“The Wizard of the Kremlin,” a political thriller starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin and Paul Dano as his former right-hand man and spin-doctor Vadim Baranov, earned a hugely enthusiastic 10-minute standing ovation at this year’s Venice Film Festival. While the film belonged to Dano, who smiled appreciatively at the applause, it was the star power of Law that gave …
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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 …
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Park Chan-wook’s superpower is his ability to sell us on behavior that would not withstand any kind of scrutiny in other films. Park’s characters do things we might deem irrational or implausible or downright nonsensical in most contexts, but he somehow convinces us, thumbing his nose at realism and leaning into craziness. He can pull this off because he’s an …
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Veteran French filmmaker Olivier Assayas returned to the Venice Film Festival competition today with The Wizard of the Kremlin, a topical drama revolving around a scheming Russian spin doctor who smooths Vladimir Putin’s ascent to power in the 1990s. It just world premiered on the Lido, receiving an 11-minute, 42-second ovation. Writer/director Assayas beamed at the enthusiastic response from the …
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Jim Jarmusch has made anthology films before: Mystery Train (1989), Night on Earth (1991), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003). In fact, he could claim to be the pre-eminent specialist in this now very unfashionable movie form. But with his new one, a deeply pleasing and gently quietist triptych on the subject of family, he is giving us something new and personal. …
Read More »VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jude Law transforms into Vladimir Putin for Olivier Assayas’ “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” which has its world premiere Sunday at the Venice Film Festival. Law said Sunday before the premiere that he didn’t enter the project naively, and that he also does not fear repercussions for his portrayal. “I felt safe in the hands of …
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Guillermo del Toro’s lifelong passion project Frankenstein jolted to life on Saturday night in Italy where the Netflix film received a splashy world premiere during the Venice Film Festival. When it was over, and as the credits rolled, the fest audience responded with a 14-minute standing ovation that brought the filmmaker and his title star Jacob Elordi to tears. The …
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Acclaimed South Korean director Park Chan-wook made a triumphant return after 20 years to the Venice Film Festival, where he was greeted with a six-minute standing ovation for the twisted black comedy “No Other Choice.” Audiences were clearly thrilled to see Park and his leading man, “Squid Game” star Lee Byung-hun, who were welcomed into the Sala Grande Theater with an …
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Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter at the Venice Film Festival Getty Images Saltburn star Jacob Elordi (right) stars as Frankenstein’s creation in the film from Guillermo del Toro (left) A few years ago, Netflix boss Ted Sarandos was meeting with Guillermo del Toro when he asked the celebrated director which films were on his bucket list. Del Toro answered with two names: …
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Oscar and Golden Lion winner Guillermo Del Toro unveiled his long-in-the-works Frankenstein at the Venice Film Festival this evening. Playing to a very enthusiastic crowd, the monster movie was greeted by a 15-minute ovation. Del Toro has charmed the Lido before, winning the festival’s top prize, the Golden Lion, with 2017’s The Shape of Water, which ultimately went on to …
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