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Starry Venice Kicks Off Awards Season Scramble: What’s The Buzz On The Lido Movies?
We cast our eye over this year's Venice crop where films such as Joker 2, Queer and Maria are hoping to pop.
The roll-call includes Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe, Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, Daniel Craig, Angelina Jolie, Kevin Costner, Sigourney Weaver, Nicole Kidman, Isabelle Huppert, and many more. That said, when we spoke to Venice chief Alberto Barbera ahead of the festival he was bullish, tipping “ Joker, Queer, Maria and the Almodóvar” as likely to stand out for the Academy, adding “maybe The Brutalist, too”, about Brady Corbert’s epic starring Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones. In I’m Still Here, the acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker, known for critical hits such as Oscar nominee Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries, has tackled the emotional and powerful true story of a woman who is forced into activism after her husband is captured by the military regime in Brazil in the 1960s.
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