The Venice Film Festival draws to a close this evening with its glamorous awards gala, and though the feeling on the ground was that the 21-title-strong main competition was a touch off the pace of recent years, still the festival is looking pretty good for an 81-year-old. Especially one who has spent the past 11 days stewing in the scorching humidity of the Lido.
Light on the kind of genuine, potentially crossover breakouts — like Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” last year — that sound the starter’s gun on the Oscars race in earnest, there was also some speculation about whether this year’s jury would want to skew less American
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