, delving into the disturbing connections between Christian evangelism and politics. Getting up close and personal with powerful people amid a wave of social and political unrest, she moves between the epic and the intimate, history and the present, … Read more

'Queer' Director Luca Guadagnino Shows His Sincerity in Venice

Wait, did he really say that? He did, and Luca Guadagnino doesn't care. The director opened up to a packed room of journalists on Tuesday afternoon, who devoured every word, at the press conference for his new film Queer. The steamy film will have its world premiere at the 2024 Venice Film Festival on Tuesday … Read more

Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz in Venice before the premiere of “Queer”

Daniel Craig has sailed to Italy and is now ashore at the Venice Film Festival for the Queer world premiere. In view of the debut of Luca Guadagnino's film at the festival, which will take place in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema on Tuesday evening, Queer was toasted during a pre-premier celebration … Read more

Erotic Films Seduce Venice Film Festival

Venice has its sexy back. Erotica of all varieties—gay, straight, kinky, and theoretical—is on display at this year’s Venice Film Festival, with plenty of hot action on screen and little of it gratuitous. Two of the most popular titles of this year's festival: Halina Reijn Girl and the TV series Disclaimer by Alfonso Cuarón — … Read more

Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore Surprise Venice in Pedro Almodóvar's Film

Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore and Pedro Almodóvar are forces to be reckoned with, judging by the reception they received in Venice. The trio enjoyed thunderous applause in the Sala Grande at the Venice Film Festival on Monday night, where the world premiere of Almodóvar’s first English-language feature was greeted with a 17-minute standing ovation. His … Read more

AI, Netflix in the spotlight for the Venice Biennale Alberto Barbera, Tarak Ben Ammar

The 2024 Venice Film Festival is a good time for a discussion of hot topics in the entertainment industry among industry players and experts with THR Rome. So, Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera, Eagle Pictures owner Tarak Ben Ammar, and Lucky Red founder Andrea Occhipinti sat down with me to discuss the rise … Read more

Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton and Pedro Almodovar Go Bold on the Venice Red Carpet

The red carpet remains the hottest spot on the Lido, where the Venice Film Festival kicked off a new week on Monday with a fresh infusion of hot actors and auteurs. Leading the pack, and turning heads tonight, were The room next door starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton with their director, Pedro Almodóvar. The … Read more

Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore embrace life and death in Venice

It seems like Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore could have talked endlessly about the genius of Pedro Almodóvar. The Spanish, who created films like Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All about my motherAND Returnwill see the world premiere of his first English-language feature film at the 81st Venice Film Festival, titled The … Read more

Ethan Hawke in Venice 2024 on Jedi, Drugs, Greed, Richard Linklater

The joys, the magic and the commercial side of cinema, his interpretation of independent and successful films, including Star Wars AND Harry Potteras well as his collaborations with directors Richard Linklater and Peter Weir, and his lack of working with many female directors, were all topics covered in Monday's Venice Film Festival masterclass with actor-director … Read more

Brady Corbet's Epic 'The Brutalist' Debuts at Venice Film Festival

by Brady Corbett The Brutalist was the talk of the Lido on Sunday, when the costume epic, seven years in the making, finally had its world premiere in the Venice Film Festival's historic Sala Grande. The audience in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema erupted in applause at the end of the epic … Read more

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