Venice Film Fest 2025: Alexander Payne, Jury President, Dodges Questions about Gaza War

“I’m here to judge and talk about cinema. My political views, I’m sure, are in agreement with many of yours”–Alexander Payne

Oscar Directors: Coppola Honors Werner Herzog (Venice Film Fest 2025)

If He Has Limits, I Don’t Know What They Are–Coppola about Herzog

La Grazia: Sorrentino’s Opening Night, Starring Toni Servillo (Venice Film Fest 2025)

‘I Wanted to Depict What a Politician Should Be Like’

Venice Film Fest 2025: Gaza War Protests, Activists Unveil “Free Palestine” Banner in Front of Red Carpet

Italian and international film industry and cultural groups are jointly calling on the Venice Fest to publicly condemn Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

Cannes Film Fest 2024: Queer–Intriguing, Not Entirely Satisfyng Movie

Queer Labeled by the media asn “expert of tales about desire, longing and melancholy sensuality, Guadagnino (whose bets filmis the 2017 Call My By Your Name) takes a bold approach in this adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ semi-autobiographical  novel. Shaped by writer Justin Kuritzkes into sort of a haunted ghost story about romantic and sexual […]