DIVA FUTURA

by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt
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Dangerous games

The Coulin sisters in Competition at Venice 81 with The Quiet Son
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Ask who the Beatles were

Andrei Ujicăin's documentary on the historic Shea Stadium concert
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BOSCO GRANDE

by Giuseppe Schillaci
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wednesday 4 september 2024

Here comes the day of the Joker. Todd Phillips is looking for strike two with Joker: Folie à deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix and a spectacular Lady Gaga. Will the sequel earn Phillips his second Golden Lion? Coming up against it in the main Competition is Diva Futura by Italian-Texan actress and filmmaker Giulia Louise Steigerwalt: the story of the famous porn talent scout Riccardo Schicchi, played by Pietro Castellitto. There’s one actor that we can tell wouldn’t mind bringing home a Lion, we are talking of Vincent Lindon, who plays the part of a widowed father in The Quiet Son by sister-and-sister filmmaking duo Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin...
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The 81st edition through un/forgettable moments of music for cinema: Leurs enfants après eux & The Room Next Door

Lady Gaga

5 songs by the magnetic artist, directed by Todd Phillips in Joker: Folie à deux...

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5 pieces from the Stockton band, protagonist of Alex Ross Perry's documentary...
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One might have simply expected a continuation of the first chapter, picking up with Arthur Fleck/Phoenix confined in Arkham psychiatric prison, waiting for trial for the murders he confessed to on live TV. But the film is much, much more than this, completely unexpected and surprising. It could be described as a musical that takes unpredictable turns, a film that is both extremely brave and tough, dark and radically pessimistic, with a very compelling Lady Gaga. I remember watching it in February at the Warner screening rooms in...

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In Venice Classics the restoration of Bend of the River
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by Cesare Stradaioli
Focus on the actor in the cast of Todd Phillips' new Joker
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TODAY

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11.30 PISNI ZEMLI, SHCHO POVILNO HORYT' (SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH) (Out of Competition)
12.10 JOUER AVEC LE FEU (THE QUIET SON) (Venezia 81)
12.50 TWST / THINGS WE SAID TODAY (Out of Competition)
13.30 JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX (Venezia 81)
14.10 DIVA FUTURA (Venezia 81)

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movies

11:30

Sala Corinto

  • Venice Classics

Werner Schroeter

(164')

13:45

Sala Darsena

  • Orizzonti

Scandar Copti

(120')

14:00

Sala Perla

  • Film Critics’ Week

Jethro Massey

(109')

14:15

Sala Grande

  • Out of Competition

Olha Zhurba

(95')

15:00

Sala Casinò

  • Out of Competition

Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Sara Cano, Paula Fabra

(225')

15:00

Sala Corinto

  • Venice Classics

Anthony Mann

(91')

16:30

Sala Darsena

  • Orizzonti

Alex Ross Perry

(128')

16:30

Sala Grande

  • Concorso Venezia 81

Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin

(110')

17:00

Sala Perla

  • Venice Days

Jan-Willem van Ewijk

(100')

17:00

Sala Corinto

  • Venice Classics Doc

Feyrouz Serhal

(125')

17:00

Sala Giardino

  • Out of Competition

Andrei Ujică

(86')

19:00

Sala Grande

  • Concorso Venezia 81

Todd Phillips

(138')

21:00

Sala Giardino

  • Orizzonti Extra

Khaled Mansour

(100')

21:00

Sala Laguna

  • Notti Veneziane

Giuseppe Schillaci

(77')

22:00

Sala Grande

  • Concorso Venezia 81

Giulia Louise Steigerwalt

(120')

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