Venice

Julia Roberts, Jude Law to Feature at Star-Packed Venice Film Festival

US megastar Julia Roberts is to make her debut at the Venice Film Festival this year, which will also feature Jude Law playing Russian leader Vladimir Putin and a hard-hitting film about Gaza. Roberts is one of many A-listers set to appear at the increasingly influential Venice film extravaganza from late August for the premiere of her latest ...

Adrien Brody Stands Out in a Bold Revision of the American Dream

After The Pianist, Adrien Brody delivers one of the most defining performances of his career in The Brutalist. This monumental 3h35 film revisits the American Dream, its promises, and its failures through the journey of a Holocaust survivor turned architect. Since its debut in competition at the Venice Film Festival, the movie, set to hit ...

Koyo Kouoh Becomes First African Woman to Lead Venice Biennale

Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh has been named the first African woman to lead the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s most renowned contemporary art events. At 57 years old, Kouoh has been the Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) in Cape Town since 2019. She will curate the next ...