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Reporting on the most famous and fashionable, and the films, at the annual Venice Film Festival
Robert Pattinson plays a fictional version of TV predator hunter Chris Hansen in a still from Primetime, directed by Lance Oppenheim. Merritt Wever and Skyler Gisondo co-star. Photo: Sinna Nasseri
American cinema

Review | Primetime: Robert Pattinson catches predators in blunted satire

Robert Pattinson plays a fictional version of TV producer and paedophile hunter Chris Hansen in this drama that lacks substance.

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Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Possible Love: Burning director Lee Chang-dong back with another masterpiece

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Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? is a striking portrait of Vietnam war trauma

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American cinema

Review | Wild Horse Nine: Martin McDonagh returns with jet-black comedy

Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine, starring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell, delivers razor-sharp satire and award-worthy performances.

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John Malkovich (left) and Sam Rockwell in a still from Wild Horse Nine, directed by Martin McDonagh. Steve Buscemi co-stars. Photo: Searchlight Pictures/Diego Araya Corvalan
European cinema

Review | Ink: Danny Boyle charts the gritty birth of a British tabloid newspaper

Ink tells the story of Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of UK newspaper The Sun and its transformation into the popular tabloid aimed at the working class.

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European cinema

Review | The Voice of Hind Rajab: harrowing Gaza docudrama is vital cinema

Kaouther Ben Hania’s gripping docudrama about a young girl trapped in a car uses real voice recordings to help expose the brutal cost of war.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Leslie Cheung broke all the rules to become a Hong Kong superstar

The music and cinema legend’s artistry, vulnerability and defiance in a conservative Asian society forever reshaped Hong Kong pop culture.

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Hong Kong pop icon Leslie Cheung on the set of director Wong Kar-wai’s Days of Being Wild in 1990. Cheung was a trailblazing Cantopop icon who reshaped Hong Kong’s entertainment scene. Photo: SCMP
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

This Hong Kong-raised director makes films about outsiders – as she’s one too

Lo’s film explores a little-known Chinese industry, exposing marital crises, gendered social pressures and truths about love, loneliness and agency.

Menswear

Why men with large, muscular builds should go for a relaxed-cut suit

The action stars showed off sophisticated tailoring and better proportions at the premieres of The Smashing Machine and In the Hand of Dante.

Asian cinema: Korean films

No Other Choice? Why Park Chan-wook and Lee Byung-hun made a comedy

Park Chan-wook’s film reunites the director with Lee Byung-hun after more than 20 years for a darkly funny tale with social commentary.

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Lee Byung-hun in a still from No Other Choice.
Women and gender

Xin Zhilei wins best actress at Venice Film Festival

Xin Zhilei wins best actress at Venice Film Festival
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Profile | Xin Zhilei, Venice Film Festival best actress, from poverty to Donnie Yen protégé

Ex-schoolgirl waitress from poverty-stricken background who climbed ladder of celebrity says she is driven by ‘desire and ambition’.

Asian cinema: Chinese films

How Shu Qi drew on her painful childhood for Girl, her directorial debut

The Taiwanese actress-turned-director, whose Girl played at the Venice Film Festival, says the script contains ‘70 per cent of my own self’.

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American cinema

10 of the best movies from the 2025 Venice Film Festival

You won’t find the Golden Lion winner on this list, which includes harrowing Palestinian drama The Voice of Hind Rajab and British film Ish.

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Lee Byung-hun in a still from No Other Choice, directed by Park Chan-wook.
Asian cinema: Chinese films

Profile | How Chinese star Xin Zhilei, best actress winner at Venice, rose to the top

Xin Zhilei discusses her acting journey, her historic win for The Sun Rises on Us All and what it was like working with Wong Kar-wai.

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Chinese actress Xin Zhilei on the red carpet for The Sun Rises on Us All at the 82nd International Venice Film Festival. Photo: AFP
Asian cinema: Chinese films

China’s Xin Zhilei creates history with Venice Film Festival best actress gong

Award for role in The Sun Rises on Us All makes 39-year-old the first Chinese woman to win the honour in 14 years.

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Israel-Gaza war

US indie film beats out Gaza war docudrama for Venice top prize

Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ took home the Golden Lion, while ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ took second place.

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European cinema

Review | Silent Friend: Tony Leung Chiu-wai appears in his first European film

The Hong Kong star of In the Mood for Love and Lust, Caution plays a scientist in one section of Ildiko Enyedi’s three-part botanical film.

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Tony Leung Chiu-wai in a still from Silent Friend. Photo: Pandora Film
Asian cinema: Chinese films

Review | The Sun Rises on Us All: Cai Shangjun returns with sombre drama

Xin Zhilei and Zhang Songwen star in director Cai Shangjun’s film whose themes of sacrifice and guilt have a powerful impact.

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Celebrity style

8 stand-out looks from the Venice Film Festival red carpet

Shu Qi, who just made her directorial debut, graced the red carpet in Gaurav Gupta, while Emily Blunt wore a Tamara Ralph gown.

Asian cinema: Japanese films

Review | Scarlet: Mamoru Hosoda’s Hamlet-inspired anime set to divide viewers

Fans of Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda’s earlier works are likely to appreciate this animated fable, but others may find it a bit of a trial.

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Scarlet (voiced by Mana Ashida) in a still from Scarlet, directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Masaki Okada co-stars as the voice of Hijiri.
Asian cinema: Chinese films

Review | Girl: Shu Qi makes promising directing debut with family drama

First-time director Shu Qi helms this story about a withdrawn Taiwanese girl dealing with the return of her mother’s violent ex-boyfriend.

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A still from Girl, directed by Shu Qi and starring Roy Chiu, Joanne Tang and Bai Xiao-ying. Photo: Mandarin Vision
Celebrity style

Male actors who stunned at the Venice Film Festival, from Jude Law to The Rock

Jude Law looked classy in a Brunello Cucinelli suit, while Callum Turner donned a crisp white suit by Louis Vuitton.

Asian cinema

Review | Human Resource: Thai director’s bleak meditation on corporate culture

Happy Old Year director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s portrait of modern-day white-collar work in Bangkok gives pause for thought.

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Cinema

10 films to watch this fall: Anemone, Nuremberg and a Springsteen biopic

Jeremy Allen White plays Bruce Springsteen in his upcoming biopic while Scarlett Johansson makes her directorial debut with Eleanor the Great.

Andrew Garfield and Julia Roberts in After the Hunt, and Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson in The Smashing Machine. Photos: @afterthehuntmovie/Instagram, TNS
Celebrity style

13 looks that turned heads during the Venice Film Festival

Julia Roberts debuted one of Dario Vitale’s first pieces for Versace while Cate Blanchett stunned in a familiar Armani Privé gown.

Ben Foster and Shailene Woodley at the Venice International Film Festival in August. Photo: EPA
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | No Other Choice: Park Chan-wook takes on corporate culture in dark comedy

Lee Byung-hun stars in this Korean black comedy as a family man who is laid off after 25 years and goes on a desperate quest for a job.

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Vladimir Putin

Jude Law became ‘obsessive’ Putin watcher for role as Russian leader

British actor Jude Law debuts portrayal of Russia’s president in ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ at the Venice Film Festival.

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