Venice Film Festival
Samuel Goldwyn Takes Mads Mikkelsen Dramedy ‘The Last Viking’ for U.S.
Anders Thomas Jensen’s dark comedy reunites his 'Riders of Justice' co-stars Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas in a wild tale about trauma, identity and the Beatles.
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Shu Qi on ‘Girl,’ Her Darkly Personal Directorial Debut: “Facing Your Pain Is the Best Way to Let It Go”
The Taiwanese screen icon on why her first effort behind the camera had to be autobiographical — and what making the film taught her about family and reconciliation.
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‘Motor City’ Review: Alan Ritchson and Shailene Woodley Wade Through Cliché in Overstretched Stylistic Exercise
Ben Foster and Pablo Schreiber also star in Potsy Ponciroli’s violent crime thriller set in 1977 Detroit, which played at both the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals.
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‘Ghost Elephants’ Review: Werner Herzog Remains Our Most Intrepid Interdimensional Explorer in Beguilingly Spiritual Nature Doc
The German director follows conservationist Steve Boyes and expert trackers into the Angolan highlands in search of a possibly mythical herd of XL pachyderms.
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Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas Talk Beatles, Abba and Brotherhood in Anders Thomas Jensen’s ‘The Last Viking’
The two play very different brothers dealing with identity politics and buried trauma in the dark comedy, their sixth collaboration with the Danish director of 'Riders of Justice' and 'Men & Chicken.'
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‘Dog 51’ Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos in a Slick French Dystopian Thriller That’s Easy to Watch, and Even Easier to Forget
Gilles Lellouche co-stars in Cédric Jimenez's Venice Film Festival closer, set in a Paris of the near future.
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‘The Sun Rises on Us All’ Review: Two Terrific Actors Carry a Soul-Crushing Chinese Drama That Keeps Striking the Same Note
'People Mountain People Sea' director Cai Shangjun returns to competition in Venice with a story about two former lovers trying to move on from their dark past.
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Venice Film Festival Awards: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Wins Golden Lion
The 82nd edition of the world's oldest film festival honored the Palestine-set drama 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' and American director Benny Safdie with Silver Lions, while new work from George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Guillermo del Toro, Emma Stone and Park Chan-wook went home empty-handed.
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‘On the Road’ Review: An Extremely Tough, Incredibly Tender Story of Two Men Falling in Love on Mexico’s Deadly Highways
Diego Luna is among the producers of writer-director David Pablos' new feature, about the evolving relationship between a truck driver and a sex worker.
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‘Silent Friend’ Review: Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux Share the Spotlight With Plants in a Rich and Strange Scientific Drama
Various species of trees and flowers are among the stars of Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi’s unusual new feature, which premiered in competition in Venice.
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‘Boorman and the Devil’ Review: An Enjoyably Exhaustive Doc Chronicles the Making of ‘Exorcist II: The Heretic,’ One of Hollywood’s Most Despised Sequels
John Boorman, Linda Blair and Louise Fletcher are among the cast and crew interviewed in David Kittredge’s deep dive into a notorious flop.
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‘Elisa’ Review: An Italian Crime Drama That Asks Lots of Intriguing Questions but Delivers Dull Answers
Barabra Ronchi ('Sweet Dreams') stars in the new feature by Leonardo Di Constanzo, about a woman who murdered her own sister but can’t remember committing the crime.
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