Culture news 'Coup de Chance': Woody Allen discusses making first film in French The American filmmaker's latest production is coming to cinemas across France from 27 September. 15/09/2023
Culture news Film of the Week: 'El Conde' Out today on Netflix is Pablo Larraín’s Venice-premiering 'El Conde', a unique and cinematic political farce. It's just a shame most people won't get to see it on the big screen... 15/09/2023
Culture news Sean Penn: Oscars 'Slapgate' could have been prevented by Zelenskyy “This fucking bullshit wouldn’t have happened with Zelenskyy. Will Smith would never have left that chair to be part of stupid violence,” says Oscar winner Sean Penn in new interview. 15/09/2023
Culture news Venice 2023 round-up: Key talking points of this year's 80th edition Time for a post-mortem on this year's 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival: The highs, the lows, the main talking points and what to expect come awards season... 12/09/2023
Culture news D-Cup, A-Bomb: Barbenheimer mash-up film coming to cinemas As 'Barbie' hits streaming services today, 2023 is not done with the Barbenheimer phenomenon just yet... 12/09/2023
Culture news Award winning doc about Russia's siege of Mariupol screened at UN “We want to reaffirm our commitment to U.N. values, and that’s why we’ve chosen to show this very important documentary.” 12/09/2023
Culture news Venice Film Festival 2023: Yorgos Lanthimos’ 'Poor Things' triumphs And the winner is... 09/09/2023
Culture news The 19th CineFest International Film Festival in Miskolc, Hungary The festival is screening Hungarian premieres of award-winning international film makers as well as showcasing the talents of young Hungarians 08/09/2023
Culture news Venice 2023: Who will win the Golden Lion? Here are our predictions It's nearly awards time... Here are our predictions for tomorrow evening's ceremony. 08/09/2023
Culture news Venice 2023 review: Ava DuVernay's 'Origin' Ava DuVernay makes history this year at the Venice Film Festival by becoming the first African American woman in Competition. Her latest film, 'Origin', is an important project that would have worked better as a documentary. 07/09/2023
Culture news Venice 2023 review: Agnieszka Holland's 'Green Border' An emotionally devastating indictment of a continuing EU crisis - and one of Agnieszka Holland's best films. 06/09/2023
Culture news Venice 2023 review: Woody Allen's 'Coup de Chance' Woody Allen's possible swansong is... Good? 05/09/2023
Culture news Global box office takings make Barbie the biggest film of 2023 It’s official, Barbie is the biggest film of the year so far. As of this week, the fantastic plastic film has pipped the global box office earnings of the Super Marios Bros. Movie. 05/09/2023
Culture news Venice 2023 review: David Fincher's 'The Killer' The last time David Fincher was on the Lido, it was in 1999 for 'Fight Club' – and the initial reaction was frosty. Will 'The Killer' follow in the same footsteps, all the way to becoming a future cult classic? 04/09/2023
Culture news French actor Mathieu Kassovitz "seriously injured" in motorcycle crash Best known for directing and starring in the 1995 French classic "La Haine", Kassovitz has been injured while partaking in a motorbike training course. 04/09/2023
Culture news Venice Film Festival: Israeli-Iranian movie filmed undercover The first production co-directed by Iranian and Israeli filmmakers had to be shot in secret to prevent possible interference by Tehran, according to directors Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Guy Nattiv. 04/09/2023
Culture news Spanish actor Gabriel Guevara arrested during Venice Film Festival The arrest was confirmed by the Venice Film Festival, who states that the actor was not on the Lido for anything related to the event. 04/09/2023
Culture news Tony Leung awarded a Venice Film Festival lifetime achievement award The 61-year-old actor has appeared in three films that have won the award for best picture at Venice. 03/09/2023