US Politics in Spotlight at Venice Film Fest
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This year&#39;s Venice Film Festival has been hailed as Hollywood on the Lido, but American stars have had to share the stage with US politics as movies like Tim Robbins&#39; &quot;Embedded-Live&quot; hit the screen.
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The Venice Film Festival gets serious  this year with competition films about the Iraq war and its  impact on U.S. society, police brutality in Egypt, big  corporation corruption and the mafia in Italy.
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Security has been stepped up for the arrival of Nicole Kidman at the Venice Film Festival after a series of gaffes at Al Pacino&#39;s premiere on Tuesday.
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We've seen plenty of political moments at the Oscars before.  But on Sunday, we could see the most unusual political moment ever.
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When American film maker Quentin  Tarantino called today&#39;s Italian cinema &quot;depressing,&quot; many in  the industry hoped the Venice film festival would prove him  wrong.
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The guessing game is almost over at the  Venice film festival, where few clear frontrunners for the  Golden Lion award for best picture have emerged ahead of the  prize ceremony on Saturday evening. By the end of the annual  11-day marathon of movies, press conferences, interviews and  parties, critics and journalists normally agree on a handful of  films they think could win the top honor, although their  predictions are not always correct.
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VENICE (Italy) Sept 12 - A foreign clean sweep of the top awards at the 61st Venice International Film Festival, including the Golden Lion for British film ``Vera Drake&#39;&#39;, disappointed Italian critics who had campaigned for the first ``home&#39;&#39; Golden Lion
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Ang Lee found himself caught up in political tensions between his native Taiwan and mainland China as he returned to the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.
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British film Atonement, starring Keira Knightley, raises the curtain on the Venice Film Festival.
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The Venice Film Festival gets serious this year with competition films about the Iraq war and its impact on U.S. society, police brutality in Egypt, big corporation corruption and the mafia in Italy.
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De Niro at the Venice Film Festival. ROME, Italy  -- U.S. film star Robert De Niro snubbed the country of his forebears twice in as many days, standing up dignitaries in Rome on Friday after refusing a ...
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A brace of films about US foreign policy star big names such as Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Reese Witherspoon, and Jamie Foxx. But will that be enough of a draw for war-weary viewers?
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Many film stars embarking on their seventh decade have been known to have a facelift. But the Venice film festival&#39;s make-over attempts are proving more controversial than most.
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Venice Film Festival Director Marco Mueller likens the 75-year-old festival to a seismograph that picks up emerging cinematic trends. If his instincts are right, the film world is about to be jolted by a new movement focusing on atonement.
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The 61st Venice International Film Festival kicked off Wednesday night with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg arriving -- albeit a little late -- to launch the distinctly Hollywood-friendly 11-day event.
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VENICE, Italy  - Security measures at   the Venice International Film Festival are tighter than ever,   though some officials said the greatest threat this year may   come from protesters rather than any kind of terrorist plot.
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Seventeen movies from 15 countries will compete for best short film at the Venice Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday.