Winding down our Venice coverage with thoughts on the fest’s top prizewinner
Review: Mother doesn't know best in proudly nasty Golden Lion winner 'Pietà '
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:39 pm · September 10th, 2012
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Two major awards for 'The Master,' but Kim Ki-duk's 'Pieta' takes Golden Lion at Venice
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:22 pm · September 8th, 2012
Paul Thomas Anderson’s film was reportedly the jury’s first choice for the top prize.
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Venice: What will win the big awards… and what should
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:55 am · September 8th, 2012
Critics are crazy for ‘The Master,’ but will the jury throw a curveball?
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Australia enters foreign-language race with German-language WWII drama 'Lore'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:12 am · September 8th, 2012
Meanwhile, two-time Best Director nominee Lasse Hallstrom represents Sweden.
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Review: The devil wears La Perla in De Palma's disappointing 'Passion'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:13 am · September 7th, 2012
The art-trash master’s return to the thriller form plays as sedated self-parody.
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Review: Redford's 'The Company You Keep' hangs with the right crowd
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:38 am · September 6th, 2012
The are few surprises in this enjoyably old-fashioned thriller, save for the cast itself.
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'Amour' wins FIPRESCI Grand Prix for Film of the Year
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:12 am · September 5th, 2012
The international critics’ prize honors the best film premiered in the past 12 months.
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Austria enters Haneke's 'Amour' in the foreign Oscar race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:03 am · September 4th, 2012
A foreign-language nod is likely, but can it cross over into the general race?
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Venice: 'Something in the Air' and 'Fill the Void'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:50 am · September 4th, 2012
Moving away from the American contingent of this year’s Venice lineup with reviews of French and Israeli competition entries.
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Review: All the world really is a stage in adventurous, aloof 'Anna Karenina'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:20 pm · September 2nd, 2012
The design is dazzling, but the passion muted, in a creative adaptation of the Tolstoy tome.
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Review: 'To the Wonder' is Terrence Malick's typically enchanted Tree of Love
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:16 am · September 2nd, 2012
Heartfelt song to personal and spiritual intimacy proves predictably divisive at Venice press screening.
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Germany selects Berlinale winner 'Barbara' for the foreign-language Oscar race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:37 am · September 1st, 2012
Christian Petzold’s superb Stasi-era drama is also playing Telluride this weekend.
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Review: Seductive, elliptical 'The Master' answers to no man
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:29 am · September 1st, 2012
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest stimulates and mystifies in equal measure.
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Spike Lee unveils adoring Michael Jackson doc 'Bad 25' in Venice
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:50 pm · August 31st, 2012
This cinematic tribute to Jackson’s 1987 blockbuster album will air on ABC at Thanksgiving.
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Review: Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron defeat the dream in smart, muscular 'At Any Price'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:00 pm · August 30th, 2012
Boos greeted Ramin Bahrani’s unsubtle but gutsy film at its first Venice screening.
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A look ahead to the rest of the Venice Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:18 pm · August 29th, 2012
The fest kicked off today with ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist,’ but what’s coming up?
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Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' weighed down with all-caps ambiguity
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:10 am · August 29th, 2012
Director Mira Nair’s touch is still AWOL in thoughtful but drab Venice opener.
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Cambodia joins the foreign Oscar race… but what of 'Amour?'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:55 am · August 24th, 2012
Meanwhile, Germany, Mexico and Israel announce shortlists
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