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Maggie Gyllenhaal to serve as President of Venice Film Festival 2026 jury

Maggie Gyllenhaal to serve as President of Venice Film Festival 2026 jury

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Actor and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal will preside over the main competition jury for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival later this year. Festival organisers announced the selection on Thursday. Maggie Gyllenhaal on the red carpet of the 80th Venice Film Festival on September 8, 2023 at Venice Lido. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP) (AFP) Maggie Gyllenhaal is Venice jury chair Gyllenhaal, who most recently directed The Bride!, brought her directorial debut, The Lost Daughter, to the festival in 2021. Her adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel, starring Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson, won the festival’s screenplay award that year. “Maggie Gyllenhaal embodies an artistic path of uncommon consistency, constructed over time with intelligence and courage,” festival director Alberto Barbera said in a statement. “Having her as the president of our jury means being able to rely on an authoritative and independent voice.” The jury, which will eventually be filled out with others in the international film community, is responsible for watching all the competition titles and assigning prizes, including the Golden Lion. Previous …

Movie Review: In Jim Jarmusch’s starry ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ families struggle to connect

Movie Review: In Jim Jarmusch’s starry ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ families struggle to connect

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Jim Jarmusch invites audiences into three family gatherings of adult children in his gentle tryptic “Father Mother Sister Brother.” Movie Review: In Jim Jarmusch’s starry ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ families struggle to connect Don’t worry, you won’t be resentful you’re not part of any of them, not even the one where Tom Waits plays Adam Driver’s dad. To be fair, all the groupings are pretty cool on paper. In the first chapter, siblings Jeff and Emily drive together to visit their father for the first time in a while. In the second, a mother awaits her grown daughters Tim and Lilith for their annual tea. And in the third, all that’s left of Skye and Billy’s parents are things. But these are awkward and strained hangouts, none connected to one another literally, and all in different parts of the world. Yet there are little threads throughout — Rolex watches, toasting with water, red clothing, and the idiom “bob’s your uncle,” for instance. And then there’s the more cosmically haunting realization that familiarity and closeness are …

Emmanuelle movie review: Noémie Merlant is wasted in stylish yet empty drama on female sexuality | Hollywood

Emmanuelle movie review: Noémie Merlant is wasted in stylish yet empty drama on female sexuality | Hollywood

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Emmanuelle movie review Cast: Noémie Merlant, Naomi Watts, Will Sharpe Director: Audrey Diwan Star rating: ★★ Expectations were sky-high for Audrey Diwan’s next feature after the urgent and powerful abortion drama, Happening, which claimed the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2021. None of that urgency has infused her latest offering, Emmanuelle, a shockingly empty update of the erotic French novel. (Also read: The White Lotus Season 3 review: A brutal finale caps off the show’s weakest season yet) Emmanuelle movie review: Noémie Merlant plays the titular protagonist in the Audrey Diwan film. The premise The film rests on Noémie Merlant, who stars as a luxury hotel inspector gathering information about the people and the place with quiet curiosity. She is keen to discover what happens behind the executive decisions made by the immaculately-suited manager Margot (Naomi Watts). There is an elusive visitor at the Rosefield Palace named Kei (Will Sharpe), who arrives, speaks illogical lines like he is “a Frequent International Traveler, a FIT,” and leaves. For a film that wants to …

Almodovar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ triumphs at Venice Festival | Hollywood

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By Crispian Balmer Almodovar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ triumphs at Venice Festival VENICE -Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s first English-language movie “The Room Next Door”, which tackles the hefty themes of euthanasia and climate change, won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. Starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, the film received an 18-minute standing ovation when it premiered at Venice earlier in the week – one of the longest in recent memory. Almodovar is a darling of the festival circuit and was awarded a lifetime achievement award at Venice in 2019 for his bold, irreverent and often funny Spanish-language features. He also won an Oscar in the best foreign language category for his 1999 film “All About My Mother”. Now aged 74, he has decided to try his hand at English, focusing his lens on questions of life, death and friendship. Speaking after collecting his prize, he said euthanasia should not be blocked by politics or religion. “I believe that saying goodbye to this world cleanly and with dignity is …