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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the re-elections of Henry Arnaud and Adam Tanswell as Treasurer and Executive Secretary respectively and Sharlette Hambrick to her current seat as an independent Board member. “We are delighted to see these three talented individuals continue to serve in their capacities.

This year, Paul Schrader already knows he is a winner at the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival. Not that he is clairvoyant and has foreseen the jury’s decision about his latest directorial effort (Master Gardener is actually premiering out of competition), but rather, he has just received the Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award from the world’s oldest film festival.

Lars von Trier is one of the most celebrated filmmakers of Denmark, best known for his provocative stylistic cinematic experiments, and headlong dives into controversial subject matter. In his home country, Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, and Dogville director has received seven Bodil Awards (given by Danish critics) and 15 Robert Awards (the top Danish industry prize).

On September 1st, the Venice Film Festival welcomed a new Todd Field film into the world. Field is often referred to as ‘an actor’s director,’ and after a fifteen-year hiatus, the cinema world was eager to see Tár, which he specifically wrote for Cate Blanchett, one of the most talented actresses working today.

Renowned American documentarian Frederick Wiseman has a long and rich relationship with the Venice Film Festival. Over the course of his career he has had numerous movies debut at the Venice Biennale, and in 2014 he was the recipient of the festival’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

A movie that was released in 1975 cracked the top ten while another film from the more recent past climbed back to number one. It was déjà vu time as Spider-Man: No Way Home, released in December last year, went back home to the top spot with $6 million.

As the top one and two spots remained unchanged, a small drama rose up again, and anime film as well as the newest work by a renowned German director made their debut in the top ten. The young adults kept flocking to After Forever (After Ever Happy), keeping it on top of the charts.

Golden Globe nominee Adrien Brody portrays playwright Arthur Miller alongside Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, in Blonde, premiering at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Brody was nominated for Best Actor-Motion Picture-Drama for The Pianist (2002) directed by Roman Polanski and spoke to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press in 2007 about what he learned from traveling in India while shooting The Darjeeling Limited directed by Wes Anderson.

Gone With the Wind, released in 1939, is considered the most profitable film of all time. The Guinness World Records estimates its global adjusted gross box office at $3.

Italian director Luca Guadagnino is becoming a Venice Film Festival darling, returning to the festival after Suspiria (2018), with a film that festival director Alberto Barbera is calling his best so far, Bones and All with Timothée Chalamet. It is driving the young fans crazy and attracting the biggest crowds so far.