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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: The Summer is Over and Fall Film Festival Season is Beginning to Show Us Some Contenders
Well folks, we’re here. The fall film festival season is literally underway, with so much of the early speculation about to give way to analysis and reviews. Yesterday, I departed for the Telluride Film Festival, so as you read this, I’m on the ground watching movies. Once I get back from Telluride, it’s basically a […] More
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Awards Radar Community: Which Fall Film Festival Are You Partial To?
I have film festivals on the brain. After all, I’m leaving in a few days for the Telluride Film Festival. Before that, this week brings the Venice International Film Festival, which will begin right before I leave for the mountains. Once I’m back, it’s only a day or so before I’m off north to the […] More
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We’re Days Away from Festival Season Kicking Off!
Next week, both the Venice International Film Festival and the Telluride Film Festival kick off. I’ll be on the ground for Telluride, as always. The week after, the Toronto International Film Festival begins. I’ll be at TIFF as well. Then, I sleep a tiny bit, before the New York Film Festival gets underway at the […] More
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Venice Film Festival Lineup Announced!
This morning, the Venice Film Festival lineup was announced, complete with some huge titles. The 81st edition of the festival will feature in the Competition section no less than The Brutalist, Joker: Folie à Deux, Maria, Queer, and The Room Next Door. Out of Competition, movies like Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Wolfs are there. You can see the […] More
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Sigourney Weaver Will Receive An Honorary Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival is coming. While the full lineup for the 81st edition of the festival won’t be announced until July 23rd, this week brought some news. Venice has an honorary award to bestow on a very famous actress. The actress in question? None other than Sigourney Weaver. According to Variety and other sources, Weaver (interviewed here by […] More
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‘Queer,’ ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ And More Eyed to Play at Venice
Queer, Joker: Folie à Deux, and Maria are set to play at the 81st Venice Film Festival. More
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Some Movie Stars Will Be Attending the Venice Film Festival After All
The Venice Film Festival is just a few days away from kicking off. Of course, it’s getting underway in the shadow of the SAG and WGA strikes still going on. For most movies, that means their talent won’t be in attendance. However, that won’t be the case for all of them, as word has come […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: The Summer is Ending and Fall Film Festival Season is Beginning (With Cinematic Casualties)
Folks, we’re here. The fall film festival season is literally just days away. So much of the early speculation will give way to analysis and reviews of the movies in question. A couple of days from now, I depart for the Telluride Film Festival. Once I get back from that, it’s basically a 48 hour […] More
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Looking Back on Last Year’s Festival Circuit
Next week, I depart for the Telluride Film Festival. After the Sundance Film Festival having gone virtual back in January and the Tribeca Film Festival being a local fest, this is my first festival trip of the year. Then, once I return from Telluride, I’ll be departing for the Toronto International Film Festival. Then, it’ll […] More
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Julianne Moore to Preside Over the Venice Film Festival Jury
Audrey Diwan, Leila Hatami, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Rodrigo Sorogoyen are amongst the members of the jury for this year’s festival. More
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Venice Film Festival Lineup Has Been Revealed
The lineup for the 2021 Venice Film Festival has been announced and it is full of hotly anticipated works from filmmakers such as Denis Villeneuve, Edgar Wright, Ridley Scott, and Jane Campion, just to name a few. The festival is poised to be a major event this full, obviously. Today’s announcement just begins the excitement. […] More
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Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Madres Paralelas’ to Open the Venice Film Festival
It has been officially announced that Pedro Almodóvar’s latest feature Madres Paralelas will open the Venice International Film Festival. Almodóvar is no stranger to the film festival circuit, as his two previous films The Human Voice (a short film starring Tilda Swinton) and Pain and Glory (a feature film starring Antonio Banderas) both made the […] More
