Lady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix bring 'Joker: Folie ร Deuxโ to Venice Film Festival
Five years after โJokerโ won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, director Todd Phillips canโt help but be a little nervous about returning with its sequel.
Almodรณvar returns to Venice with 'The Room Next Door' and gets a nearly 20 minute ovation
Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodรณvar is returning to the Venice Film Festival with stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.
Venice Film Festival: From โJoker 2โ to โMaria,โ here are 10 movies to get excited about
Some of Hollywoodโs biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix.
New York Film Festival sets main slate with movies by Pedro Almodรณvar, Sean Baker and Mati Diop
The New York Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled the main slate for its 62nd edition with selections including Sean Bakerโs Palme dโOr-winning โAnora,โ Pedro Almodรณvarโs โThe Room Next Doorโ and Mati Diopโs โDahomey.โ.
Venice Film Festival lineup includes โJoker 2,โ films with Pitt, Clooney, Jolie, more
Five years after โJokerโ won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, filmmaker Todd Phillips is returning with the sequel.
What to stream this week: Billy Joel sings, Dora explores and 'Food, Inc. 2' chows down
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include a sequel to the powerful documentary โFood, Inc.,โ Dating expert Patti Stanger has a new TV show on The CW and โDora the Explorerโ gets a reboot on Paramount+.
Almodรณvar pulls out of first English-language feature film
Oscar-winning filmmaker Pedro Almodรณvar is withdrawing from his first English-language feature, "A Manual for Cleaning Womenโ produced by and starring Cate Blanchett.
Q&A: Almodรณvar on unearthing the past in 'Parallel Mothers'
Pedro Almodรณvar's โParallel Mothersโ stars Penelope Cruz and Milena Smit as young mothers who meet at the hospital and whose babies are accidentally switched at birth.
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Instagram apologizes for Almodรณvar film's poster censorship
Instagram has apologized for removing the official poster for Spanish director Pedro Almodรณvarโs new film from the social network for showing a nipple, after the posterโs designer complained of censorship.
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Almodรณvarโs โMadres paralelasโ to open Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival will kick off its 78th edition in September with the premiere of Pedro Almodรณvarโs film โMadres Paralelas.โ.
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Clooney honored by MoMA as actor, director and humanitarian
Clooney was honored Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, by co-stars and colleagues at the annual film benefit for the Museum of Modern Art, held virtually. MoMAโs annual film benefit raises funds to bring great works of film to the museumโs collection. Also giving virtual tributes Monday evening were actors Felicity Jones, Tiffany Boone, Kyle Chandler and Demian Bichir, who appear in โA Midnight Sky,โ which Clooney stars in and directs. The benefit featured clips from some of Clooneyโs many films: โMichael Clayton,โ โSyriana,โ "The Descendants,โ โGravity,โ and โGood Night, and Good Luck,โ among others. In earlier comments to The Associated Press, Clooney said โGood Night, and Good Luckโ was probably his proudest professional accomplishment.
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Digital and drive-in, film festivals try to salvage a season
This year, three of the four major fall film festivals, including Venice, are going forward despite the pandemic. This year, three of the four major fall film festivals all but Telluride, which had to cancel are going forward despite the pandemic. For a season predicated on badge-wearing throngs and marquee movies, its meant rethinking what a film festival is. A situation like this forces you to assess what is fundamental, says Dennis Lim, director of programming for the New York Film Festival. Anyone in Canada will be able to buy tickets to TIFF screenings, and New York Film Festival films will be briefly available nationwide.
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From Venice, a plea to reopen movie theaters shut by virus
Director Pedro Almodovar, right, and actress Tilda Swinton pose on the red carpet of the movie 'The human voice' during the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival at the Venice Lido, Italy, Thursday, Sep. 3, 2020. The Venice Film Festival goes from Sept. 2 through Sept. 12. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)VENICE Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has joined a chorus of voices at the Venice Film Festival urging the reopening of movie theaters after coronavirus lockdowns, saying films are meant to be seen on the big screen, not at home. They went ahead with the first major in-person COVID-era film festival convinced they needed to chart a path forward for a film industry hard-hit by the lockdowns. What it means to be about to see a film, in Venice.
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Venice reclaims spotlight as 1st COVID-era film fest opens
Festival attendees cycle in front of the main cinema ahead of the start of the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. The 77th edition of the worlds oldest film festival opening Wednesday looks nothing like its predecessors. Italys strict 10-week lockdown largely tamed the virus, but infections are now rebounding after summer vacations. Guests to the glamorous film festival are not exempt. Italian films are well represented, including the first Italian opening-night film in years, the out-of-competition family drama Lacci by Daniele Luchetti.
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Lincoln Center in New York City to honor Spike Lee in April
NEW YORK, NY โ Spike Lee will receive Film at Lincoln Center's 46th Chaplin Award. Lincoln Center announced Thursday that the 62-year-old filmmaker will be honored in its annual fundraising gala on April 27. For its 50th anniversary last year, Lincoln Center skipped a Chaplin Award honoree and instead hosted a special gala that featured Martin Scorsese, Pedro Almodovar, Tilda Swinton and others. The four previous Chaplin Award winners were Helen Mirren, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Robert Redford. Lee's last film, "BlacKkKlasman" was nominated for six Oscars including best picture.