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"Lebanon," an Israeli film that recounts Israel's 1982 invasion of the Middle East country through the eyes of four soldiers in a tank, won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
Tom Ford switched from the catwalk to the red carpet on Friday, presenting his directorial debut — an intimate movie about coping with loss and grief — at the Venice Film Festival.
Prize-winning German-Turkish director Fatih Akin is turning to comedy in his latest film "Soul Kitchen," which showed at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.
Omar Sharif, whose devilishly handsome looks delighted female fans decades ago, has returned to the big screen at the Venice Film Festival Thursday in a film about an elderly man's encounter with a woman he loved in his youth.
George Clooney wants viewers to know one thing about his new movie, a comic tale of "psychic warfare" by the U.S. military: It's not a war movie.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received a movie star welcome at the Venice Film Festival, where he walked the red carpet with director Oliver Stone for the premiere of the documentary "South of the Border."
The Venice Film Festival's red carpet was festooned with balloons on Sunday to mark the lifetime achievement award for director and producer John Lasseter and his crew of Pixar directors.
German director Werner Herzog says his "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," starring Nicolas Cage as a drug-addicted homicide detective and Eva Mendes as his prostitute girlfriend, has nothing to do with Abel Ferrara's 1992 cult classic starring Harvey Keitel. He hasn't even seen it.
Hong Kong-based director Yonfan's "Prince of Tears" premieres Friday at the Venice Film Festival 20 years to the hour after Golden Lion-winner "City of Sadness," the last major film to confront a painful period of Taiwanese history known as the White Terror.
Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee play father and son on a harrowing and hopeless journey in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's devastating novel "The Road," premiering Thursday at the Venice Film Festival.
Todd Solondz assembles the same characters from 1998's "Happiness" but an entirely different cast for his latest film "Life During Wartime," premiering Thursday at the Venice Film Festival.
Giuseppe Tornatore's heartfelt tribute to his Sicilian hometown, "Baaria," could be about anyone's hometown, as long as it's the center of their universe, the director says.
Soi Cheang has distinguished himself as one of Hong Kong's top young directors by portraying apparent lowlives — and then complicating those portraits by highlighting his characters' redeeming qualities. Now his work is gaining international attention, with his new urban thriller "Accident" nominated for the top Golden Lion Prize at the Venice Film Festival competition in September.
The storied Venice Film Festival is updating its awards lineup by offering a prize for the best 3D movie of the year.
A list of the films in competition for the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice Film Festival, which will run from Sept. 2-12:
The world economic crisis hasn't dulled the glitz of the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival, which hosts a line-up rich with Hollywood heavyweights.
Organizers say this year's Venice Film Festival will open with "Baaria," a movie by Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore on his native Sicilian town.
The Venice Film Festival says it will give lifetime achievement awards this year to Disney's chief creative officer and four Pixar directors for their work in animation.
Director Ang Lee, who twice won the Venice Film Festival's prestigious Golden Lion award, will head its jury this year.
Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" has won the top award at the Venice Film Festival.
Organizers of the Venice Film Festival waited to announce "Khastegi (Tedium)" by first-time Iranian director Bahman Motamedian until the last minute to avoid alerting authorities to its sensitive subject: transsexuals in modern-day Iran.
Guillermo Arriaga's directorial debut, "The Burning Plain," opens with a wide shot of a trailer ablaze in the New Mexico desert. While the landscape appears barren and exposed, it is concealing secrets that drive the story.
Takeshi Kitano presents a portrait of an artist who sacrifices his family and nearly his own life in pursuit of art in his new film "Achilles and the Tortoise."
Of all the women Valentino has dressed in his 45-year career — from Jacqueline Kennedy to Mariella Agnelli to Gwyneth Paltrow — one red carpet moment stands out: When Julia Roberts wore a vintage black-and-white Valentino gown when she was awarded her best actress Oscar.
The Venice Film Festival opened Wednesday night with the premiere of the Coen brothers' dark comedy "Burn After Reading," giving a flash of Hollywood glamour to a festival lineup with a definite art house feel.
Sly Stallone raises eyebrows as he overdoses on hair-dye and make-up at award ceremonySylvester Stallone was obviously glowing with pride at being awarded a film-making prize today. But it was more than just the flush of success that was contributing to the Rambo star's slightly orange and frozen complexion.
Iranian artist denounces lack of freedom in filmVENICE (Reuters) - Iranian video artist Shirin Neshat has made her first feature film about women's lack of freedom and growing political involvement in 1953 Iran, but she said the story had strong parallels with the situation today.
'Wrestler' takes top honors at Venice - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety
Venice wowed by Rourke comebackA new movie starring Mickey Rourke as a professional wrestler has received a rapturous response at the Venice Film Festival
Ardant in Venice amid polemicsFrench film star Fanny Ardant arrived at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday amid continuing polemics over her recent expressions of admiration for the Red Brigades, Italy's far-left terrorist movement, and its founder.
Just like a woman: Blanchett's take on Dylan has critics raving With hair teased into the familiar bird's nest of frizz, cigarette dangling from lips or fingers and impenetrably dark shades fixed in place, Cate Blanchett's portrayal of Bob Dylan is already being tipped for Oscar success.
Hollywood Hates the Troops Part Two: "Redacted" by Brian DePalma De Palma, 66, whose "Casualties of War" in 1989 told a similar tale of abuse by American soldiers in Vietnam, makes no secret of the goal he is hoping to achieve with the film's images, all based on real material he found on the Internet.
Venice Film Festival Gives David Lynch Lifetime Achievement AwardCult movie director David Lynch has received a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival. Lynch, 60, has gained a reputation for complex films, including Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart and the cult TV series, Twin Peaks.
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