Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch Drama ‘Ink’ Gives Venice Rollicking Start
The 83rd Venice Film Festival got off to a rousing start Wednesday evening with the warmly received world premiere of Danny Boyle’s propulsive Rupert Murdoch drama Ink from Netflix. As the lights came up inside Venice’s Sala Grande, with stars Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy seated alongside their director, the black-tie crowd rose […]
George Clooney Receives Venice Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Golden George! Hollywood icon and Lake Como resident George Clooney was the toast of the Venice Film Festival‘s opening ceremony Wednesday evening, receiving an honorary Golden Lion for lifetime achievement and a hero’s tribute that, at times, had the icon tearing up, and same for his emotional wife Amal Clooney. The prize was presented to […]
Adam Scott’s Favorite Indiana Jones Movie Revealed in New Book
Matthew Broderick picked Dog Day Afternoon, Sarah Jessica Parker went with The Way We Were. And Adam Scott? For some cockamamie reason, he chose Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Yes, the one with the chilled monkey brains. If Dave Karger’s new book, 50 Movie Nights, proves anything, it’s that Hollywood stars can be […]
Meryl Streep, Laura Poitras Join My Undesirable Friends as Exec Producers
Meryl Streep and Oscar-winning documentarian Laura Poitras (Citzenfour) have come onboard as executive producers on upcoming documentary My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile, Julia Loktev’s follow up to her acclaimed 2024 doc My Undesirable Friends: Part I – The Last Air in Moscow about independent journalists under fire in Russia. In her new documentary, […]
Danny Boyle on new film Ink in Venice Guy Pearce, Jack O’Connell
Rupert Murdoch and the world of British tabloid journalism were in the spotlight in Venice on Tuesday as Danny Boyle presented his new film Ink, which opens the 83rd Biennale Wednesday night. The film, adapted from James Graham’s stage play, depicts Murdoch’s entry into the British newspaper scene, when he acquired the then-failing tabloid The […]
Venice 2026’s Biggest Stars Might Be in the Documentaries
Some of the biggest stars at this year’s Venice Film Festival won’t be the famous faces walking the red carpet, but the wildly high-profile subjects of documentaries that range from intoxicating to grippingly urgent. From Oscar winner Alex Gibney‘s 4-hour dissection of Elon Musk and Disney’s intimate Oasis reunion movie to NAZA, the politically charged documentary […]
‘Onwards and Sideways’ Film Trailer With Laura Linney, Rhys Ifans
Onwards and Sideways stars Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans as two people with a lot in common – a great sense of humor, a love of dance, and, as just diagnosed, Parkinson’s. The movie, directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, Operation Mincemeat, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), based on a script by Paul Mayhew-Archer (The Vicar of […]
First Look: Toni Servillo Meets His Match in Mario Martone’s Venice-Bound ‘Scherzetto’
A mordant Toni Servillo may have met his match in this exclusive early image from Scherzetto, director Mario Martone’s feature adaptation of an Italian novel of the same name by author Domenico Starnone. In an inspired bit of casting, Italian screen legend Servillo stars in Scherzetto as Daniele, a renowned illustrator whose life of elegant […]
Julianne Moore to Receive Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Icon Award
Julianne Moore is set to be honored with the Golden Icon Award at the 22nd Zurich Film Festival. The U.S. actress will accept the accolade alongside Jesse Eisenberg, who directs her in his latest feature The Debut, a musical-comedy co-starring Paul Giamatti. Over a career now spanning more than three decades, Moore has worked with […]
Rory Kennedy Doc ‘The Trial of Alec Baldwin’ Acquired by Abramorama
The Trial of Alec Baldwin, a powerful verité documentary feature for which the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Rory Kennedy was granted exclusive access to the titular star in the aftermath of the 2021 accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust, has been acquired by Abramorama for a North American […]