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“Festivals are in the natural order of free and open societies,” said Biennale president Paolo Baratta during the festival opening ceremony from the stage of the Sala Grande. His auspices – and the implication that film festivals might be needed today more than ever - were well received by the elegant crowd that packed the theater.

Claes Bang made his breakthrough in the Golden Globe-nominated The Square and since then the 52-year old Dane has been on a roll. Currently, he is in Venice representing Italian filmmaker Guiseppe Capotondi’s The Burnt Orange Heresy, which will be closing the film festival on September 7.

Ladies were luminous on the opening night of the Venice Film Festival.

For over 40 years the HFPA has recorded famous and celebrated actresses, actors and filmmakers. The world's largest collection of its kind - over 10,000  items - is now in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.

When she was a little girl, Germaine Franco played piano and drums.   Decades later she became the first Latina composer to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science music branch.

As the 76th edition of the Venice film festival is about to kick off tomorrow, there is a lot to contemplate for guests, reviewers and organizers alike. The competition choices as a whole look promising and are sure to generate interest, even though there is no single film that sticks out quite yet, as it had been the case when lineups were announced in previous years featuring such titles as Gravity, A Star Is Born, or Roma.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), in partnership with the Los Angeles Times, announced today the inaugural LA Press Freedom Week, taking place September 16-20, 2019 at several venues in Los Angeles, California. LA Press Freedom Week is a week-long slate of events that will spotlight conversations around the protection of the First Amendment and engage the public and the journalism community in and around Los Angeles.

Tensions may be rising between the US and China, but the universal language of fast cars and huge explosions proved itself stronger than the trade war and backlash against tensions in Hong Kong. Universal's Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw made an outstanding $102 million in its PRC opening despite a series low score of 6.

One in an occasional series exploring the state of Hollywood films in global markets. A quick Google search of the Russian box office for this year reveals that all but one of the top 20 grossers are Hollywood movies.

Beginning in 1952 when the Cecil B. deMille Award was presented to its namesake visionary director, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has awarded its most prestigious prize 66 times.