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Laura Poitras' portrait of artist Nan Goldin and her campaign against the Sackler pharmaceutical dynasty took the best film honor in Venice. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Laura Poitras’ ...

As our 2022 Venice Film Festival coverage wraps up, the juries have now unveiled their picks, most notably featuring Julianne Moore’s competition jury. Leading the pack is Laura Poitras’ new ...

It was a bold move for director Darren Aronofsky to return to Venice after the cold reception to Mother! at the festival in 2017. Festival crowds can be brutal especially when you are trying to play ...

After seven months jam-packed with showcases of more than 1,500 artworks by 218 artists from 58 countries, the 2022 edition of the Venice Biennale has closed. Though held amid seismic international ...

Starting with 2016’s The People vs. O.J. Simpson, depictions of misunderstood cultural figures who faced unfair treatment at the hands of a cruel public have washed over film and television. Andrew ...

Wissam Charaf's love story between two refugees living in Lebanon was voted best European film in the Venice Days sidebar. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Along with the prize, Dirty Difficult ...

We need to talk about The Son. This film is definitely a conversation starter, even more so than The Father. After winning two Oscars for his dementia drama The Father, talented French director ...