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  HFPA journalists Elisabeth Sereda and Janet Nepales sat down to reflect on their experiences at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, which came to an end this past weekend. They touch on everything from the surprise win for the documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, some of the red carpet fashion trends from the likes of Timothée Chalamet and Cate Blanchett, and the controversy surrounding Olivia Wilde's new film Don't Worry Darling - and more.

Few movies and television shows celebrate Black culture and portray the issues they face in their lives. And often, only African-American culture is displayed, rather than Black African or Black Latino.

Following the worldwide success of Squid Game, unsurprisingly, interest in Korean content has exploded on the big and small screen establishing its place as a viable force in the world market. Variety Streaming Room hosted a panel of TV executives to discuss new programming in the ever-evolving state of the Korean entertainment industry and their mission to broaden their reach to international markets.

Oliver Stone’s latest documentary Nuclear, which begs us to reconsider nuclear energy to solve the environmental crisis, was presented out of competition on September 9 at the Venice Film Festival. In Venice Stone was also awarded the 21st edition of Premio Fondazione Mimmo Rotella (an Italian renowned artist) during a special ceremony held at the Centurion Palace in Venice.

A profound and stirring drama, The Father (2019) received 4 Golden Globe nominations including Best Picture Drama, Best Actor-Motion Picture Drama (Anthony Hopkins), Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (Olivia Colman), and Best Screenplay Motion Picture (Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller). Just three years after his sensational debut on the silver screen, writer and director Florian Zeller and his writing companion, Christopher Hampton, are back with a new film, The Son, in competition in the 79th Venice International Film Festival.

It started with Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Toni Collette, and Hugh Jackman. And moves like The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Muriel’s Wedding and Strictly Ballroom.

As the Darren Aronofsky film, The Whale, begins, Brendan Fraser’s voice is heard during a Zoom call. The camera is off.

Light is the first thing that is seen on screen when the movie Blonde begins. It is not natural sunlight, but a bright, cold artificial spotlight, so strong that it could blind anyone who was caught in it.

Billy Eichner was adamant. He needed several more minutes and didn’t want to miss out.

In Charcoal, a Brazilian-Argentine coproduction now playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, Irene, a middle-aged woman (Maeve Jinkins), is living a complicated life in a desolate rural area in Brazil. She is married to a man who is secretly having a gay affair, cares for her elderly father who is in a vegetative state and is also raising a young boy.