Venice Film Festival
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‘A Bigger Splash’ Venice Review: Rocker Tilda Swinton’s World Is Rocked by Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson
Matthias Schoenaerts rounds out the cast of the drama set on a sun-baked Mediterranean island
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‘Equals’ Venice Review: Kristen Stewart Battles a Shiny Dystopia We’ve Seen Before
Director Drake Doremus’ idea of an emotion-free future feels cobbled together from “THX-1138,” “The Giver,” perfume ads and the Apple Store
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‘Janis’ Venice Review: Joplin Documentary Comes to Praise the Singer, Not Bury Her
Director Amy Berg bypasses tragedy porn in favor of vintage footage and new interviews to paint a complete picture of a singular American artist
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‘The Danish Girl’ Venice Review: Eddie Redmayne Discovers the Woman Within
The trans community gets a lush and slightly stiff prestige movie to call its own, buoyed by Redmayne and Alicia Vikander’s powerful performances
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‘Beasts of No Nation’ Venice Review: Idris Elba Creates Child Soldiers in Bold and Harrowing Drama
Writer-director Cary Fukunaga stares unblinkingly at real-life horrors, aided greatly by a powerful lead performance by young first-time actor Abraham Attah
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‘Black Mass’ Venice Review: Johnny Depp Returns to Actual Acting in Gripping True-Crime Tale
Depp’s turn as James “Whitey” Bulger anchors a film packed to the gills with star turns and real-life intrigue
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‘Spotlight’ Venice Review: Michael Keaton Exposes the Catholic Sex Abuse Conspiracy
This taut drama from Tom McCarthy ranks among the few journalistic procedurals that deserves to be mentioned alongside “All the President’s Men”
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‘Everest’ Venice Review: Jake Gyllenhaal and Company Find Some Thrills But Mostly Thin Air
Director Baltasar Kormákur’s adventure epic has breathtaking moments of peril, but too many characters make for an unsatisfying docudrama
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Netflix Sets Theatrical Dates for Cary Fukunaga’s ‘Beasts of No Nation,’ Releases First Trailer (Video)
The film starring Idris Elba will premiere on Netflix the same day it is released in 19 Landmark theatre markets
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Venice Film Festival Books Eddie Redmayne, Michael Keaton, Kristen Stewart Films
September festival mixes Hollywood stars and international auteurs with “The Danish Girl,” “Beasts of No Nation,” “Spotlight” and “A Bigger Splash”
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‘A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence’ Acquired by Magnolia
Roy Andersson’s film won the Golden Lion, the top prize from the 2014 Venice Film Festival
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Venice Film Festival Winners: Adam Driver, Joshua Oppenheimer and ‘A Pigeon’ Win Top Awards
Swedish director Roy Andersson’s “A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence” won the Golden Lion award for the Best Film at the 71st annual festival
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‘Boxtrolls’ Venice Review: A Charmless Misfire from Laika Studios
The people behind the dark and lovely “Coraline” and “Paranorman” offer up a charmless kiddie movie that’s unappealing both visually and narratively
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Venice Reviews: Al Pacino Achieves Late-Career Greatness in ‘Manglehorn’; Bogdanovich and Levinson, Not So Much
With the performances he’s gotten this year from Pacino, as well as from Nicolas Cage in “Joe,” director David Gordon Green becomes the go-to sponsor in Overactors Anonymous
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‘Birdman’ Venice Review: Michael Keaton as an Actor With Caped-Crusader Issues
Art imitating life provides just some of the fun — and the smarts — of this jazzy, unpredictable character piece
