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Angelina Jolie Triumphs, Erotic Dramas Make a Comeback and More Venice Film Festival Takeaways


Angelina Jolie generated Oscar buzz, erotic dramas staged a comeback and more Venice Film Festival takeaways

It’s an erotic assembly of films that includes “Babygirl,” starring Kidman as a high-powered CEO having a torrid affair with an intern (Dickinson), and Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer,” which features Daniel Craig as a lonely American expat in his late 40s who becomes obsessed with a much younger man. “The Brutalist,” a sprawling historical epic with Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones, as well “Vermiglio,” an Italian drama set against the backdrop of World War II, are both drawing interest from studios. Variety ’s Owen Gleiberman raved that Jolie “reminds you that she can be a deadly serious actor of commanding subtlety and power.” And he’s not alone, with other reviewers praising her for humanizing the tempestuous singer and showing how Callas’ fame became a kind of prison.

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