Venice Film Festival
Roman Polanski’s Dreyfus Film, Seen As Defense Against Rape Conviction, Wins Venice Award
Polanski has drawn parallels between his case and that of Dreyfus, whose wrongful conviction for treason became a flashpoint of French anti-Semitism.
The Venice International Film Festival Opens Tonight. Here’s What To Expect.
The Venice International Film Festival starts today and runs through September 8. And of course, Jewish directors are bringing their A-game.
What Should We Expect From Errol Morris’s Steve Bannon Documentary?
The details are salaciously short.
Israeli Anti-War Movie Wins Venice Film Prize, Criticized By Culture Minister
“If I criticize the place I live, I do it because I worry,” the director said. “I do it because I want to protect it. I do it from love.”
Israeli Films at Venice Festival Depict Wide Divide Between Jews and Arabs
In Amos Gitai’s film “Ana Arabia”, premiered in Venice this week, a Palestinian whose late wife was an Auschwitz survivor and Muslim convert treks to Arab cities to find a dentist instead of one five minutes away in Tel Aviv.
'Exorcist' Director To Be Honored in Venice
William Friedkin, the U.S. film director who scared up a fright with “The Exorcist” and set pulses racing with thriller “The French Connection” in the 1970s, will get a lifetime achievement award from the Venice Film Festival, organizers said on Thursday.
Israeli Artist Takes Venice Film Festival Award
A movie combining a sexual fetish with elements of Jewish folklore and Israeli foreign policy has won a prize at one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals.
How Dustin Hoffman Rescues a Movie About Marriage and Misery
If “Barney’s Version” does one thing really well, it’s recreate the blithe comic tone of the Mordecai Richler novel on which it is based.