5 September 2008, 6:31 pm
Were Miyazaki to walk off with the Golden Lion, it would be the fourth year in a row an Asian director had done so. Ethiopian entry "Teza" is in the frame for the top prize, and would be the first African picture to win in Venice, the world’s oldest film festival.... read more
5 September 2008, 6:32 am
Source: Reuters (adds Rourke, "The Hurt Locker", quotes) By Mike Collett-White and Silvia Aloisi VENICE, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A late flurry of independent U.S. pictures at the Venice film festival has ...... read more
5 September 2008, 6:25 am
A late flurry of independent U.S. pictures at the Venice film festival has blown the competition wide open ahead of the awards ceremony on Saturday.... read more
5 September 2008, 6:21 am
By Mike Collett-White and Silvia Aloisi... read more
5 September 2008, 2:18 am
See review on page 21. Twin filmmakers Danny and Oxide Pang revisit their 1999 breakthrough with this English-language remake, about a lone-wolf hit man (Nicolas Cage) on assignment in Thailand, who bonds with his errand boy (Shahkrit Yamnarm) -- and falls for a deaf-mute shopgirl (Charlie Young).... read more
5 September 2008, 1:42 am
Looking for the road map that'll guide you toward next year's Academy Awards? Turn your gaze north. There's simply no better indication of the year's big movies than the annual lineup at the Toronto International Film Festival. (With photo gallery)... read more
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