With its timeless beauty and romantic yet mysterious atmosphere, Venice has been the backdrop for many a film. All the more ...

Beginning in 1486, during the Renaissance, we see Venice and Murano from plague to plague (and quarantine to quarantine). We ...

Georgian filmmaker Rusudan Glurjidze, whose anti-Putin drama “The Antique” (pictured) was nearly blocked from world premiering at the Venice Film Festival, is set to make her English-language ...

Oscar-winning Fabula and Venice Critics' Week winner Tana Gilbert develop true-crime series on 2016 femicide case spanning ...

VENICE, Italy, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The 81st Venice Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday on Lido Island in Venice, Italy, showcasing 21 films competing for the prestigious Golden Lion award.

Venice was the first true movie star. Travel back to 1896, and pioneers the Lumière brothers had newly dazzled Paris with the world’s first film show: scenes of daily life, shot with a ...

It’s billed as an Agatha Christie movie, but Christie fans may be the last people who’ll respond to A Haunting in Venice. Kenneth Branagh’s third director/star outing as detective Hercule ...

The Commander, which opened the Venice Film Festival last year, tells the true story of an Italian submarine commander who ...

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It caused ripples of confusion among tourists and anger among locals, but the Venice entry fee for day-trippers is here to stay. The city authorities announced on October 24 their plans for the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Notebook It may not be as big or run as long as its visual arts sibling, but the Music Biennale includes a wealth of commissions and premieres. St. Mark’s ...

Tilda Swinton (left) plays a woman with cervical cancer who wants to end her own life with a companion (Julianne Moore) by her side Pro-euthanasia film The Room Next Door has won the Venice Film ...