Joe AlwynClaudio Lavenia/Getty Images Fabulous dinners are the norm at the 81st Venice Biennale, where securing an invitation demands both the endurance of an Olympic athlete and the right connections. One of the most coveted events at this year’s edition was the intimate gathering hosted by Miuccia Prada at Ca’ Corner della Regina last night, … Read more
There are movies that get an audience hyped, and then there are 215-minute-long movies that manage to get an audience so hyped that, during the intermission, as a countdown clock ticks away to the start of the second half, everyone is loudly chanting: Five, four, three, two… one! The first half of Brady Corbet’s The … Read more
Amal Clooney is living La Dolce Vita—and she’s dressing the part. The human rights lawyer and her husband, George Clooney, arrived in Venice from their Lake Como abode, where she has been enjoying her romantic white dress collection. The pair are in town for the 81st Venice Film Festival, where George will premiere his film … Read more
Tonight sees the premiere of Gianni Amelio’s Battleground in Venice, a First World War drama described as “an unrelentingly bleak viewing experience” about “the sheer volume of human suffering” during large-scale combat. “There’s a chance,” reads the Screen Daily review, “that audiences might not wish to expose themselves to this much violent coughing…”–but it takes more … Read more
The Venice Film Festival has been giving us old-school Italian glamour since 1932—and Amal Clooney’s appearance on the red carpet at a Cartier event last night (she was in town supporting husband George’s film Wolfs) was no exception. Glam god Dimitris Giannetos was on hand for Clooney’s hair and makeup, and here shares all the … Read more
Olivia Rodrigo has officially arrived at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, although she’s dressed like she walked out of a time machine. The singer joined boyfriend Louis Partridge at the premiere of his film Disclaimer in Venice. Rodrigo kept a fairly low profile (though she and Partridge did show a touch of PDA, arriving hand-in-hand), … Read more
You never forget your first Winona Ryder film. Mine was 1988’s Beetlejuice, where a 17-year-old Ryder played the “strange but unusual” (a quote I desperately identified with as a moody teen in Texas), baby-banged Lydia Deetz. Today, Ryder walked the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival in honor of reprising her iconic role in … Read more
Winona Ryder has always been an electric screen presence. The twice-Oscar-nominated actor made her name in the 1980s and ’90s playing effortlessly cool, supremely stylish outsiders, but she was never one to be pigeonholed—just look at her subtle, mesmerizing turn as a demure bride-to-be in The Age of Innocence. Now, three decades on, she’s cooler … Read more
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Summer vacationing is officially over for Hollywood stars, as the 2024 Venice Film Festival is underway. This year, the annual film festival will screen a number of buzzy projects, including Joker: Folie à Deux, Queer, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and Babygirl, among others. Even better yet, all of the leading stars will be touching down and hitting … Read more
Who’s in the cast of Queer? Former 007 Daniel Craig, alongside Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville, and Henrique Zaga. What’s the plot of Queer? It’s set to follow an American expat who is chasing a younger man in 1940s Mexico City. When will Queer be released? There’s not yet a confirmed release date for … Read more
