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VENICE, Italy (AP) — Kathryn Bigelow tackles geopolitics in her new film “A House of Dynamite,” which has its world premiere on Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival. The film is about an imminent missile strike on the U.S., from an unknown aggressor, and how the White House responds. “I grew up in an era when hiding under your school …

Graham Greene, the prolific Oscar-nominated Canadian First Nations actor and Hollywood trailblazer, has died aged 73 in a Toronto hospital after a long illness. “He was a great man of morals, ethics and character and will be eternally missed,” Greene’s agent, Michael Greene (no relation), told Deadline. “You are finally free.” Greene was born in 1952 in Ohsweken, on the …

The bit in Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘60s film “Pierrot le Fou” where Belmondo asks maverick filmmaker Sam Fuller, playing himself, to give him a precise definition of cinema has been quoted within an inch of its life. So, to preface with a paraphrase of Reagan, here I go again. Quoth Fuller: “Film is like a battleground … It’s love, hate, action, …

The wrestler turned Hollywood superstar gets vulnerable in this bruising indie drama about mixed martial arts fighting. He’s “touching” and could well be nominated for awards. Dwayne Johnson may not use his professional wrestling nickname on his film credits, but every time he’s on the big screen, it still feels appropriate to call him The Rock. That’s how sturdy he …

Jacob Elordi Seen in Heated Exchange With 2025 Venice Film Festival Red Carpet Official  AOL.comView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Amanda Seyfried tackled a tall task by stepping into the shoes and strict religious beliefs of Shakers founder Ann Lee for her new film, The Testament of Ann Lee, which is not quite a musical nor a straightforward biopic. The film’s writer and co-director Mona Fastvold fielded an obvious question during today’s Venice Film Festival press conference: Why Amanda? “Amanda …

Dwayne Johnson takes a serious turn as UFC fighter Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine,” which has its world premiere Monday at the Venice Film Festival. Reviews aren’t out yet, but the actor is already sparking Oscar buzz for his transformation in the film from Benny Safdie. The festival has launched several recent best actor Oscar winners, from Brendan Fraser …

‘No Other Choice’ is the movie at the Venice Film Festival everyone’s talking about  The Washington Post No Other Choice review: ‘Deliriously entertaining’ South Korean masterpiece is this year’s Parasite  BBC ‘No Other Choice’ Review: Park Chan-wook’s Dazzling Murder Comedy is a Masterclass in Controlled Chaos  Variety Is Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ next ‘Parasite’ on the horizon?  The Korea Times Park Chan-Wook’s ‘No …

The Venice Film Festival is running at the moment, delivering the one-two punch of new films from some of the planet’s biggest directors, as well as immediate-aftermath interviews with those same filmmakers. Sometimes, that just produces glowing softballs—the response to Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein sounds like it was a big, gory love-fest, for instance—and sometimes it produces something a little sharper. …

Best Dressed Celebrities At Venice Film Festival 2025 1. Heidi Klum in Intimissimi: 2. Ayo Edebiri in Chanel: 3. Emma Stone in Louis Vuitton: 4. Cate Blanchett in Armani Privé*: 5. Andrew Garfield in Dior: 6. Amal Clooney in Jean-Louis Scherrer by Erik Mortensen and George Clooney in Giorgio Armani: 7. Oscar Isaac in Valentino: 9. Jacob Elordi in Bottega …