Venice Film Festival
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Recession and poverty seep into Venice Film Festival
Poverty, and the effects of the economic crash on people and society, as well as the film industry, were themes at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
South Korean film wins Venice as Hoffman, Phoenix honoured
Pieta, an ultra-violent story of a loan shark confronted by a woman claiming to be his mother, has won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival.
Madonna’s love story debuts at Venice fest
Directed by the singer, <i>WE</i> is a sympathetic portrait of star-crossed lovers Edward VII and Mrs Simpson.
Highbrow trumps Hollywood at Venice film festival
<i>Faust</i> is the final instalment in Alexander Sokurov’s series on corrupting power, and won praise for conjuring up a world of squalor and chaos.
If it’s September it must be Venice, but Europe’s film festivals face a new threat
Celebrities will grace the Lido’s red carpet this week but the magic of the world’s oldest film festival is fading.
Capitalism the villain as Moore movie hits Venice
The Venice film festival has capitalism in its sights this year, with premieres of Michael Moore’s documentary on the US economic meltdown.