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From indie queen to Marvel-blockbuster maven, Elizabeth Olsen provides yet another string to her bow in the sci-fi thriller "The Assessment. " The actress has demonstrated her versatility, from her role as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in "Wandavision" to her portrayal of troubled suburban wife Candy Montgomery in the true-crime series "Love & Death," which earned her Golden Globe nominations in 2022 and 2024, respectively.

In The Last Showgirl, a Gia Coppola-helmed film that premiered at Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 6, veteran Las Vegas showgirl Shelly discovers that the world has changed quite a bit since she took on the job some thirty years ago.

In a TIFF Visionaries session on Sept. 9, Pixar's chief creative officer Pete Docter offered a rare glimpse into the creative engine that powers one of the world's most popular animation studios.

The countdown to the 82nd Golden Globe Awards officially began at a star-studded bash Sept. 7 at the Four Seasons hotel during the 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga and director Todd Phillips lit up the Lido at the 81st Venice International Film Festival with the world premiere of "Joker: Folie à Deux. " The sequel to 2019’s Golden Globe-winning "Joker" tackles a multitude of genres in the follow-up story of the DC supervillain.

From Justin Kurzel’s The Order to Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, the Venice International Film Festival again lived up to its reputation as a launching pad for contenders in the awards season. Among the  entries in the main international competition is The Order, a gripping crime thriller based on Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhadt’s 1989 non-fiction book.

Someday, the strong presence of women filmmakers in film festivals will be a matter of course. Meantime, we herald the increasing presence of women directors in international festivals as we clamor for the narrowing of the gender gap of talents behind the camera in these fests.

A film about war and the pandemic is as contemporary as it can get. Yet "Battlefield" by Gianni Amelio is a film about World War I, about the horrors of a conflict that caused millions of deaths, and about the Spanish Flu, the plague that incredibly claimed as many victims as the war.

The film by Pablo Larrain dedicated to Maria Callas, presented at the 81st Venice International Film Festival and simply titled “Maria”, is a heartfelt tribute to the singer -- painful, sad and clouded with tears. “I have been a fan of Maria Callas since I was a child,” said the director during the Aug.

It wouldn't be a festival without at least one scandal or controversy, something to discuss beyond the dozens of films, the stars, the red carpets, and the ritual dip in the waters of the Lido. This year, at the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival, the controversy came on the first day with the suspension of screenings for the film The Antique by Georgian director Rusudan Glurjidze, which was competing in the Giornate degli Autori section.