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France brings Putin thriller to the screen at Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival opened on Wednesday, with Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Emma Stone among the stars walking the red carpet. France is strongly represented this year with three films in the main competition, including The Wizard of the Kremlin by Olivier Assayas, starring Jude Law as…

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Venice Film Festival 2025: Paolo Sorrentino opens star-studded proceedings with 'La Grazia'.

A galaxy of Hollywood stars are turning out for the start of the 82nd Venice Film Festival opens, with industry expectations extremely high over entries for the much coveted awards. The proceedings begin with Paolo Sorrentino's new film, La Grazia.

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Showtime For Venice Film Festival, With Monsters, Aliens, Clooney And Roberts

The Venice Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday with the return of Hollywood royalty to Italy's swanky movie showcase, where 21 films from around the globe will vie for the prestigious Golden Lion award.

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From Frankenstein to Putin, monsters are stalking the Venice film festival

Artistic director says monsters are ‘fil rouge’ this year, as Guillermo del Toro unveils his vision of Shelley’s classic

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5 great free movies to stream on Pluto TV, Plex, Samsung TV Plus and more this week (July 28)

Why pay to stream amazing films when so many are available for free? Take your pick from these amazing free movies on Plex, Samsung TV Plus and more.

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Venice Film Festival lineup features Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone and Dwayne Johnson

Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler and Idris Elba are just some of the celebrities headlining films at the Venice International Film Festival

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Netflix’s #2 movie is a ‘Trainwreck’ subscribers can’t stop watching – and I’ve picked 3 more shocking documentaries with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes to catch next

Trainwreck: Poop Cruise has become one of Netflix’s most-watched movies, and if it didn’t make you want to puke, then you should watch these three documentaries with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes next.

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‘No plans ever to retire’: why Steven Spielberg and the movie brat generation just won’t quit

Spielberg, 78, has announced he’ll keep making films till he dies – and he’s a spring chicken next to Coppola, Scorsese, Werner Herzog and Ridley Scott, all still working in their 80s. What makes directing a job for life?

The Guardian - UK

83 People Share Creepy Facts That Might Get Stuck In Your Brain Forever

Did you expect reality to be this terrifying?

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Each night, a 14-year-old tasks two actors with playing her parents. They haven’t seen the script

POV, a micro-budget show about parenthood and mental health, throws actors in the deep end with no rehearsal – and it’s luring big names

The Guardian - AU

Kate Mara's perfect collaboration with sister Rooney

Kate Mara is glad she and sister Rooney Mara waited until now to collaborate on Werner Herzog’s ‘Bucking Fastard’.

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Burden of Dreams review – on-location account of Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo is a gruelling delight

A rerelease of the documentary about the German film-maker’s operatic adventure in the Peruvian jungle is a compelling portrait of an artist obsessed

The Guardian - UK

10 essential Vietnam War movies that left a lasting impact

The Vietnam War cast a long shadow across not just one of the most fertile periods of American filmmaking, but has led filmmakers for the past half century to reckon with its complicated legacy

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Werner Herzog tells aspiring directors to work in a ‘sex club or lunatic asylum’

Talking to CBS about his ‘film school for rogues’ he advocates his students finance their work by gaining experiences outside the norm

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First Thing: Greenland PM accuses Trump of interference before visit by US delegation

Experts say US president’s expansionism is threatening rules-based global order in place since 1945. Plus, measles cases already higher than in all of 2024

The Guardian - UK

From The Simpsons to Werner Herzog: the coolest, craziest, scariest Nessies ever

Loch Ness Monster hunters have included the Chuckle Brothers – and even David Lean. As the Scottish icon is honoured in a new stamp and a stirring musical, we separate the classy from the crackpot

Total Film

Star Wars fans are sharing their favorite unbelievable canon cameos – and some of them are seriously deep-cut

Fans reflect on the pirates, zombie killers and legendary directors that appeared in the Star Wars universe

Tom’s Guide

Robert Eggers' 'Nosferatu' is full of sophistication, wit and terror

The director of 'The Witch' puts his distinctive stamp on one of the greatest vampire movies ever made.

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A bleak, exquisite "Nosferatu" for today

Robert Eggers' long-awaited passion project arrives with splendid atmosphere and a haunting performance at its core

Inverse

‘Nosferatu’ Review: Robert Eggers Takes The Gothic Horror Classic Straight To Hell

Robert Eggers’ 'Nosferatu' remake is a gruesome and depraved update on the classic of horror cinema.

The Guardian - UK

Nosferatu review – Robert Eggers’s respectful homage to a vampire horror classic

The second remake of FW Murnau’s unofficial Dracula adaptation is handsomely shot and stylised, with a forbiddingly gruesome monster, but walks the line between self-conscious and scary

The Guardian - UK

Allen Sunshine review – deft character study bathed in a sense of goodness

Debut director Harley Chamandy shows promise with a skilfully constructed portrait of a former music producer searching for simplicity and solace

The Independent UK

The 26 scariest films that aren’t horror movies, ranked

THE COUNTDOWN: Horror movies aren’t for everyone, but being scared by a film isn’t something exclusive to the genre. Greg Evans looks at 26 films that may not feature ghosts or ghouls but will still give you nightmares

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In brief: The Catchers; Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife; Every Man for Himself and God Against All – review

Xan Brooks’s second novel takes readers on a musical road trip through 1920s Appalachia; a story-packed history celebrates inspirational medieval women; and a characteristically unusual memoir from Werner Herzog

Inverse

45 Years Ago, an Infamous Director Made the Perfect Vampire Thriller

How do you improve on an already beloved and influential classic? By being Werner Herzog and swinging for the fences.

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