She’s survived xenomorphs, busted ghosts, lived among the gorillas, and co-starred in the top-grossing blockbuster of all time — and soon she’ll have a Golden Lion. Screen icon Sigourney Weaver, whose stately grace and steely will have captivated filmgoers for nearly 50 years, will be awarded the Venice Film Festival‘s top honor for lifetime achievement at the …
The 81st Venice Film Festival has gotten off to a delightfully ghoulish start. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton‘s hotly anticipated horror comedy sequel, received its very first press screening to a packed house Wednesday morning as the glamourous Italian festival’s opening movie. Burton and his starry cast — featuring returning stars Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, along …
Tim Burton is back, baby! The legendary cult filmmaker was in high spirits at the 81st Venice Film Festival for the world premiere of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The long-awaited and hotly-anticipated sequel to Burton 1988 fantasy-horror-comedy will open the 2024 Venice Film Festival Wednesday night. Burton said the movie felt like a return to his roots, …
The fall film festival circuit is forever a magnet for A-list talent, as it signals the start of awards season by delivering first looks at a crush of prestige big-screen content. But when Italy’s Venice Film Festival unveiled the lineup for its 81st edition, it telegraphed something else: Movie stars are back, baby. The Lido …
The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival officially kicks off on Wednesday with the eyes of the film world focused on the Lido. Long-running festival director Alberto Barbera and his team have unveiled a star-studded lineup, including possible awards season contenders. But which premieres can’t be missed amid the busy program? THR‘s chief movie …
On May 26, 2023, nearly a year after winning the 2022 national election to become Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni addressed a political rally in Catania, Sicily. The first woman to govern Italy, and the most far-right politician to do so since fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, Meloni told her cheering supporters that despite her electoral …
Venice Critics’ Week, the Venice Film Festival sidebar dedicated to first-time filmmakers, unveiled the selection of seven competition features and two out-of-competition titles for its 39th edition, which runs Aug. 28-Sept. 7. Among the more timely entries is Homegrown from U.S. director Michael Premo. The documentary follows three far-right activists as they campaign for Donald …
The 81st Venice International Film Festival has announced the opening night films for its Horizons and Horizons Extra competition sections. Nonostante, the second feature from Italian director Valerio Mastandrea (2018’s Ride) will open the Horizons competition section on August 28. The Horizons Extra competition section will kick off on August 29 with September 5, Tim …
The Giornate Degli Autori, simply known as Venice Days, has unveiled its 2024 lineup. The independently run event, which takes place alongside the Venice Film Festival, will this year follow a theme of creatures “poised over an abyss, walking a tightrope”. “To reach the other side, or else to escape from something behind them, or …
Say his name. The 81st Venice International Film Festival will kick off this year with the world premiere of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton‘s hotly-anticipated sequel to his 1988 comedy-horror hit. The film will have its world premiere in Venice on August 28, screening out of competition. Beetlejuice alums Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara …