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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A new film festival promises plenty of election-year intrigue, from allegations of political deceit leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks to explanations of the "real reasons" America went to war in Iraq.
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Filmmaker Jonathan Demme criticized US foreign policy at the Venice International Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter said Friday.
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"Land of Plenty," Wim Wenders' portrait  of a post-9/11 America gripped by paranoia and poverty, filled  screens at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, just days  before the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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VENICE, Italy  - Venice Film Festival   organizers suspended a war of words with their upcoming Rome   rival as this year's event kicked off in low-key fashion   Wednesday with the world premiere of Brian De Palma's murder   mystery "The Black Dalhia."
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Actors Al Pacino, Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp have attended the Venice Film Festival amid complaints that Hollywood films dominate the event.
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This year's Venice Film Festival has  been hailed as Hollywood on the Lido, but American stars have  had to share the stage with U.S. politics as movies like Tim  Robbins' "Embedded-Live" hit the screen.
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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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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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Films competing for the top prize at Venice Film Festival will receive their world premiere at the event.
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Politics had top billing at the Toronto film festival last night with the screenings of The Motorcycle Diaries and a drama about post-apartheid South Africa.
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The European premiere of The Terminal launched the Venice Film Festival, with star Tom Hanks and director Steven Spielberg showing up for the event by boat.
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VENICE, Italy  - Anti-globalization protesters on  Thursday vowed more disturbances at Venice's most ambitious  film festival in years to protest against Hollywood's wealth  and reach after featuring as uninvited guests at its gala  opening.
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Political and social stories again take center stage at the San Sebastian film festival &#151; the oldest and most prestigious in the Spanish-speaking world &#151; which kicks off Thursday evening.
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Italians are bracing themselves for   blood on the red carpet as Rome launches its own film festival   next month in what many see as a challenge to Venice.
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Films become more politicized as filmmakers seek to influence the upcoming election.
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A British film tackling the controversial subject of abortion has scooped two prestigious awards at the Venice Film Festival. Vera Drake, which was backed with Â£1m (â¬1.