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☆ Asylum Seekers in Italy Told to Pay to Avoid Detention
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Crispian BalmerROME (Reuters) - Asylum seekers in Italy will have to pay 4,938 euros ($5,259) to avoid detention while their request for protection is being processed, the government said on Friday, in a measure apparently aimed at deterring migrants. At present migrants to Italy who apply for asylum are free to move within the country while their application is reviewed, but the government decree published on Friday said they would have to pay a type of bail to stave off the threat of detention. "They are looking to make detention for migrants the norm, but it is hard to see how they can do that," she told Reuters. At present there are 10 repatriation centres in Italy, which have a current capacity of just 619. In 2022 Italy reviewed 52,625 asylum requests, rejecting 53.5% of them, according to official data.

Persons: Crispian Balmer ROME, Giorgia Meloni's, Anna Brambilla, Meloni, Luca Zaia, Crispian Balmer, Alex Richardson Organizations: Association, Immigration, Reuters, League Locations: Italy, Veneto, Rome, Africa, Europe

☆ Italy row over museum director fuels debate over Meloni's grip on culture
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Federico Maccioni | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MILAN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A row between the head of a prestigious museum in Turin and politicians from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing coalition has inflamed a debate over whether the government is seeking an undue grip over culture. However, Greco came under fire from right-wing parties in 2018 when he launched a promotion offering price reductions for Arabic speakers in recognition of the fact that the museum's collection came from Egypt -- the largest Arab nation. I never met a politician," he told daily La Stampa, in apparent reference to his time working in the Netherlands. Greco said he was confident there would be transparency around future appointments, but said Italian politicians needed to stop interfering. "In Italy, political interference is excessive, it ruins certain equilibriums and is a problem that has always existed," he told La Stampa.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni's, Greco, Meloni's, Andrea Crippa, Vittorio Sgarbi, La Stampa, Federico Maccioni, Crispian Balmer, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Egyptian, Italy, League, Christian, La, Meloni's, Brera, Thomson Locations: Turin, Italian, Egypt, La Stampa, Netherlands, Italy

☆ Moschino close to naming new creative director, owner says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A model presents a creation from the Moschino Fall/Winter 2023/2024 collection during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMILAN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Italy's fashion label Moschino will hire its new creative director in the next few weeks, said Massimo Ferretti, the executive chairman at Aeffe (AEF.MI), which owns the brand. Jeremy Scott stepped down as creative director last March after a decade in the role. "The new creative director will take care of the new collection," Ferretti said on Wednesday, speaking on the sidelines of an Alberta Ferretti fashion show. Aeffe also owns the Alberta Ferretti, Philosophy by Lorenzo Serafini and Pollini brands.

Persons: Alessandro Garofalo, Massimo Ferretti, Jeremy Scott, Ferretti, Alberta Ferretti, Aeffe, Lorenzo Serafini, Elisa Anzolin, Crispian Balmer Organizations: REUTERS, Alberta, Thomson Locations: Milan, Italy, Aeffe, Alberta

☆ Italy to pass tougher measures to deter migrant arrivals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Angelo Amante | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] A man disembarked from Guardia di Finanza vessel is taken away on a stretcher after being rescued at sea, on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, September 18, 2023. Under Italian law, migrants facing repatriation can be held if they cannot be immediately expelled. More than 127,000 migrants have arrived in Italy so far this year, according to government data, almost double the figure for the same period of 2022. Officials say a majority of migrants head to Italy for economic reasons and are therefore not eligible for asylum. ($1 = 0.9379 euros)Reporting by Angelo Amante; Editing by Crispian Balmer and Christina FincherOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Yara, Giorgia Meloni, Meloni, Ursula von der Leyen, Von der Leyen, Angelo Amante, Crispian Balmer, Christina Fincher Organizations: Guardia, REUTERS, Rights, European, Thomson Locations: Guardia di, Lampedusa, Italy, Rome, Brussels

☆ Italy to Pass Tougher Measures to Deter Migrant Arrivals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Angelo AmanteROME (Reuters) - The Italian government, struggling with a surge in migrant arrivals, will pass measures on Monday to lengthen the time migrants can be held and to ensure more people who have no right to stay are repatriated, officials said. Under Italian law, migrants facing repatriation can be held if they cannot be immediately expelled. More than 127,000 migrants have arrived in Italy so far this year, according to government data, almost double the figure for the same period of 2022. Officials say a majority of migrants head to Italy for economic reasons and are therefore not eligible for asylum. As part of the package, it set aside around 20 million euros ($21.32 million) over two years.

