#venice-film-festival

#venice-film-festival

On Sept. 9, Kardashian shared an Instagram carousel of photos from her recent trip to Italy, where she attended the Venice Film Festival with her 12-year-old daughter, North West, in tow. Of course, she showed off her best vacation 'fits, which included many new takes on her favorite naked fashion trends, from luxe crop tops to lacy looks. Kim's Suede Crop Top

The film tells the true story of Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces last year, as she and her family tried to evacuate Gaza City. It uses real audio from Rajab's hours-long call to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, in which rescuers tried to reassure her as she lay trapped in a bullet-ridden car with the bodies of her aunt, uncle and three cousins, who had all been killed by Israeli fire.

I would wait to pass judgment on that; cinema history is full of dismissive takes on festival lineups that later turned out to be filled with bangers. Anticipation can be a double-edged sword; a movie you've been dying to see will sometimes disappoint you simply for being different. All I can say is that I saw a number of pictures I loved, many of which were already on my most anticipated list, and some of which I'm sure will stand the test of time.

But the films themselves struck a different note. Jury president Alexander Payne may have rebutted questions about current affairs during his opening press conference, declaring himself concerned only with discussing cinema, but cinema at Venice this year was concerned largely, it turned out, with discussing current events. The big hits of the festival were both nailbiting ticking-clock stories directed by women that tackled real-world situations of such tragedy and magnitude that many people shy from discussing them, let alone make a movie about them.

If there's one thing Hollywood loves, it's a red carpet moment. If there's two things, it's a red carpet moment and a speedboat to get them there, which might help explain the star-studded vibe of 82nd Venice International Film Festival. The cinematic extravaganza is winding down (the annual film festival comes to a close Sept. 6) but not without delivering a week and a half of Oscar-bait arthouse flicks, multi-minute standing Os and celebs jetting down Venetian canals.

The programmers for Venice don't fall for generic documentaries shaped by anecdotes told by talking heads, leaning instead on the projects that say as much about their creators as their subjects. Ross McElwee, Lucrecia Martel, and Alexandre O. Philippe use their backgrounds, interests, and even their flaws to tell their newest stories, and all of them are worth a look. One will even break your heart.

There was no shortage of glitz and glam at the 2025 amfAR Venezia gala. The annual gala, which takes place during the Venice Film Festival, raises money for the Foundation for AIDS Research. Colman Domingo hosted the 2025 Gala on Sunday at the Arsenale, and a slew of stars from all over the world attended the benefit. Many A-list attendees, including Halsey, Laura Harrier, and Jude Law, walked the amfAR red carpet in high-fashion looks.

"The complexity of Alma as a character is pure Guadagnino, a natural fit into a cinematic body of work defined by the prospect of voracious hunger, and offers Roberts her best role since 2004's Closer." The film contains a "smart, keenly observed and undoubtedly thorny power play" in what is "an arresting psychodrama", Strong added.

Now, at the age of 92, the last of the great, glamorous movie stars of Hollywood's golden era is back in the spotlight. She is being honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Venice film festival, where a documentary about her life and career, Kim Novak's Vertigo, is premiering. For Novak, it is a tribute not just to her acting but to her lifelong refusal to be controlled and manipulated by Hollywood, or anyone else.

The convent is a pressure cooker in this fevered, energetic account of a pivotal week in the life of the young Mother Teresa, which jump-starts the Orizzonti sidebar at this year's Venice film festival. Macedonian writer-director Teona Strugar Mitevska ticks down the days from seven to one and wrings a performance of flayed, hard-bitten intensity from Noomi Rapace, who marches down the corridors with a face full of fury.