Rome unveils film fest lineup, plays down Venice row
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A mix of big Hollywood productions and   arty European movies will mark Rome's first international film   festival next month, organizers said on Tuesday as they played   down rivalry with Venice's venerable film contest.
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The Venice film festival marked its 75th anniversary Wednesday with a sparkling opening gala and world premiere of British psychological drama &quot;Atonement&quot; starring Keira Knightley.
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The Venice film festival opens on  Wednesday with &quot;Atonement,&quot; an adaptation of Ian McEwan&#39;s novel  about a girl who makes a false accusation with tragic results  and tries to atone for her mistake.
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Periodically, St Mark's Square in Venice is flooded by spring tides. On Friday night it was inundated with Hollywood executives and movie stars for the first film premiere to be staged in the historic piazza.
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Top directors used the Venice Film   Festival on Friday to excoriate the Bush administration, the   war in Iraq and Hollywood itself, and presented three starkly   different movies to express their views.
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The Venice Film Festival is past the  halfway point and the buzz ahead of the prize ceremony on  Saturday is building.
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Red carpets, Oscar hopefuls and a grim  bite of political reality make up the agenda of this year&#39;s  Toronto film festival, where producers strut their stuff and  Hollywood stars party into the night.
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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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British film Atonement, starring Keira Knightley, is to raise the curtain on the Venice Film Festival.
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As the Venice Film Festival winds down a  handful of front-runners have emerged in the competition for  the top prizes, with "Vera Drake," British director Mike  Leigh's story about an abortionist, inching ahead.
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Two movies about the Iraq war and its impact on Americans back home are among 22 competition entries at the Venice Film Festival this year, lending political weight to a cinema showcase laden with Hollywood productions.
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The Venice Film Festival has got under way with the world premiere of The Black Dahlia, starring Scarlett Johansson.
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Venice's St Mark's Square will be transformed into a giant cinema for the premiere of animation Shark Tale.
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Hollywood&#39;s premier cash-and-award magnet Steven Spielberg kicked off the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday night. The opening night&#39;s gala screening is Spielberg&#39;s &quot;The Terminal
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VENICE, Italy- Anyone who thought the Venice Film Festival existed on some kind of artistic plateau doesn&#39;t know Quentin Tarantino.
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The quality of mercy, as Portia observes in the Merchant of Venice, is not strain&#39;d - but much of this year&#39;s Venice film festival has become extremely strain&#39;d.
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Italians should remember that until not   too long ago theirs was a land of migrants desperate for a   better future abroad, director Emanuele Crialese said on Friday   as he presented his new film at the Venice festival.