Persons: Angelo Amante ROME, Giorgia Meloni, Meloni, Ursula von der Leyen, Von der Leyen, Angelo Amante, Crispian Balmer, Christina Fincher Organizations: European Locations: Lampedusa, Italy, Rome, Brussels

☆ Wild comedy 'Poor Things' wins top prize at Venice Festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/8] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Awards Ceremony - Venice, Italy, September 9, 2023. Director Yorgos Lanthimos poses with Golden Lion Award for Best Film for the movie 'Poor Things'. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane Acquire Licensing RightsSummary Oscar favourites regularly emerge from VeniceActors strike loomed large over festivalTop actors' awards go to U.S. starsVENICE, Sept 9 (Reuters) - "Poor Things", a gothic, sex-charged comedy directed by Greece's Yorgos Lanthimos, won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. The runner-up Silver Lion award went to "Evil Does Not Exist", an enigmatic, rural drama directed by Japan's Ryusuke Hamaguchi -- the only Asian entry among the 23 films competing for the main prize. Collecting his award, Sarsgaard said AI had to be curbed, warning that the issue had implications that went far beyond Hollywood.

Persons: Yorgos, Guglielmo Mangiapane, Greece's Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Bella Baxter, Spaeny, Elvis Presley, Priscilla, Peter Sarsgaard, Japan's Ryusuke, Sarsgaard, Poland's Agnieszka Holland, Italy's Matteo Garrone, Seydou Sarr, Guillermo Calderon, Pablo Larrain, Conde, General Augusto Pinochet, Crispian Balmer, Roberto Mignucci, Clelia Organizations: REUTERS, Venice Actors, Golden Lion, Lion, ACTION, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, U.S, VENICE, British, Hollywood, Polish, Belarus, Senegal, Africa, Europe

☆ Actors' strike stalks Venice film festival from start to end
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Actors went on strike in July, joining writers who had walked off the job in May, to demand that streaming sites and film studios improve their contracts and impose curbs on the use of artificial intelligence. SOLIDARITYVenice's artistic director Alberto Barbera had predicted that the actors of just three of the 23 films in competition would not be able to come to the festival because of the strike. No official reason was given, but one festival insider said she believed it was out of solidarity. Without their actors, the directors did most of the talking and were regularly quizzed about the dispute. Some of the actors who did make it to the festival wore T-shirts promoting the strike, as did the president of the main jury, Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle.

Persons: Oscar, Jessica Chastain, Chastain, AFTRA, " Chastain, Alberto Barbera, Emma Stone, Michael Fassbender, Bradley Cooper, Maestro, Lea Seydoux, Penelope Cruz, Liam Neeson, Ava DuVernay's, I'm, Sofia Coppola, Priscilla, Wes Anderson, Henry Sugar, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Damien Chazelle, it's, Hanna Rantala, Alison Williams Organizations: Hollywood, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Thomson Locations: Venice, VENICE, Hollywood

☆ Transgender film looks to win hearts and minds in conservative Poland
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Gosia Wojtunik | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Premiere for the film "Kobieta Z..." (Woman Of) in competition - Red Carpet - Venice, Italy, September 8, 2023 - Directors Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert pose with Agnieszka Holland, director of "Zielona Granica" (Green Border). REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane Acquire Licensing RightsVENICE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The makers of "Woman Of", which follows a man transitioning to a woman in socially conservative Poland, hope their film will help ease deep-rooted prejudices in the Roman Catholic nation. Critics have accused the party of fanning anti-LGBTQ sentiment, but Szumowska said she wanted "Woman Of" to change the debate around transgender issues. What we've been trying to do, we've been trying to unite," Szumowska told Reuters TV. "Woman Of" is one of 23 films competing for Venice's Golden Lion award which will be announced on Saturday.

Persons: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert, Agnieszka Holland, Guglielmo Mangiapane, Szumowska, we've, We've, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Malgorzata Hajewska, Alan Charlish, Crispian Balmer, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: REUTERS, Roman Catholic, Law and Justice, Reuters, Venice's, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, Zielona, Poland, Roman

☆ Migrants not just numbers, Italian director says in Venice film
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

VENICE, Sept 7 (Reuters) - With migrant arrivals once again surging in Italy, director Matteo Garrone has brought a film to Venice showing the perilous journey from Africa to Europe through the eyes of two naive, but plucky Senegalese teenagers. "In these years we have got used to the idea that they are only numbers and we forget that behind these numbers there are people, there are families, there are dreams, there are souls," Garrone told Reuters following the premiere of "Me Captain". "(The film) was born out the idea of wanting to change the point of view," said Garrone, whose previous movies include the crime dramas "Gomorrah" and "Dogman". Almost 115,300 boat migrants have reached Italy so far this year against 61,870 at the same point in 2022. "Me Captain" is the second film tackling the theme of immigration at this year's Venice Film Festival, following "Green Border", which depicted the nightmares awaiting migrants at the crossing between Poland and Belarus.

Persons: Matteo Garrone, Garrone, Seydou Sarr, Crispian Balmer, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Reuters, United Nations, Golden Lion, Thomson Locations: VENICE, Italy, Venice, Africa, Europe, Libya, France, Senegal, Morocco, Poland, Belarus

☆ Ryuichi Sakamoto's last performance captured by son in Venice 'Opus'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The pared-back performance, featuring just Sakamoto and his piano, was captured by his son, Neo Sora, and turned into a concert film "Opus" which is screening at the Venice Film Festival some six months after the 71-year-old composer died. But he still wanted to make sure to leave something before he couldn't play any longer," Sora told Reuters in Venice following the film's world premiere. Filmed in black and white, "Opus" focuses on the physicality of Sakamoto's performance. And I think especially for fans who know that song really well, that must be really touching," said Sora. I think he would be really proud and happy that this film is here."

Persons: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sakamoto, Neo Sora, Sora, Oscar, Lawrence, Bill Kirstein, Crispian Balmer, Josie Kao Organizations: Venice Film, Reuters, Thomson Locations: VENICE, Japanese, Tokyo, Venice

☆ Ava DuVernay makes history with Venice premiere of 'Origin'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

VENICE, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Award-winning director Ava DuVernay on Wednesday became the first African American woman to present a movie in competition at the Venice Film Festival, overcoming sceptics who had tried to talk her out of applying. "I can't tell you how many times I have been told: 'Don't apply for Venice, you won't get in'. Something happened that hadn't happened in eight decades before, an African American women in competition." DuVernay said it would have been impossible to put together such a cast with a studio in charge. "Origin" is one of 23 movie competing for the coveted Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, which ends on Sept. 9.

Persons: Ava DuVernay, sceptics, DuVernay, Isabel Wilkerson, Jim Crow, Wilkerson, Suraj Yengde, Selma, Martin Luther King's, Aunjanue Ellis, Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Crispian Balmer, Nick Macfie Organizations: Venice Film, Blacks, Golden, Thomson Locations: VENICE, American, Venice, African American, Nazi Germany, United States, India, Indian

☆ Harrowing migrant drama puts spotlight on Europe border cruelty
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Premiere for the film "Zielona Granica" (Green Border) in competition - Red Carpet - Venice, Italy, September 5, 2023. "Green Border", which premieres at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday, tells the story of refugees, charity workers, activists and border guards, whose lives intersect in the cold, swampy forests between the two east European countries. Migrants started flocking to the border in 2021, after Belarus, a close Russian ally, opened travel agencies in the Middle East offering a new unofficial route into Europe - a move the European Union said was designed to create a crisis. "If we go further on this road ... the European Union, Europe, the continent of freedom, democracy (and) human rights will disappear. "Green Border" is one of 23 movies competing for the Golden Lion award at the Venice festival, which runs until Sept. 9.

Persons: Jalal Altawil, Dalia Naous, Mohamad Al Rashi, Maja Ostaszewska, Agnieszka Holland, Behi Djanati Atai, Tomasz Wlosok, Marcin Wierzchoslawski, Fred, Holland, Crispian Balmer, Nick Macfie Organizations: Migrants, European Union, Nazi Holocaust, Golden, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, VENICE, Polish, Belarus, Russian, Europe, Poland, Syria, Afghanistan, Holland, East, Africa, Ukraine

☆ Woody Allen hails 'very lucky life' as he presents 50th film
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

VENICE, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. director Woody Allen presented his 50th film to the Venice Film Festival on Monday, telling reporters he had had a "very, very lucky life", making no reference to the scandals that have dogged his latter years. "I had two loving parents, I have good friends, I have a wonderful wife and marriage, two children. In a separate interview to Variety on the sidelines of the film festival, Allen said he supported the #MeToo movement, which has brought intense focus to sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry. If you watch a Japanese film, you can tell if the acting is good, realistic and natural, or if it dramatic and silly and too exaggerated. "If some foolish person agrees to that, then I will make the film in New York," he said.

Persons: Woody Allen, Oscar, Annie Hall, Yi Previn, Mia Farrow, Dylan Farrow, Allen, it's, DEATH Allen, Crispian Balmer, Alison Williams Organizations: Venice, Hollywood, Variety, DEATH, Thomson Locations: VENICE, Venice, European, New York

☆ Japan's Hamaguchi revives himself with dark nature film
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Premiere for the film "Evil Does Not Exist" in competition - Red Carpet - Venice, Italy, September 4, 2023 - Satoshi Takata, Ryuji Kosaka, Hitoshi Omika, Ayaka Shibutani, Ryo Nishikawa, Eiko Ishibashi, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Yoshio Kitagawa pose. Hamaguchi won an Oscar for best international film with "Drive My Car" in 2022 and took the Grand Jury Prize at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival with his romantic drama "Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy", significantly boosting his international profile. I think that's why I made this film," Hamaguchi told Reuters ahead of the screening of "Evil Does Not Exist". "Where the title came from is really me watching and observing nature," said Hamaguchi. But that's not really the message of the film and I don't think anyone watching the film will think that evil does not exist," he said.

Persons: Satoshi Takata, Ryuji Kosaka, Hitoshi Omika, Ayaka Shibutani, Ryo Nishikawa, Eiko, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Yoshio Kitagawa, Yara, Hamaguchi, that's, Crispian Balmer, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, Tokyo

☆ Elvis was 'the love of my life', Priscilla tells Venice
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

VENICE, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Elvis Presley's former wife Priscilla said the legendary rock star had been the love of her life, despite eventually leaving him, as a film about their turbulent relationship hit the Venice Film Festival. "Priscilla", directed by Sofia Coppola, is based on her 1985 autobiography, "Elvis and Me", depicting her roller-coaster life with one of the most famous figures of the 20th century. He was the love of my life, but it was the lifestyle that was so difficult for me," Priscilla told reporters in Venice ahead of the world premiere of the movie, which stars Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi. Priscilla Beaulieu met Elvis Presley in 1959 when she was just 14 and he was deeply homesick, stationed with the U.S. army in West Germany. "Priscilla" is one of 23 movies competing for the Golden Lion award at the Venice festival, which runs until Sept. 9.

Persons: Elvis Presley's, Priscilla, Sofia Coppola, Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Priscilla Beaulieu, Elvis Presley, Elvis, Lisa Marie, Sophia, Coppola, Spaeny, Crispian Balmer, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Venice Film, U.S, Golden, Thomson Locations: VENICE, Venice, West Germany, Germany, United States, Memphis, U.S

☆ Eighty years on, Italian victims of Nazi crimes finally to get compensation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

A study funded by the German government and published in 2016 estimated that 22,000 Italians were victims of Nazi war crimes, including up to 8,000 Jews deported to death camps. However, it did not offer reparations for war crimes. "They didn't look at war crimes and this was a mistake. In 1994, a cupboard was found in the offices of Rome's military prosecutors packed with files documenting hundreds of war crimes that had never been prosecuted. In 2012, the International Court of Justice backed Berlin, but Italian courts continued to hear compensation cases, saying no limit could be imposed on war crimes.

Persons: Crispian Balmer, Mauro Petrarca, Domenico Lancellotta, Giulio Disegni, Lucio Olivieri, Petrarca, Mario Draghi, Disegni, Fornelli, Giovanni Tedeschi, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Nazis, International Court of Justice, Union of Italian Jewish, Allied, Rome, Nazi, Berlin, PRIDE, Italian Treasury, Reuters, Treasury, Thomson Locations: Fornelli, Molise, Italy, Germany, Berlin, Rome

☆ Israeli-Iranian movie filmed undercover to avoid suspicion
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Premiere for the film "Maestro" in competition - Red Carpet - Venice, Italy, September 2, 2023. "Tatami", a tense thriller centred on a world judo championship, got its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival at the weekend, receiving a standing ovation. Amir Ebrahimi and Nattiv shot the movie in Georgia, a country Iranians can easily visit. Nattiv revealed he had helped Amir Ebrahimi pay a clandestine visit to Israel, something that Tehran absolutely forbids for its citizens. We could be from the same nation, the same family, we are the same," said Amir Ebrahimi.

Persons: Damien Chazelle, Gabriele Mainetti, Jane Campion, Laura Poitras, Saleh Bakri, Martin McDonagh, Mia Hansen, Santiago Mitre, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Guy Nattiv, Arienne Mandi, Amir Ebrahimi, Nattiv, Golda, Israel, Crispian Balmer, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Reuters, International Judo Federation, Cannes, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, VENICE, Tehran, Iranian, Georgia, Iran, Israel

☆ Polanski film 'The Palace' can't find distributors in US, Britain or France, producer says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Photocall for the film "The Palace" out of competition - Venice, Italy, September 2, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi Acquire Licensing RightsVENICE, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The producer of Roman Polanski's latest movie, "The Palace", bemoaned the fact that no one wanted the distribution rights for the film in the United States, Britain and France, saying morality should not weigh on art. One of the most successful directors of his generation, Polanski fled the United States over a conviction for raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977, a crime he admitted. After the #MeToo movement gained global traction in 2017 following sexual abuse allegations against U.S. film producer Harvey Weinstein, a number of women alleged that Polanski had sexually assaulted them as teenagers as well. The producer Luca Barbareschi said he had sold distribution rights across continental Europe, but not in France, Britain or the United States, despite the fact well-known actors from all three countries appeared in the film.

Persons: Milan Peschel, Fortunato Cerlino, Fanny Ardant, Luca Barbareschi, Oliver Masucci, Joaquim de Almeida, Yara, Roman, Polanski, Harvey Weinstein, Mickey Rourke, John Cleese, Joaquim De Almeida, Barbareschi, Polanski's, Polanksi, Crispian Balmer, Ros Russell Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Venice Film, Netflix, Golden, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, United States, Britain, France, Polish, Swiss, Europe, Australia, New Zealand

☆ Emotional Tony Leung wins lifetime award at Venice
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Award Ceremony for Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement - Venice, Italy September 2, 2023. Actor Tony Leung Chiu-Wai reacts as he receives the Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane Acquire Licensing RightsVENICE, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai received a Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, brushing away his tears as he was given a prolonged standing ovation. He also appeared in a trio of movies that won the top Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival -- "A City of Sadness" (1989), "Cyclo" (1995) and "Lust, Caution" (2007), directed by Ang Lee, who handed him his award on Saturday. In another major challenge, Leung said he was about to make his first European film, "Silent Friend", directed by Hungary's Ildikó Enyedi.

Persons: Tony Leung Chiu, Wai, Guglielmo Mangiapane, Leung, Wong Kar, Ang Lee, Andy Lau, Lau, Hungary's Ildikó, I'm, Hanna Rantala, Crispian Balmer, Ros Russell Organizations: Reuters, Golden, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, Hong Kong

REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Acquire Licensing RightsVENICE, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The make-up artist for Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein biopic "Maestro" apologised on Saturday for offending people by giving the lead character a prosthetic nose, but said he only wanted authenticity. When the first trailer of the film surfaced last month, some critics complained that the nose pandered to Jewish stereotypes. Bernstein died in 1990 but his adult children have defended the make-up in the film, saying their father had had a "nice, big nose". But his make-up designer Kazu Hiro met the press and said he was surprised by the nose criticism. It is one of 23 movies competing for the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, which runs until Sept. 9.

Persons: Bradley Cooper, Mario Anzuoni, Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein, Maestro, Bernstein, Cooper, Kazu Hiro, Lenny, Hiro, Jamie, Carey Mulligan, Jamie Bernstein, Mike Davidson, Crispian Balmer, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Guardians, REUTERS, Netflix, Hollywood, Golden, Venice Film, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, United States, Venice, British

☆ 'Why is there no sex in movies anymore?' asks Yorgos Lanthimos
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Premiere for the film "Poor Things" in competition - Red Carpet - Venice, Italy, September 1, 2023 - Director Yorgos Lanthimos poses. The picture was made by Yorgos Lanthimos and stars Emma Stone as Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life after committing suicide in Victorian London. So you can understand that there is a shorthand," Lanthimos said, adding this meant the actor understood why the myriad sex scenes were needed. Stone also produced "Poor Things", which meant she was involved in the decision-making from the word go. "Poor Things" is one of 23 movies competing for the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, which runs until Sept. 9.

