Closed with a huge ceremony, consecrating the winners, the Venice Film Festival 2011 with the official jury (from Darren Aronofsky to David Byrne, Mario Martone  and Todd Haynes) has awarded  the most interesting movies and actors of the entire sections of the kermesse itself. Here the list of the winners: GOLDEN LION for Best Film:  [ Read More ]

Five years after “Bug”, inspired from Tracy Letts’ pièce for theatre, “The Exorcist” director  William Friedkin comes out in competition at the Venice Festival with “Killer Joe”, a dark comedy full of violence, unrest, perversion and characters with double identities. Friedkin has starred lots of names of today’s cinema, from Emile Hirsch to Juno Temple  [ Read More ]

King of the day, Mr. Tomas Alfredson! A piece of UK conquers today’s red carpet and conference-hall, with the spy-story “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”, by Alfredson, starring the 2011 Academy Award Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, David Thewlis, Mark Strong and Ciaran Hinds, adapted from John Le Carrè’s book. Set in the ‘70s, the  [ Read More ]

“The Ides of March”: Clooney’s best? Seduction, power and corruption: the cast interview Written and directed by George Clooney, “The Ides of March” has been screened in competition as opening movie for the 68th Venice International Film Festival, with large agreements by public and critics. The movie, based on Beau Willimon’s play Farragut North, with  [ Read More ]