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Venice Film Festival 2023: forget the strikes, this festival thrives on the frisson of controversy

As the festival turns 80, it may be short on American A-listers, but there’s still a buzz

Evening Standard

‘We knew we would face insults’: Venice film festival’s Alberto Barbera on including Polanski and Allen

The artistic director discusses the US actors’ strike, reviving Venice, and this year’s controversial lineup

The Guardian - UK

I Rewatched Annie Hall, And I'm So Conflicted About What Was Once One Of My Favorite Movies

I recently watched Annie Hall for the first time in quite some time, and I must say I am a little conflicted about about the Woody Allen classic.

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‘Barbie’ haters remind me of my big Hollywood pet peeve: Anti-Kens

The most superficial beef I have with directors who are not Greta Gerwig: The pairing of schlubby or awkwardly dorky men — think Woody Allen — with conventionally attractive women.

Chicago Sun-Times

Serpico review – Al Pacino is at his intense best in classic 70s corrupt-cop thriller

Powerful story of disguise and alienation is led by the moral passion of Pacino’s countercultural whistleblower

The Guardian - UK

My 7 favorite new to Max movies you should watch in August 2023

Max has added an impressive selection of new movies this month — here are my 7 favorite new additions to the library.

Tom’s Guide

What next for Kevin Spacey? Will Hollywood welcome him back or give him the cold shoulder?

The rules about who gets back in and who doesn’t aren’t always clear

Evening Standard

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Venice to screen Polanski, Woody Allen

The three filmmakers have been accused of sexual abuse and faced several cancellation campaigns

Salon

Venice film festival picks starry films despite actors’ strike

Hollywood films vying for Golden Lion include Bradley Cooper’s Maestro and Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things, with non-competition films by Wes Anderson and Richard Linklater

The Guardian - UK

Venice Film Festival unveils A-list lineup with ‘Priscilla,’ ‘Ferrari,’ ‘Maestro’ amid strikes

Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein drama “Maestro,” Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley movie, Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” David Fincher’s “The Killer” and Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” will be making their world debuts at the Venice International Film Festival this fall

The Independent UK

Fifteen to love: the best tennis scenes in cinema – ranked!

As Wimbledon wows the crowds in London and tennis drama Challengers is set to open the Venice film festival next month, we serve up the best on-screen matches – but who has the advantage?

The Guardian - UK

Feathers review – loutish husband turns into a chicken in elegant, witty parable

Ambiguous, Kafkaesque and with a deadpan wit, Egyptian director Omar El Zohairy’s debut feature explores a woman’s place in a man’s world

The Guardian - UK

Natasha Lyonne: ‘I was my high school’s pot dealer, and then I got a Woody Allen movie’

The idiosyncratic star of ‘Russian Doll’, ‘But I’m a Cheerleader’ and ‘American Pie’ talks to Adam White about gender and sexuality, surviving addiction, and solving crimes in her new TV series

The Independent UK

Paedophiles, abusers… and selfish mothers? Why cancelling artists is only half the problem

A new book explores why we still consume art created by ‘monsters’. It’s the wrong question, says Eloise Hendy

The Independent UK

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I Think You Should Leave: the TV show so good it beats the Succession finale hands down

This impossibly hilarious Netflix sketch show’s third season is incredible. It’s so impossibly funny that the antics of the Roy family are no longer even this week’s best television

The Independent UK

Paedophiles, abusers… and selfish mothers? Why cancelling artists is only half the problem

A new book explores why we still consume art created by ‘monsters’. It’s the wrong question, says Eloise Hendy

The Independent UK

The beautiful collaboration of Nicole Holofcener and Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Nicole Holofcener found a fast friend in Julia Louis-Dreyfus a decade ago, when she cast her as a kind of alter-ego in the 2013 romantic comedy “Enough Said.”

The Conversation

Friday essay: cancellation or conflicted joy – grappling with the work of our 'art monsters'

Author Claire Dederer started off writing a book about the film director Roman Polanski. Forty-five years ago, Polanski fled the United States after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

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‘Nature is great. But when it becomes real, it’s something else’: filming The Eight Mountains

Directors Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch took to Italy’s beautiful Aosta Valley to make their transcendental movie about male friendship – but couldn’t avoid their own personal issues

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Ted Cruz faces backlash after deadly Texas mall shooting

Senator Ted Cruz ‘should advocate for gun controls rather than invoking prayer after mass shootings’. Plus, King Charles ‘moans’

The Independent UK

Diane Keaton says ‘victim culture’ is a ‘horrible shame’: ‘You gotta get over it’

The star also spoke gushingly about controversial filmmaker Woody Allen

The Independent UK

Diane Keaton defends work with Woody Allen: ‘I’m proud beyond measure’

Actor starred in multiple projects directed by the controversial filmmaker

The Guardian - UK

Cannes defends decision to pick Johnny Depp film as festival opener

Prestige slot for Jeanne de Barry, featuring Depp as Louis XV, has drawn criticism but general delegate Thierry Frémaux says it is not ‘a controversial choice’

Daily Mirror

Mia Farrow deletes tweet venting at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle amid fierce backlash

Hollywood actress Mia Farrow was forced to delete a tweet after sparking huge complaints with her comments about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

ABC News

Cate Blanchett may have missed out on her third Academy Award, but she's still one of the greatest actors of her generation

From ethereal elven queen to abusive orchestra conductor, and everything in between, our Cate has impressed in many, many roles — and she has the Oscar wins to prove it.

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