Persons: Yorgos Lanthimos, Yara, Emma Stone, Bella Baxter, Mark Ruffalo, Stone, Lanthimos, Emma, Alasdair Gray, Elle McAlpine, it's Bella, Mike Davidson, Crispian Balmer, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Hollywood, Golden Lion, Venice Film, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, Victorian London, Paris

☆ Venice shows small films can make it, Danish director says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Malgorzata Wojtunik | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

VENICE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The warm reception given to Danish film "The Promised Land" at the Venice Film Festival on Friday showed that small-budget, independent films can flourish as a strike brings much of Hollywood to a standstill, its director said. You don't have to do the studio system," director Nikolaj Arcel told Reuters. "Obviously as a writer, director, I'm in full support of the strike, and I really hope they will get everything they want," Arcel said. So it was it was it was quite a joyful experience to do this film," Arcel said. "The Promised Land" is one of 23 movies competing for the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, which runs until Sept. 9.

Persons: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Arcel, Arcel, Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Mikkelsen, Crispian Balmer, Alison Williams Organizations: Reuters, U.S ., Golden Lion, Venice Film, Thomson Locations: VENICE, Danish, Venice, Hollywood, Jutland

☆ Roald Dahl shouldn't be touched, director Wes Anderson tells Venice
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker 2023 Award - Venice, Italy, September 1, 2023 - Director Wes Anderson receives the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker 2023 Award. I would say, no," he told reporters at the Venice Film Festival. He's dead," said Anderson, who has had a busy year having just presented his last film "Asteroid City" at the Cannes Film Festival. "Henry Sugar" is the second Dahl book that Anderson has brought to the screen, following his hugely successful 2009 stop-motion animated movie "Fantastic Mr. Fox". It will show on the streamer Netflix, which bought the rights in 2021 to adapt Roald Dahl stories.

Persons: Wes Anderson, Yara, Roald Dahl, Henry Sugar, Puffin, Anderson, I'm, Renoir, Dahl, Fox, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Friend, Hanna Rantala, Crispian Balmer, Alison Williams Organizations: Cartier, REUTERS, Venice Film, Cannes Film, Netflix, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, U.S, British

☆ Adam Driver not allowed to drive a Ferrari in his 'Ferrari' film
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

VENICE, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Adam Driver, star of the latest film to hit Venice, "Ferrari", revealed on Thursday that he wasn't allowed to drive any of the eponymous race cars that feature in a biopic of famed Italian carmaker Enzo Ferrari. "They were the scariest things on set, but they wouldn't let me drive the cars for insurance reasons," Driver told reporters. Directed by veteran filmmaker Michael Mann, "Ferrari" features adrenalin-fuelled sequences of the red sports cars competing in the legendary Mille Miglia road race across Italy that often proved fatal for drivers and onlookers alike. While Driver was not allowed in a Ferrari, one of his co-stars, U.S. actor Patrick Dempsey, did take the wheel of exact replicas of the iconic, open-topped cars, which offered no protection to the exposed drivers. "Ferrari" is one of 23 movies competing for the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, which runs until Sept. 9.

Persons: Adam Driver, Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari, Driver, Michael Mann, Patrick Dempsey, Dempsey, Mann, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Crispian Balmer, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: VENICE, Maserati, Golden Lion, Venice Film, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italian, Mille, Italy

☆ Luc Besson makes emotional return to Venice with 'Dogman' movie
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ROME, Aug 31 (Reuters) - An emotional Luc Besson brought his latest film "Dogman" to the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, returning to the limelight two months after France's top appeals court rejected a request to reopen a rape claim against him. Besson had always denied the accusation, which had threatened to turn him into a pariah in the movie industry, and he did not mention the case as he spoke to reporters ahead of the Venice premiere. When you have both you're lucky," said the French filmmaker, who was applauded by many of the journalists. You just have to work and work and keep what's good and work on what's not good and work on it again." "Dogman" is one of 23 movies competing for the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, which runs until Sept. 9.

Persons: Luc Besson, Besson, Caleb Landry, Jones, Jojo T, Gibbs, Virginie Besson, Silla, Nikita, Lucy, Teresa, Crispian Balmer, Mark Potter Organizations: Venice, Landry, Golden Lion, Venice Film, Thomson Locations: Venice, France

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