Amal Clooney visits Venice wedding venue in bridal white ahead of 12-year anniversary

The couple took a trip down memory lane while in town for the Venice Film Festival.

Variety will honor Joel Crawford, the DreamWorks Animation filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” and the upcoming “Forgotten Island,” with the Creative Impact in Animation Award at this year’s SCAD AnimationFest. The honor will be presented Sept. 25 at SCADshow in Atlanta, where Crawford’s

EXCLUSIVE: The indomitable Paul Schrader returns to the Venice Film Festival this year with The Basics Of Philosophy, the latest in his “man in a room” stories that began with his script for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and have included his own features First Reformed, The Card Counter and Master Gardener. Jack Husto

See all the A-listers who walked the waterfront red carpet at the festival.

Awards, artificial intelligence, conflicts and climate change. Much of the opening talk at the start of the 83rd Venice Film Festival has revolved around geopolitics, propaganda and the future of cinema.

Venice Film Festival opens with Danny Boyle's Murdoch film, an award for Clooney and geopolitics  AP News

George Clooney may be at the Venice Film Festival to receive a lifetime achievement award, but he didn’t dwell only on memories and nostalgia at a news conference on Wednesday.

VENICE, Sept 2 : U.S. actor George Clooney warned on Wednesday that advances in artificial intelligence were making it increasingly difficult to distinguish truth from fiction, posing a challenge for journalists, governments and the public.Speaking at the Venice Film Festival, where he is receiving a Golden Lion for Li

Venice Film Festival opens with Danny Boyle's Murdoch film, an award for Clooney and geopolitics  Toronto Star

George Clooney is at the Venice Film Festival to receive a lifetime achievement award on Wednesday evening

The famed U.S. star also revealed why he won't be directing another film anytime soon (hint: he has nine-year-old twins!) and lamented how "most of the [world's] powers have decided climate change is a hoax."

The Venice Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday with the glamorous cinema showcase handing George Clooney a lifetime achievement award on its opening night. But despite the American star’s presence, this year’s festival features a distinct lack of films from Hollywood, reports France 24’s film critic Emma Jones.

Danny Boyle's film on The Sun acquisition, Clooney citation read by Laura Dern

A backstage peek at the reunion tour and a new film from Burning director Lee Chang-dong are among this year’s most anticipated – plus offerings from Danny Boyle, Luca Guadagnino, Martin McDonagh and more Danny Boyle’s movie, adapted by James Graham from his own play, is a primal scene of modern Britain and its agonies

George Clooney and Danny Boyle will help open the Venice Film Festival, which kicks off Wednesday

The 83rd edition of the event has already sparked strong criticism with low American representation, an almost complete absence of female directors in the competition and the selection of the controversial 'DAU' by Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky.

The 83rd edition of the event has already sparked strong criticism with low American representation, an almost complete absence of female directors in the competition and the selection of the controversial 'DAU' by Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky.

With works about Gaza, Ukraine and Elon Musk, political cinema is in the spotlight at the 2026 Venice Film Festival.

Once a year, the tiny island of Lido is transformed into a rich field of artistic expression for the festival.