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Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite Gets 11-Minute Ovation at Venice

Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite lit up the screen at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday night as the Netflix action pic had its world premiere inside Sala Grande. The audience gave the nuclear disaster thriller an enthusiastic thumbs up with an extended 11-minute standing ovation. Amid chants of “bravo,” Bigelow clasped her hands […]

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Dwayne Johnson’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ Delivers TKO at Venice Premiere,

Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne Johnson as legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr, delivered a knockout punch Monday at the Venice Film Festival. The A24 film had its world premiere Monday night inside Sala Grande and the audience went wild, responding with a 15-minute standing ovation. It proved to be […]

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‘Vanilla’ Film by Mayra Hermosillo on Family, Identity: Venice Trailer

Mexico in the late 1980s. The eight-year-old Roberta watches her family of seven women fight to save their home from mounting debt. It is a struggle that will reshape how she sees herself and those around her. This is the premise of Vanilla (Vainilla), the feature directorial debut by writer-director Mayra Hermosillo, an actress you […]

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‘Waking Hours’ Film Teaser Venice: Afghan People Smugglers Doc

Waking Hours is the debut feature documentary by Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini, which will celebrate its world premiere on Thursday, Sept. 4, in the competition section of the Venice Critics’ Week (Settimana Internazionale della Critica), an independent event taking place during the Venice Film Festival. The movie from Rome-based production company Volos Films Italia, […]

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amfAR Gala Venice 2025 red carpet: Best celebrity outfits

Amidst the 2025 Venice Film Festival, amfAR hosted their annual gala on Sunday night in Italy. The special event included performances from Paris Jackson and Ava Max. Honored artist Julian Schnabel auctioned off a portrait of the winning bidder. See what celebrities including Colman Domingo, Halsey, Jesse Williams and more wore. 1 of 20 Colman […]

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Paul Dano and Jude Law’s ‘Wizard of the Kremlin’ Venice World Premiere

Olivier Assayas‘ chilling political thriller The Wizard of the Kremlin, starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin and Paul Dano as the Russian president’s master propagandist, Vadim Baranov, met a warm embrace at the 82nd Venice Film Festival on Sunday night, drawing the customary standing ovation and hoots of “bravo” inside the water city’s Sala Grande […]

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Jude Law “Learned Judo” But “Didn’t Fear Repercussions” for Playing Vladimir Putin in Venice Thriller ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’

Jude Law joked that he hopes he wasn’t naive when he “didn’t fear repercussions” for taking the part of Vladamir Putin in French director Olivier Assayas’ The Wizard of the Kremlin, a fictionalized account of the Russian president’s ruthless rise to power throughout the 1990s. The political thriller is premiering at the Venice Film Festival […]

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Kent Jones, Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee On Late Fame As Pic Charms Venice

Director Kent Jones and stars Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee touched down at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday with Late Fame. Dafoe stars as forgotten 1970s New York poet Ed Saxberger who is rediscovered by a group of well-heeled young admirers, while Lee plays Gloria, a talented but emotionally complex actress who is connected […]

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