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  • The Best Red Carpet Fashion from the 2025 Venice Film Festival

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    The Venice Film Festival is always a glamorous affair, but this year’s prestigious competition just might be the most star-studded yet. The 11-day extravaganza, which kicks off on August 27 and runs through September 6, is filled with noteworthy film premieres, screenings and fêtes, all of which are attended by A-list filmmakers and celebrities.

    The 2025 lineup is replete with buzzy, highly-anticipated films; the main competition includes Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, with Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz, Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, with George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern and Billy Crudup, and Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, starring Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson.

    Luca Guadagnino’s eagerly awaited After the Hunt is also premiering at the festival out of competition, featuring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Chloë Sevigny, Andrew Garfield and Michael Stuhlbarg.

    Alexander Payne is the jury president for the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, and this year’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement which will be awarded to Werner Herzog and Kim Novak.

    Glitzy movie premieres aside, let’s not forget about the sartorial moments at Venice, because attendees always bring their most fashionable A-game to walk the red carpet in front of the Lido’s Palazzo del Cinema. It’s a week-and-a-half of some of the best style moments of the year, and we’re keeping you updated with all the top ensembles on the Venice red carpet. Below, see the best fashion moments from the 2025 Venice International Film Festival.

    "The Smashing Machine" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"The Smashing Machine" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Emily Blunt. Getty Images

    Emily Blunt

    in Tamara Ralph 

    "The Smashing Machine" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"The Smashing Machine" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Halsey. WireImage

    Halsey

    "The Smashing Machine" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"The Smashing Machine" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Dwayne Johnson. Getty Images

    Dwayne Johnson

    Celebrity Sightings - Day 6 - The 82nd Venice International Film FestivalCelebrity Sightings - Day 6 - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Kaia Gerber and Lewis Pullman. FilmMagic

    Kaia Gerber and Lewis Pullman

    Gerber in Givenchy 

    "The Testament Of Ann Lee" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"The Testament Of Ann Lee" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Amanda Seyfried. Getty Images

    Amanda Seyfried

    in Prada

    "The Testament Of Ann Lee" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"The Testament Of Ann Lee" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Thomasin McKenzie. Corbis via Getty Images

    Thomasin McKenzie

    in Rodarte 

    The 82nd Venice International Film Festival - Day 6The 82nd Venice International Film Festival - Day 6
    Stacy Martin. Deadline via Getty Images

    Stacy Martin

    "The Wizard Of The Kremlin" (Le Mage Du Kremlin) Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"The Wizard Of The Kremlin" (Le Mage Du Kremlin) Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Alexa Chung. Corbis via Getty Images

    Alexa Chung

    in Chloe

    "The Wizard Of The Kremlin" (Le Mage Du Kremlin) Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"The Wizard Of The Kremlin" (Le Mage Du Kremlin) Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Alicia Vikander. Getty Images

    Alicia Vikander

    in Louis Vuitton

    "Father Mother Sister Brother" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Father Mother Sister Brother" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Cate Blanchett. Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/WireImag

    Cate Blanchett

    in Maison Margiela 

    "Father Mother Sister Brother" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Father Mother Sister Brother" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Charlotte Rampling. WireImage

    Charlotte Rampling

    in Saint Laurent 

    "Father Mother Sister Brother" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Father Mother Sister Brother" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Mayim Bialik. Getty Images

    Mayim Bialik

    in Saint Laurent 

    Filming Italy Venice Award Delegation Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film FestivalFilming Italy Venice Award Delegation Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Alicia Silverstone. WireImage

    Alicia Silverstone

    "Father Mother Sister Brother" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Father Mother Sister Brother" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Luka Sabbat. WireImage

    Luka Sabbat

    "The Wizard Of The Kremlin" (Le Mage Du Kremlin) Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"The Wizard Of The Kremlin" (Le Mage Du Kremlin) Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Jude Law. Corbis via Getty Images

    Jude Law

    Filming Italy Venice Award Delegation Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film FestivalFilming Italy Venice Award Delegation Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Da’Vine Joy Randolph. WireImage

    Da’Vine Joy Randolph

    in Alfredo Martinez 

    "Motor City" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Motor City" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Shailene Woodley. FilmMagic

    Shailene Woodley

    in Fendi

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Molly Gordon. Getty Images

    Molly Gordon

    in Giorgio Armani

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Mia Goth. Getty Images

    Mia Goth

    in Dior 

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Jacob Elordi. WireImage

    Jacob Elordi

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Kaitlyn Dever. Getty Images

    Kaitlyn Dever

    in Giorgio Armani

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Callum Turner. Getty Images

    Callum Turner

    in Louis Vuitton 

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Leslie Bibb. Getty Images

    Leslie Bibb

    in Giorgio Armani

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Paris Jackson. Getty Images

    Paris Jackson

    in Trussardi

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Gemma Chan. Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/WireImag

    Gemma Chan

    in Armani Privé

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/WireImag

    Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

    in Armani Privé

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Sofia Carson. WireImage

    Sofia Carson

    in Armani Privé

    "Broken English" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Broken English" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Suki Waterhouse. Getty Images

    Suki Waterhouse

    in Rabanne 

    "Broken English" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Broken English" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Tilda Swinton. Getty Images

    Tilda Swinton

    in Chanel 

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Julia Roberts. WireImage

    Julia Roberts

    in Versace 

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Ayo Edebiri. Getty Images

    Ayo Edebiri

    in Chanel

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Monica Barbaro. WireImage

    Monica Barbaro

    in Dior 

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Andrew Garfield. WireImage

    Andrew Garfield

    in Dior 

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Chloe Sevigny. Getty Images

    Chloe Sevigny

    in Saint Laurent 

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Lady Amelia Spencer and Lady Eliza Spencer. Getty Images

    Lady Amelia Spencer and Lady Eliza Spencer

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Isabeli Fontana. Getty Images

    Isabeli Fontana

    in Yara Shoemaker 

    "After The Hunt" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Chloe Sevigny. WireImage

    Chloe Sevigny

    in Simone Rocha 

    "After The Hunt" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Ayo Edebiri. Corbis via Getty Images

    Ayo Edebiri

    in Chanel  

    "After The Hunt" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Julia Roberts. WireImage

    Julia Roberts

    in Versace 

    Celebrity Sightings - Day 3 - The 82nd Venice International Film FestivalCelebrity Sightings - Day 3 - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Mia Goth. Getty Images

    Mia Goth

    in Versace 

    Celebrity Sightings - Day 3 - The 82nd Venice International Film FestivalCelebrity Sightings - Day 3 - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Cate Blanchett. Getty Images

    Cate Blanchett

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    George Clooney and Amal Clooney. WireImage

    George Clooney and Amal Clooney

    Amal Clooney in vintage Jean-Louis Scherrer 

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Laura Dern. WireImage

    Laura Dern

    in Armani Privé

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Riley Keough. WireImage

    Riley Keough

    in Chloe 

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig. Getty Images

    Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig

    Gerwig in Rodarte 

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Emily Mortimer. Getty Images

    Emily Mortimer

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Molly Sims. WireImage

    Molly Sims

    in Pamella Roland

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup. Getty Images

    Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup

    Watts in Valentino, Crudup in Celine 

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Shailene Woodley. WireImage

    Shailene Woodley

    in Kallmeyer 

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Eve Hewson. WireImage

    Eve Hewson

    in Schiaparelli

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Alba Rohrwacher. WireImage

    Alba Rohrwacher

    in Dior 

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Sunny Madeline Sandler, Sadie Madison Sandler, Jackie Sandler and Adam Sandler. WireImage

    Sunny Madeline Sandler, Sadie Madison Sandler, Jackie Sandler and Adam Sandler

    "Bugonia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Bugonia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Emma Stone. WireImage

    Emma Stone

    in Louis Vuitton 

    "Bugonia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Bugonia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Alicia Silverstone. WireImage

    Alicia Silverstone

    in Prada

    "Il Rapimento Di Arabella" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Il Rapimento Di Arabella" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Benedetta Porcaroli. Getty Images

    Benedetta Porcaroli

    in Prada

    "Jay Kelly" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Riley Keough. WireImage

    Riley Keough

    in Chanel 

    "Jay Kelly" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Laura Dern. WireImage

    Laura Dern

    in Saint Laurent 

    "Bugonia" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Bugonia" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Emma Stone. Getty Images

    Emma Stone

    in Louis Vuitton 

    "Jay Kelly" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Greta Gerwig. WireImage

    Greta Gerwig

    in Prada

    "Jay Kelly" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Alba Rohrwacher. WireImage

    Alba Rohrwacher

    in Dior 

    "Jay Kelly" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Eve Hewson. WireImage

    Eve Hewson

    in Erdem 

    Celebrity Sightings - Day 2 - The 82nd Venice International Film FestivalCelebrity Sightings - Day 2 - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Emily Mortimer. Getty Images

    Emily Mortimer

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Cate Blanchett. WireImage

    Cate Blanchett

    in Armani Privé

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Tilda Swinton. WireImage

    Tilda Swinton

    in Chanel

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Claire Holt. WireImage

    Claire Holt

    in Intimissimi 

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Barbara Palvin. Getty Images

    Barbara Palvin

    in Intimissimi 

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Zhao Tao. WireImage

    Zhao Tao

    in Prada

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Fernanda Torres. WireImage

    Fernanda Torres

    in Armani Privé

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Heidi Klum and Leni Klum. WireImage

    Heidi Klum and Leni Klum

    in Intimissimi 

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Charleen Weiss. WireImage

    Charleen Weiss

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Charlotte Wells. WireImage

    Charlotte Wells

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Paola Turani. WireImage

    Paola Turani

    in Galia Lahav 

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    RaMell Ross. WireImage

    RaMell Ross

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Shannon Murphy. WireImage

    Shannon Murphy

    "La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"La Grazia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Emanuela Fanelli. WireImage

    Emanuela Fanelli

    in Armani Privé

    Celebrity Sightings - Day 1 - The 82nd Venice International Film FestivalCelebrity Sightings - Day 1 - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Benedetta Porcaroli and Carolina Cavalli. Getty Images

    Benedetta Porcaroli and Carolina Cavalli

    "Mother" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Mother" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Noomi Rapace. Corbis via Getty Images

    Noomi Rapace

    in Courrèges

    "Mother" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Mother" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Sylvia Hoeks. Getty Images

    Sylvia Hoeks

    in Prada

    Celebrity Sightings - Day 1 - The 82nd Venice International Film FestivalCelebrity Sightings - Day 1 - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Alba Rohrwacher. Getty Images

    Alba Rohrwacher

    Celebrity Sightings - Day 1 - The 82nd Venice International Film FestivalCelebrity Sightings - Day 1 - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Laura Dern. Getty Images

    Laura Dern

    in Emilia Wickstead

    Celebrity Sightings - Day 1 - The 82nd Venice International Film FestivalCelebrity Sightings - Day 1 - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola. Getty Images

    Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola

    "Jay Kelly" Cast Arrive In Venice For The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Cast Arrive In Venice For The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Amal Clooney and George Clooney. GC Images

    Amal Clooney and George Clooney

    Amal Clooney in Balmain 

    The Best Red Carpet Fashion from the 2025 Venice Film Festival

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  • The Best Red Carpet Fashion from the 2025 Venice Film Festival

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    Emma Stone. Getty Images

    The Venice Film Festival is always a glamorous affair, but this year’s prestigious competition just might be the most star-studded yet. The 11-day extravaganza, which kicks off on August 27 and runs through September 6, is filled with noteworthy film premieres, screenings and fêtes, all of which are attended by A-list filmmakers and celebrities.

    The 2025 lineup is replete with buzzy, highly-anticipated films; the main competition includes Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, with Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz, Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, with George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern and Billy Crudup, and Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, starring Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson.

    Luca Guadagnino’s eagerly awaited After the Hunt is also premiering at the festival out of competition, featuring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Chloë Sevigny, Andrew Garfield and Michael Stuhlbarg.

    Alexander Payne is the jury president for the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, and this year’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement which will be awarded to Werner Herzog and Kim Novak.

    Glitzy movie premieres aside, let’s not forget about the sartorial moments at Venice, because attendees always bring their most fashionable A-game to walk the red carpet in front of the Lido’s Palazzo del Cinema. It’s a week-and-a-half of some of the best style moments of the year, and we’re keeping you updated with all the top ensembles on the Venice red carpet. Below, see the best fashion moments from the 2025 Venice International Film Festival.

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Molly Gordon. Getty Images

    Molly Gordon

    in Giorgio Armani

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Mia Goth. Getty Images

    Mia Goth

    in Dior 

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Jacob Elordi. WireImage

    Jacob Elordi

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Kaitlyn Dever. Getty Images

    Kaitlyn Dever

    in Giorgio Armani

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Callum Turner. Getty Images

    Callum Turner

    in Louis Vuitton 

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Leslie Bibb. Getty Images

    Leslie Bibb

    in Giorgio Armani

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Paris Jackson. Getty Images

    Paris Jackson

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Gemma Chan. Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/WireImag

    Gemma Chan

    in Armani Privé

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/WireImag

    Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

    in Armani Privé

    "Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Frankenstein" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Sofia Carson. WireImage

    Sofia Carson

    in Armani Privé

    "Broken English" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Broken English" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Suki Waterhouse. Getty Images

    Suki Waterhouse

    in Rabanne 

    "Broken English" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Broken English" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Tilda Swinton. Getty Images

    Tilda Swinton

    in Chanel 

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Julia Roberts. WireImage

    Julia Roberts

    in Versace 

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Ayo Edebiri. Getty Images

    Ayo Edebiri

    in Chanel

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Monica Barbaro. WireImage

    Monica Barbaro

    in Dior 

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Andrew Garfield. WireImage

    Andrew Garfield

    in Dior 

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Chloe Sevigny. Getty Images

    Chloe Sevigny

    in Saint Laurent 

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Lady Amelia Spencer and Lady Eliza Spencer. Getty Images

    Lady Amelia Spencer and Lady Eliza Spencer

    "After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Isabeli Fontana. Getty Images

    Isabeli Fontana

    in Yara Shoemaker 

    "After The Hunt" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Chloe Sevigny. WireImage

    Chloe Sevigny

    in Simone Rocha 

    "After The Hunt" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Ayo Edebiri. Corbis via Getty Images

    Ayo Edebiri

    in Chanel  

    "After The Hunt" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"After The Hunt" Photocall - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Julia Roberts. WireImage

    Julia Roberts

    in Versace 

    Celebrity Sightings - Day 3 - The 82nd Venice International Film FestivalCelebrity Sightings - Day 3 - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Mia Goth. Getty Images

    Mia Goth

    in Versace 

    Celebrity Sightings - Day 3 - The 82nd Venice International Film FestivalCelebrity Sightings - Day 3 - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Cate Blanchett. Getty Images

    Cate Blanchett

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    George Clooney and Amal Clooney. WireImage

    George Clooney and Amal Clooney

    Amal Clooney in vintage Jean-Louis Scherrer 

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Laura Dern. WireImage

    Laura Dern

    in Armani Privé

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Riley Keough. WireImage

    Riley Keough

    in Chloe 

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig. Getty Images

    Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig

    Gerwig in Rodarte 

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Emily Mortimer. Getty Images

    Emily Mortimer

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Molly Sims. WireImage

    Molly Sims

    in Pamella Roland

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup. Getty Images

    Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup

    Watts in Valentino, Crudup in Celine 

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Shailene Woodley. WireImage

    Shailene Woodley

    in Kallmeyer 

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Eve Hewson. WireImage

    Eve Hewson

    in Schiaparelli

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Alba Rohrwacher. WireImage

    Alba Rohrwacher

    in Dior 

    "Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Jay Kelly" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Sunny Madeline Sandler, Sadie Madison Sandler, Jackie Sandler and Adam Sandler. WireImage

    Sunny Madeline Sandler, Sadie Madison Sandler, Jackie Sandler and Adam Sandler

    "Bugonia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival"Bugonia" Red Carpet - The 82nd Venice International Film Festival
    Emma Stone. WireImage

    Emma Stone

    in Louis Vuitton 

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  • Alexander Payne “Unprepared” to Comment on Gaza as He Fields Flurry of Political Questions in Venice

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    In his first official appearance as the president of this year’s Venice Film Festival competition jury, veteran filmmaker Alexander Payne fielded some heavy questions about everything from the war in Gaza and his personal views on the ongoing conflict to the role of movies today amid a constantly shifting industry.

    In fact, questions about Gaza dominated the start of the presser held inside the Lido’s Palazzo del Casinó — a Q&A session that saw Payne joined by festival director Alberto Barbera and fellow jury presidents of alternate sections, including filmmakers Charlotte Wells, Julia Ducournau, and Tommaso Santambrogio — but Payne opted not to weigh in at length.

    He first was asked about how the jury will be approaching “what’s happening in the world” with conflicts raging in Ukraine and Gaza, but he deflected by suggesting it was a better question for Barbera as festival directors are more adept at answering as they have “their fingers on the pulse of cinema” and how it reflects culture, society and politics. But then another journalist asked a more pointed question: What are your views on Gaza?

    “Quite frankly, I feel a little bit unprepared for that question,” Payne explained. “I’m here to judge and talk about cinema. My political views, I’m sure, are in agreement with many of yours. But as far as my relationship with the festival and what the industry does, I have to think about that for a while to give you a measured response.”

    Barbera then took over by offering a more detailed response in Italian, adding that the festival has “not hesitated” to say that they are against the “enormous suffering” that is happening in Palestine, particularly with the deaths of civilians and “especially of children.” He also said that everyone is welcome at the festival and no one has been disinvited from participating.

    Barbera’s comments come just hours after a protest in front of the festival’s red carpet premiere venue, Sala Grande, where two dozen pro-Palestine activists raised a “Stop the Genocide” banner as a way to call attention to the raging war in Gaza. The group has stated that they have a march scheduled for Saturday morning as another tool to demand the festival denounce what’s happening there.

    The Venice Film Festival’s competition jury finds Payne serving as president with members including Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof, French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé, Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero, Palme d’Or winning Romanian director Cristian Mungiu and Chinese actress Zhao Tao. He said that his role leading the team didn’t actually feel real until yesterday when he arrived “by water taxi to my beautiful hotel” and dropped his bags off.

    “Soon I was seated next to Francis Ford Coppola watching a restoration of a 1928 silent film,” Payne revealed of his private itinerary. “And I thought, I’m in heaven. Now I get to watch 21, 22 films by incredible directors for the first time in a theater, not knowing anything about them, surrounded by jury members, all of whom I have the most immense respect for, and it’s an honor to be with them. This is heaven.”

    The only hard part of seeing so many films? Deciding who to award with prizes. “We’ll figure it out somehow,” he teased.

    The entertainment industry is also figuring out how to steady itself amid a shifting landscape of moviegoing habits and studio consolidation, and Payne weighed in on that as well during one of his answers to another heavy question: What is the relevance of movies today?

    Payne approached his answer by focusing on “who sees movies and how.” He used himself as an example: “I watch a lot of movies at night, you know, on my stomach but I much prefer to see them projected in the cathedral of cinema. And I lament that many great movies, both of artistic and political importance, don’t become a larger part of the conversation — certainly a cinematic conversation — because of the immediate means of distribution [with streaming]. Maybe I’m just an old guy, I’ve been doing this for 30 years, but as a film lover, it’s typically films which have a theatrical release that become a part of the cultural conversation and then have some kind of impact.”

    Payne then posed another question: Can a film really change society or culture?

    “I don’t know, doubtful,” he said. “But at least though when we make films which are relevant to the times, we leave a document that someone was thinking about that. Did [Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be] or [Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator] prevent World War II or the Holocaust? No, but they are documents that people were aware of at the time, even before those things happened. We have those [films] as documents and, as such, we can try to learn from them.”

    Moments later, Payne offered a sneak peek at the speech he will deliver later this evening during the opening ceremony about how he’s approaching his work here on the ground. “I always tell myself, and I’ll tell my fellow jury members that we’re selected because working professionals that maybe know something about cinema. But at the same time, I think we should approach each film as though we’ve never seen a movie in our lives before, and to treat each movie we see as a type of small miracle.”

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  • Paul Giamatti’s Lazy Eye Drunkenly Watching Oscars From Corner Of Dive Bar

    Paul Giamatti’s Lazy Eye Drunkenly Watching Oscars From Corner Of Dive Bar

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    NEW YORK—Hunched over a pint of beer, Paul Giamatti’s fake lazy eye from The Holdovers was reportedly drunkenly watching the Oscars broadcast from a corner of the dive bar, sources confirmed Sunday. “Turn it up, turn it up, I can’t hear!” said the prosthetic eyeball, which slurred its words as it tried to tell everyone in the vicinity that it had been invited to the 2024 Academy Awards ceremony, but had chosen to eschew it because everyone was “uptight.” “You guys saw it right? You saw me in The Holdovers? Giamatti’s not going to win. He doesn’t stand a chance. Alexander Payne, he’s the director, he told me I should have been the nominee, but his hands were tied. That’s fine by me. I don’t like the spotlight anyway. I’d rather be here.” At press time, the eyeball was boasting that it was up to be Quasimodo’s eye in the Disney live-action remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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  • What’s Leaving Streaming This Month: February 2024

    What’s Leaving Streaming This Month: February 2024

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    Whether you want surprisingly funny family dramas, international excellence, or a refresher on one of the decade’s biggest sci-fi franchises, you’re in luck. From indies to blockbusters, these are the titles you need to watch before they leave streaming this month.

    What’s leaving Netflix

    The Farewell 

    While Lulu Wang’s star-studded series Expats is still unfurling, why not watch the movie that catapulted the director into the mainstream? The Farewell stars Awkwafina as Billi, an aspiring writer who’s struggling to find work and her place as a Chinese American woman. When she hears that her beloved grandmother, Nai Nai, has been diagnosed with cancer, though, she drops everything to go see her in China. However, there’s another issue: the family is keeping Nai Nai’s diagnosis a secret from her, and a reluctant Billi must do so too. The Farewell will be available to stream until February 29th.

    Dune 

    After a lengthy, strike-related delay, Dune: Part Two is finally on the horizon. The second installment of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic (out March 1st) features a sprawling cast (with new additions Austin Butler and Florence Pugh) on top of a dense mythos, so there’s no time like the present to catch up by watching Dune. Timothée Chalamet stars as Paul, heir to the House Atreides within the galactic empire, who must contend with political threats to his father (Oscar Isaac) and strange trials courtesy of his mother (Rebecca Ferguson). Along the way, he encounters friends and foes alike, played by Zendaya, Javier Bardem, Jason Momoa, and Josh Brolin. Dune streams through the end of the month.

    What’s leaving Hulu

    Paddington 

    As winter truly begins to wear on us all, it’s the perfect time to watch some of the coziest movies of the 21st century. Paddington and its sequel are the rare family movie franchise to truly appeal to all ages, from the title bear’s expertly animated cuddliness to the A-list actors who get to play cartoonish villains (Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, the latter in a BAFTA-nominated performance). Though sweet little Paddington gets himself into quite the precarious predicaments, his mantra of “if we’re kind and polite, the world will be right” always holds true. Paddington streams until the end of the month, while Paddington 2 is available through February 26th.

    What’s leaving Max

    Drive My Car 

    Layered, lengthy, and packed with a lot of languages, Drive My Car is one of the most daring dramas of the decade so far. The film follows a theater actor and director who discovers his wife’s infidelity before her untimely death. Bereft and unmoored, he decides to accept a theater residency that will have him directing a multilingual production of Uncle Vanya. Ultimately, it’s a movie about understanding, and how we may never be able to achieve it when it comes to those we love. Everything about the film is superb, and there’s a reason why the movie was nominated for four Oscars. Drive My Car streams through the end of the month.

    What’s leaving Peacock

    Five Nights at Freddy’s 

    One of last year’s biggest horror hits is departing streaming later this month. Five Nights at Freddy’s became a smash success when it was released in theaters and on Peacock last October, bringing the thrills from the beloved video game to screens both big and small. Josh Hutcherson stars as Mike, a man so desperate for a job that he takes on a gig as a nighttime security guard at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a family pizzeria-slash-arcade with plenty of skeletons in its supply closets. Before long, things begin to go bump in the night, leaving Mike to solve a decades-old mystery. Five Nights at Freddy’s streams through February 25th.

    The Descendants 

    While The Holdovers currently stands as a favorite at the Oscars, it’s far from the first time that filmmaker Alexander Payne has seen success with the Academy. In fact, he won his second Oscar in 2012 for The Descendants, a complex family dramedy. George Clooney stars as Matt, a man who’s inherited and attained great wealth (including a large swath of land in Hawaii), but all of that stability vanishes when his wife gets in an accident that leaves her comatose. He must grapple with his role as a cousin, a husband and a father to his two daughters (Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller). The Descendants streams through the end of the month.


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  • Making That ’70s Movie: ‘The Holdovers’ DP on Recreating the Era

    Making That ’70s Movie: ‘The Holdovers’ DP on Recreating the Era

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    When cinematographer Eigil Bryld paired with director Alexander Payne on Focus Features’ Nov. 10 release The Holdovers, which is set at a New England boarding school in 1970, one of the first things the Sideways helmer emphasized was that he didn’t want it to “just look like a movie set the ’70s.” The DP clarifies, “He really wanted it to look and feel and sound like it was a movie that was actually made in the ’70s.”

    The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly high school history teacher named Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) who reluctantly remains on campus at the fictional boarding school Barton Academy during Christmas break. He forms unlikely bonds with a damaged but brainy student, Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa, in his feature debut), and the school’s grieving head cook, Mary Lamb (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), who has lost her son in Vietnam.

    Bryld and Payne turned to films from the period, including Hal Ashby’s The Last Detail and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation, for inspiration. “We saw a lot of prints. We found a small cinema in Boston with a very eccentric projectionist who could get all these original prints from his friends. That subculture is very specific,” Bryld remembers, adding that he started with — but quickly abandoned — the intent to use ’70s tools and film stock, which wasn’t readily available. 

    “I was thinking, ‘What is it that I really love about that era?’ ” says Bryld. “There’s a sense of a spirit of the ’70s movies — breaking away from your studios. And all the DPs of the period that I really admired would push the film stock or they would do handheld or whatever. And then I started thinking, ‘That’s really what I should be going for.’ ”

    The Danish DP behind such films as 2008’s In Bruges, 2022’s Deep Water and this year’s rom-com No Hard Feelings tested both film and digital approaches and chose to shoot digitally with an ARRI Alexa. He also created a lookup table (a sort of blueprint for the color grading step) with colorist Joe Gawler. “He’s done a lot of Criterion restoration, so he really knows how the negative ages over time. So I thought, ‘Well, I’d rather build that into it.’ ”

    Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Paul Giamatti in the Alexander Payne film, which takes place at Christmas in 1970.

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    They also used Panavision H series lenses, particularly a 55mm lens, to evoke a vintage portrait look. “They had really a sense of immediacy and intimacy,” the DP says of the lens choice. “A lot of the film is done on that because the film is ultimately, in one way, a lot of portraits.

    “It’s a movie about people who are forced into the frame together, and they don’t necessarily want to be in the same frame,” he adds. “They all have their own portrait. Sometimes they’re in the frame and there’s several people in the frame, but I still thought of it as individual portraits within a group photo.” As the trio become closer emotionally, the DP captures their burgeoning friendships with the camera. “Gradually over time, they come together more and more,” says Bryld. “And that was one arc we were looking for — how we would reflect that, how we framed it and where we put the camera.”

    The Holdovers was filmed in Boston and western Massachusetts at Deerfield Academy, which also happens to be the high school that Sessa attended (according to the DP, the actor stayed in his former dorm room during production). “He was amazing,” Bryld says. “I mean, they’re all great, but obviously Paul and Dominic carry the movie. Paul is a pleasure to work with. He also makes things seem very easy just because he’s so good. There was sort of a calmness that Alexander has and Paul has, that, I imagine, would’ve been incredibly comforting for Dominic.”

    Bryld also served as the film’s camera operator. “That’s where you should be as the DP,” he says. “You should be there, be able to look up and see what’s going on around you, but also create that little community around the camera. I think it’s incredibly important in working with the actors, that it’s familiar faces. It becomes a little bit of a dance between the camera and the actors … that is rarely something that’s put into words, but just something that has to be organic.” 

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  • Video: ‘The Holdovers’ | Anatomy of a Scene

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    ‘The Holdovers’ | Anatomy of a Scene

    Alexander Payne narrates a sequence from his film featuring Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa.

    “Hi, I’m Alexander Payne. I directed ‘The Holdovers.’” I thought Barton Men don’t lie. Don’t get me wrong, that was fun. But you just lied through your teeth. “The story is basically about a bunch of students at an all-boys prep school in New England who have nowhere to go for the holidays. And eventually, the story boils down to the relationship between the very curmudgeonly teacher selected to stay behind with the boys this year, Paul Giamatti and one student in particular, played by Dominic Sessa, a new actor.” There was an incident when I was at Harvard with my roommate. And? He accused me of copying from his senior thesis. Plagiarizing. Well, did you? No! He stole from me. “A cook is only as good as his or her ingredients, and having Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa, both are capable of learning and performing pages of dialogue at a crack.” So you got kicked out of Harvard for cheating? No, I got kicked out of Harvard for hitting him. You hit him? What, like, punched him out? Nope I hit him with a car. “It’s about three or four pages of dialogue, and I wanted to do it in one go and choreograph it to the camera.” “At first, you’re fooled into thinking that only these two characters are alone at the liquor store. But suddenly you’re surprised at the end of the scene by the appearance of the liquor store salesman.” There you go, killer. “And he was played by a guy named Joe Howell who actually works at that liquor store.”

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  • ‘The Holdovers’ Trailer Reunites Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti

    ‘The Holdovers’ Trailer Reunites Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti

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    Questions remain how the fall festival and awards season will be affected by the double strike, but that’s not going to stop us from getting excited about promising movies on the horizon like The Holdovers, which reunites Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti almost exactly 20 years after Sideways.

    Focus released the first trailer for the 1970s-set dramedy, which centers on Giamatti’s curmudgeonly boarding school teacher Paul Hunham, who is tasked with watching the students left behind by their parents over Christmas break. Da’Vine Joy Randolph plays the school’s head cook while Dominic Sessa plays the troubled student who bonds with the instructor.

    A likely festival play (Sideways premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and Downsizing played at the Venice Film Festival), The Holdovers’ trailer is charmingly made in the style of classic 1970s trailer, with even the Focus label redesigned. (The company was founded in 2002, so this is not an authentic vintage design, but who’s counting.)

    Payne hasn’t directed a film since 2017’s Downsizing, which was met with tepid reception from critics and audiences. But he’s been nominated for the best-director Oscar for three of his films (Sideways, The Descendants, and Nebraska), and has won best adapted screenplay twice, for Sideways and The Descendants. Here’s hoping The Holdovers is a return to form—and that, whatever happens to festival season as the SAG strike continues, audiences are able to see it in its proper, theatrical form.


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