83rd Venice Film Festival Opens With High-Profile Premieres and Political Themes

The Venice Film Festival opens with a Rupert Murdoch film, George Clooney and plenty of geopolitics - AP News

The Venice Film Festival opens with a Rupert Murdoch film, George Clooney and plenty of geopolitics  AP News

Venice Film Festival 2026 opens amid controversy

The 83rd edition of the event has already sparked strong criticism with low American representation, an almost complete absence of female directors in the competition and the selection of the controversial 'DAU' by Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky.

Oasis, auteurs and seven hours of Bertolucci: 12 unmissable movies from Venice film festival

A backstage peek at the reunion tour and a new film from Burning director Lee Chang-dong are among this year’s most anticipated – plus offerings from Danny Boyle, Luca Guadagnino, Martin McDonagh and more Danny Boyle’s movie, adapted by James Graham from his own play, is a primal scene of modern Britain and its agonies over class, culture and empire. Rupert Murdoch buys the Sun newspaper in 1969 and turns it into a raucous circulation powerhouse of sexist smut and Tory politics, while gloatin...

By Peter Bradshaw

Hollywood in retreat as Venice Film Festival kicks off

The Venice Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday with the glamorous cinema showcase handing George Clooney a lifetime achievement award on its opening night. But despite the American star’s presence, this year’s festival features a distinct lack of films from Hollywood, reports France 24’s film critic Emma Jones.

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Venice Chief Alberto Barbera on the Fest’s Lineup Missing Israeli Films: ‘We Have No Prejudice Against Anyone Anywhere in the World’

Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera spoke candidly Tuesday about the political pressures surrounding this year’s edition, while making clear that the fest has no intention of shying away from controversy. Speaking to Variety at the press cocktail on the Lido ahead of the 83rd edition, Barbera said it was “almost normal” that Venice […]

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Dilapidated Jaipur school where CJP workers were attacked demolished; new building soon

Party co-convener Ashutosh Ranka, who was injured in the August 21 attack said the school was functioning from a buffalo shed

Rajasthan school rebuild begins after CJP stir; ‘took protests and confrontation’, says outfit

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Venice First Look: Toni Servillo Meets His Match in Mario Martone’s ‘Scherzetto’

The Italian screen legend plays a solitary illustrator thrown into battle with his unruly five-year-old grandson in the feature adaptation of Domenico Starnone’s novel.

By Patrick Brzeski

Venice to kick off with Clooney Lion and Murdoch biopic Ink

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 2 - The 83rd Venice Film Festival will kick off Wednesday night with a Golden Lion for career achievement to George Clooney and the world premiere, in competition, of Danny Boyle's new biopic on Rupert Murdoch's buccaneering acquisition of The Sun in 1969, titled Ink. Adapted by James Graham from his 2017 stage play, Ink stars Jack O'Connell, Guy Pearce, and Claire Foy and tells the story of how the Australian magnate acquired the struggling daily paper through News UK (the...

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Venice Film Festival opens with Clooney, Boyle, geopolitics

George Clooney and Danny Boyle will help kick off the Venice Film Festival in style Wednesday on the Lido. Clooney, a festival mainstay, is receiving a lifetime achievement award,...

Venice film preview: Clooney, Oasis and Musk - Jordan Times

Venice film preview: Clooney, Oasis and Musk  Jordan Times