Brendan Fraser looked back on that massive round of applause in Venice, which went viral earlier this year.

Kenneth Branagh is tackling another Agatha Christie novel, as the filmmaker will direct and star in A Haunting in Venice, a film inspired by Christie's 1969 novel titled Hallowe’en Party.

Another day, another Don't Worry Darling update.

Although Don’t Worry Darling got a long ovation at the Venice Film Festival, the movie has earned more mixed reviews.

Timothée Chalamet shows up in an all-red outfit for the premier of Bones And All at the Venice Film Festival.

So long, Joker. On Saturday, the Venice Film Festival crowned a new group of winners, including a new Golden Lion winner this year, and there's not a stitch of clown makeup to found anywhere. With Cate Blanchett leading this year's prestigious jury, the 2020 Venice Film Festival put their seal of approval on an early awards season frontrunner and a selection of international films worth keeping your eye on. [caption id="attachment_760137" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Fox Searchlight[/caption] The jurors for the 2020 Venice Film Festival main competition, led by Blanchett, included director Veronika Franz (…

In her eclectic filmography, featuring works like We Need to Talk About Kevin, Okja, and Doctor Strange, Tilda Swinton has always emanated an ethereal sense of otherworldliness, the vibe of "a compassionate alien who wants to study and communicate with humans in the best way she can." As it turns out (or perhaps this has always colored our image of her), Swinton behaves this elegantly and eccentrically offscreen, too. At the 2020 Venice Film Festival, Swinton won a Golden Lion lifetime achievement award (via Variety). And her acceptance speech is just something you need experience for yourself. [caption id="attachment_773184" …

Todd Phillips' Joker was the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival 2019. Here's what that means, and why the DC movie won.

Joaquin Phoenix's Joker movie continues its string of massively positive critical reception by taking home the famed Golden Lion award.

In a pretty shocking move, the Venice Film Festival’s top award—the Golden Lion—went to director Todd Phillips’ already polarizing DC Comics adaptation Joker. The film is loosely based on the DC villain of the same name, with the Hangover and War Dogs director crafting an original origin story about an aspiring (yet failed) stand-up comedian named Arthur Fleck. Joaquin Phoenix has drawn raves for his performance, but the first reviews out of Venice were divisive to say the least, with some going so far as to say the film itself is literally dangerous. Lest you think …

Todd Phillips' DC Comics adaptation Joker takes home the Golden Lion award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, ahead of its release in October.

Former Teen Mom, Farrah Abraham, suffers another wardrobe malfunction at the Venice Film Festival while she walks the red carpet with her daughter.

Sounds like they liked it.

Venice Film Festival Chief Alberto Barbera sings high praises for Joker, saying the film will be a definite Oscar contender this year.

Brad Pitt encounters various dangers in outer space (including, an angry monkey) in the Venice Film Festival trailer for James Gray's Ad Astra.

The origin story for the iconic villain will be screening in competition at next month's festival.

As expected, the official line-up of films for the 2019 Venice International Film Festival will include Todd Phillips' take on the Joker mythology, James Gray's star-studded Ad Astra, and the latest pic from the problematic Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski. We'll have more on the list of films in competition, as well as those appearing in other categories for the upcoming festival, so stay tuned. The competition runs from August 28th through September 7th. The 76th Venice International Film Festival is organised by La Biennale di Venezia, and will take place at Venice Lido from August 28th …

Amazon Studios has revealed the first image of Seberg star Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga), starring in the title role of the biopic that will be making an appearance in the upcoming 76th Venice International Film Festival. Seberg is inspired by true events about the French New Wave darling and Breathless star, Jean Seberg, who in the late 1960s was targeted by J. Edgar Hoover’s F.B.I., because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal. Directed by Benedict Andrews (Una) and written by Race scribes Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel, who also executive …

Todd Phillips' DC Comics adaptation Joker and James Gray's sci-fi adventure Ad Astra are among the movies headed to the 2019 Venice Film Festival.

We’re coming up on the announcements for the fall festival circuit with announcements for Venice and Toronto arriving next week. Variety reports that among the entries will be Todd Phillips’ Joker, which would make it the first big “superhero” movie to get a prime spot at a major festival. Nothing is confirmed yet, but the Venice Film Festival is set to unveil its lineup on July 25th, and Variety reports that Joker is likely to play there alongside Ad Astra, an untitled new movie from Noah Baumbach, Tom Harper’s The Aeronauts starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, David …