Pro-Palestine protests are at every film festival. What’s new about that?
Protests have become a ubiquitous part of daily life; perhaps we should change how we think about them
Protests have become a ubiquitous part of daily life; perhaps we should change how we think about them
The new documentary “Riefenstahl,” which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, takes a critical look at the “Triumph of the Will” filmmaker
In 'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,' artist Nan Goldin takes on the Sackler family
The moment at Venice has been likened to the Zapruder film and Keith Hernandez's 'magic loogie'
Roman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy (J’Accuse),” the director and convicted child rapist’s film about the Dreyfus affair, has won a prestigious award from the Venice Film Festival. Reviews from the festival noted that, while the film was technically accomplished, Polanski had in interviews drawn direct parallels between his own case and that of…
The Venice International Film Festival starts today and runs through September 8. And of course, Jewish directors are bringing their A-game. In competition for the famous Golden Lion award are three pictures by already-celebrated Jewish auteurs. Joel and Ethan Coen are presenting “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” a Netflix-produced Western anthology starring Tim Blake Nelson…
Details are salaciously short, but documentarian Errol Morris appears to have made a film with — of all people — Steve Bannon. We know the film, titled “American Dharma,” will debut at the Venice Film Festival and that it’s meant to be a “dialogue” — a broad description that applies many of Morris’ films —…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli film “Foxtrot” won the Silver Lion grand jury prize at the Venice Film Festival. The film is the second Venice prize for director Samuel Maoz, who won the top prize, the Golden Lion, in 2009 for his film “Lebanon.” Following the announcement of the prize on Saturday, Israeli Culture Minister…
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