2009 Venice Film Festival Archives

Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up Venice Winner, ‘Lebanon’ And ‘Get Low’

September 21, 2009 8:21 pm

Sony Pictures Classics has continued its domination of the indie, foreign prestige-circuit this year (read: Cannes films) and has picked up the U.S. rights to "Lebanon," the big winner of this year's Venice Fil...

Update: The Weinstein Company Buys Tom Ford’s ‘A Single Man’ With Oscar Hopes In Mind

Katie Walsh

September 16, 2009 11:58 am

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Fashion designer and perpetual chest hair-exposer Tom Ford has ignited a bidding war in Venice over his directorial debut, "A Single Man," starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. Adapted by Ford from a Christo...

Trailer Arrives For Oliver Stone’s Doc ‘South Of The Border’

Kevin Jagernauth

September 5, 2009 2:25 am

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The trailer has arrived for Oliver Stone's documentary "South Of The Border," and it looks like a doozy. What originally started as a documentary on Venezualan president Hugo Chavez, became a bigger look at Sou...

Todd Solondz Calls ‘Life During Wartime’ A “Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder” Film

Rodrigo Perez

September 3, 2009 4:03 pm

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Ready to be punished with the brutal black and unforgiving humor of a Todd Solondz picture?His new one, a "a quasi-sequel variation" to 1999's "Happiness" stars many of the same characters in that film (plus a ...

‘The Road,’ Herzog’s ‘Bad Lieutenant’, New Michael Moore & Todd Solondz Films Officially Added To Venice Film Fest Line-Up

Rodrigo Perez

July 30, 2009 12:18 pm

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The 66th annual Venice Film festival has been unveiled and it looks like Variety's early trade report was almost completely on-the-mark.Practically every major film they said was hoping to play at the festival ...

Reason #15 Why The 2009 Venice Film Festival Might Rule: The Herzog Vs. Ferrara Showdown?

Rodrigo Perez

July 23, 2009 2:21 pm

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OK, we already looked at the potential line-up for the 66th annual Venice Film Festival, and it looks fantastic, as it may feature the new Todd Solondz, Wes Anderson, Steven Soderbergh and Michael Moore films, ...

‘The Road,’ Werner Herzog’s ‘Bad Lieutenant’ & Todd Solondz’s ‘Forgiveness’ To Screen At The Venice Film Festival?

Simon Dang

July 23, 2009 1:33 pm

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The 2009 Venice Film Festival is scheduled to be unveiled in about a week and as usual the trades have received wind about what's probably/possibly going to be there. Our first few reactions: 1.) Wow 2.) Can so...

First Look: Wes Anderson’s ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’

Rodrigo Perez

July 10, 2009 4:23 pm

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Here's your first look at the animated foxes and characters of Wes Anderson's upcoming live-action animated film, "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," which stars the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzm...

Will Wes Anderson’s ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ Debut At The Venice Film Festival?

Rodrigo Perez

July 7, 2009 8:08 pm

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As we noted in one of our fall film predix pieces, Wes Anderson's fifth feature "The Darjeeling Limited" went to the Venice film festival instead of the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007, but that's p...

More Fall Film Festival Speculation/Predix: Venice, Telluride & NYFF

Rodrigo Perez

July 1, 2009 5:32 pm

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Alright, we already made our 2009 Toronto International Film Festival predix and then people asked, what about "The Informant," what about "The Road" or "Where The Wild Things Are"? The truth of the matter is T...

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