Venice film awards leave critics vexed
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The jury at the Venice Film Festival left critics and journalists perplexed and in some cases vexed when it
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You know it has not been a vintage  Berlin film festival when the leading contender for top prizes  falls somewhere between "average" and "good" in the critics'  ratings
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The Oscars are still two months  away but the world's top film awards ceremony found itself  embroiled on Tuesday in the worst Hollywood labor clash in two  decades.
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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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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.
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The awards season has begun in right earnest. And the outcome of the first popular awards at GIFA has left its own trail of mixed responses.
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When American film maker Quentin Tarantino called today's Italian cinema "depressing", many in the industry hoped the Venice film festival would prove him wrong.
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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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CANNES, France  - Critics are struggling to pick a winner ahead of Sunday's award ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival, but several are tipping a hard-hitting Romanian picture to walk away with the coveted Palme d'Or.
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Some of this year's most interesting Oscar battles revolve around what Academy Award voters hear -- rather than see.
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Hollywood awards are so up for grabs that even Golden Globe voters were divided, picking seven nominees for best drama instead of the usual five.
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A string of embarrassing blunders, including one which left Al Pacino with no seat at the premiere of his latest movie, have plagued this year&#39;s Venice Film Festival.
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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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The success of Martin Scorsese's  "The Departed" at the Oscars caused some Hollywood  hand-wringing on Monday over whether months of costly Oscar  campaigning truly pays off.
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Movie critics have shouted "No, no" as a top prize was announced at Spain's San Sebastian film festival.
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Two very different movies about the Iraq  war are among the favorites for awards at this year&#39;s Venice  film festival as it passes the halfway stage, and an unusually  high number of male leads have stood out.
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Some of this year's most  interesting Oscar battles revolve around what Academy Award  voters hear -- rather than see.