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Chloé Zhao’s film, which stars Frances McDormand as a widow going it alone in the American West, wins Golden Lion
Frances McDormand stars in writer-director Chloé Zhao’s powerful picture of a particular American subculture
A Mumbai singer struggles with musical scales and vices in this Venice Film Festival competition entry
From Tilda Swinton in Pedro Almodóvar’s latest movie to a French Bill & Ted having an adventure with a giant insect, we review this year’s highlights
Andrew Garfield scales the heights of obnoxiousness as an anti-internet rebel seduced by YouTube stardom
Quentin Dupieux’s film may be the silliest movie at the Venice Film Festival but it’s also the funniest
A truth-based story told with droll dialogue makes for a warm and witty crowd-pleaser
Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby and Casey Affleck star in a 19th-century-set tale of two women in search of escape
Three films early on at the Venice Film Festival encompass emotional breakdown, memory loss and Nazi guilt
Like Brad Pitt, the classic dinner jacket will never go out of style. We celebrate an award‑winning ensemble
Golden Lion goes to Joaquin Phoenix-starring film while Roman Polanski takes runner-up prize
From Joaquin Phoenix in Joker to Steven Soderbergh’s money laundering satire The Laundromat, we review this year’s highlights
Eliza Scanlen confirms her status as one of the world’s most promising young actors
The director’s film was a controversial inclusion at Venice, but it fails to match the hullabaloo
The director of Jackie and Neruda returns with a daring film about a punkish member of an urban dance troupe
Grotesque imagery prompted mass walkouts — even among battle-hardened critics paid to sit through anything
Steven Soderbergh gives tax avoidance The Big Short treatment
The Bard made bingeable? Netflix’s first Shakespeare adaptation features a deliciously fruity turn from Robert Pattinson
Todd Phillips reinvents the comic book movie with his portrait of a comedian’s descent into madness
Noah Baumbach returns with the funny and heartbreaking tale of a divorcing couple
The first big movie at the Venice Film Festival is an emotionally turbulent ride through the galaxy
The brothers’ episodic movie is tonally uneven but hilarious in places
The director’s sprawling family drama ‘Roma’ scoops the film festival’s top prize — and secures a theatrical run
Orson Welles’s valedictory film about a film-maker struggling to finish a film has been completed at last
Jacques Audiard heads back to the Old West while Olivier Assayas ponders the digital future
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