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Huge Gaza Protest Marches Toward Venice Film Festival

Huge Gaza Protest Marches Toward Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival on Saturday became the focus of possibly the largest protest ever seen at a major film event over Israel’s ongoing military assault on Gaza. Thousands, young and old, made up of festival guests and members of the public, took part in a major march denouncing Israel and calling for an end to genocide. Amid a sea …

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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ premieres at Venice with Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ premieres at Venice with Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi arrived at the Venice Film Festival Saturday for the world premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” the kickoff to what’s expected to be the film’s major awards season push. Isaac plays Victor Frankenstein and Elordi is the monster in this adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, which del Toro has been …

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Julia Roberts Movie Gets 6-Minute Ovation At Venice

Julia Roberts Movie Gets 6-Minute Ovation At Venice

Julia Roberts made her Venice Film Festival debut on Friday with Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt, which just received a six-minute ovation following its world premiere. Roberts plays a college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star student (Ayo Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield), and a dark secret …

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Park Chan-Wook’s ’No Other Choice’ Gets 8 1/2-Minute Venice Ovation

Park Chan-Wook’s ’No Other Choice’ Gets 8 1/2-Minute Venice Ovation

Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, which marks the Korean filmmaker’s first time playing in the Venice Film Festival competition, scored an 8 1/2-minute ovation Friday after the jet-black comedy thriller’s world premiere. The 12th movie from the Oldboy, Handmaiden and Decision to Leave writer-director is based on the 1997 novel The Ax by Donald Westlake and follows a man (Squid Game‘s Lee …

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The Best Fashion From the 2025 Venice Film Festival

The Best Fashion From the 2025 Venice Film Festival

There are so many spots to see a celebrity in Venice: along a canal, at a photo call, or — if you’re lucky — on a red carpet. And all those opportunities mean there are a lot of outfit changes, which we’re here to share. So, below, the best red-carpet looks and everyday outfits from the 2025 Venice Film Festival, …

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The Best Celebrity Outfits at the 2025 Venice Film Festival: Kim Kardashian, Barbara Palvin and More – AOL.com

The Best Celebrity Outfits at the 2025 Venice Film Festival: Kim Kardashian, Barbara Palvin and More  AOL.com Photos show highlights from the Venice Film Festival  AP News Venice Film Festival 2025 Live Updates: Red Carpet, Reviews & More  Vanity Fair All of the Celebrity Menswear at the Venice Film Festival 2025  GQ Venice Film Festival 2025 Photo Gallery: See the Stars Arrive  Rotten Tomatoes Source …

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Venice Film Festival 2025 Reviews: ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Jay Kelly’

Venice Film Festival 2025 Reviews: ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Jay Kelly’

Ciao! The 82nd annual Venice Film Festival is underway and the stars have hit the canals, with this year’s world premieres including Yorgos Lanthimos kidnap thriller “Bugonia,” Noah Baumbach’s showbiz dramedy “Jay Kelly,” Guillermo del Toro’s lavish adaptation “Frankenstein,” Luca Guadagnino’s college campus thriller “After the Hunt” and Benny Safdie’s UFC biopic “The Smashing Machine.” New films from Mona Fastvold, …

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Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield Shock Venice at After the Hunt Premiere

Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield Shock Venice at After the Hunt Premiere

Julia Roberts got emotional as her new movie, “After the Hunt” — Luca Guadagnino’s drama in which she plays a troubled professor — wowed Venice on Friday night. The Amazon MGM Studios release premiered on the Lido to a six-minute standing ovation. As the clapping continued, Roberts wiped away tears, blew kisses to the crowd and hugged her director and co-stars …

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