Nicole Kidman has shared that her mother, Janelle Ann Kidman, has died. She was 84. The actress, 57, had to leave the Venice Film Festival early on Saturday before accepting her best actress win for her new film “Babygirl” due to the devastating news. Halina Reijn, the director of the erotic thriller, accepted the award … Read more
Meanwhile, the Georgian filmmaker Déa Kulumbegashvili, whose breakout film April—a sideways take on the conventional abortion drama narrative—received glowing reviews from critics, and was awarded a special jury prize. Finally, Brady Corbet received the best director prize for his breakout festival hit The Brutalist, which was widely predicted to take home the Golden Lion ahead … Read more
If there is anyone on this planet who is innately cool, it’s Isabelle Huppert. At 71, the French actor never fails to hit the right note on the red carpet—just see her recent appearance at the Venice Film Festival. Ahead of a screening of Queer, she arrived wearing a show-stopping embellished dress and beret, and … Read more
We can talk all day about Taylor Russell’s roster of show-stopping Venice Film Festival outfits or Raffey Cassidy’s newly minted fashion darling status, but allow me to raise you Pedro Almodóvar as a style star to watch. The Spanish director hit the Italian festival this week to promote his latest film, The Room Next Door, … Read more
Last night, during the final days of the Venice Film Festival, a steady stream of water taxis were quietly making their way into the Marina Militare in the city’s historic Arsenale shipbuilding docks, whose towering brick walls seemed to shimmer thanks to dramatic projections of rippling water across every surface. Atop one wall sat an … Read more
During the Venice Film Festival, most of the visitors you’ll see traveling to and from the city’s Lido island are the thousands of film industry and media types—red lanyards around their necks—descending to watch the latest films from the world’s greatest auteurs. Last night, however, an altogether more glamorous crowd descended on the Giovanni Nicelli … Read more
Ingrid protests, but eventually relents—she understands her duty to her friend, but she’s also aware of the stakes, which include potential criminal charges if the police become aware of her prior knowledge of Martha’s intentions. They travel up, but then immediately have to return to New York when Martha misplaces the pill—in a heart-pumping sequence … Read more
Tilda Swinton was the guest of honor at Chanel dinner’s last night in Venice, held at Harry’s Bar, whose legendary banquettes have seen countless movie stars and jet setters gossiping and let loose over Bellinis and succulent meringata cakes. Looking ethereal in a flowing pale pink chiffon dress from the Paris Deauville collection, the actress … Read more
Emma CorrinPhoto: Charlie Clift © Cartier After witnessing an eight-minute standing ovation at the premiere of Maria the night before—a reception so rapturous that the film’s star, Angelina Jolie, was moved to tears—it was only fitting that Cartier’s celebration of this year’s Venice Film Festival was an ode to music and cinema. Friday night, at … Read more
Richard Gere thinks the script for “Pretty Woman” left a lot to be desired when it came to his character, millionaire playboy Edward Lewis. While speaking during a masterclass at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday, the leading man joked that his part in the Garry Marshall-directed picture was “almost criminally underwritten.” “It was basically … Read more
