There is a moment that happens every time I am lucky enough to attend the Venice International Film Festival, just before it all begins, when overloaded screening schedules still seem perfectly doable, and deadlines are distant and abstract, almost pretty, like far-off flocks of birds. Freewheeling down the Lido (the
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Venice Film Festival: Tim Blake Nelson Gets the Lead. Someone Send Him a Tux.
VENICE — The first time Tim Blake Nelson went to the Venice Film Festival was three years ago, as one of the featured players in the western anthology “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. As Nelson soon learned, trailing those filmmakers around Venice can open
Venice Film Festival: Elena Ferrante, Olivia Colman and Resort Horror
Are we our best or worst selves when we go on vacation? Sure, these trips are taken with good intentions, but when you’re determined to relax, that determination can look an awful lot like work. Throw in bad weather, a crying child or downed hotel Wi-Fi, and sometimes you arrive
Venice, Day 1: See the Almodóvar, Free the Nipple
VENICE — Denis Villeneuve, the director of “Dune,” wanted to apologize in advance. “This will be a long answer,” he said, “because of the Champagne.” We were at the Hotel Excelsior on Wednesday night for the lavish opening-night dinner of the Venice Film Festival, where the bubbly flowed freely, guests
Cartier Joins the Sponsors of the Venice Film Festival
Along with lavish screenings of new films starring Oscar winners like Penélope Cruz and Olivia Colman, the 2021 Venice Film Festival will feature a different type of premiere: the debut of Cartier as a new main sponsor. The festival “has elegance. It has exclusivity. It has glamour,” said Arnaud Carrez, Cartier’s chief marketing