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The 45th Telluride Film Festival has proved again this year that it's a film festival like no other. Unlike the two major international festivals that bookcase it - Venice and Toronto, the small scenic town in the Colorado Rockies opts for a very different vibe.

“Bad seed” is an expression Rob Lowe remembers from his childhood.   It is also the title of an Oscar-nominated movie from 1956.

The Venice film festival carpet has provided everything – with each day providing a new theme. Nudes and pastels have their moment in the spotlight.

Sometimes a carpet isn’t raising. The pieces are individual but won’t make you faint.

Fashion was surprisingly tame at the festival though you can always count on Tilda Swinton to up the game. Dakota Fanning looks like the start of summer rather than the end of it.

Crazy Rich Asians is getting richer and richer in the US, as the Jon M. Chu directed film dominated the box office for a third week in a row.

Gowns were luxurious and fashion forward, hair swept up, and all forms of red became first choice.

Film festivals can sometimes be magical playgrounds for cinephiles. Just in the first couple of days in Venice screenings included crowd pleasing love stories like A Star Is Born, a lyrical black and white autobiography like Roma, a smart period palace intrigue like Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos and a psycho-political meta horror from Luca Guadagnino: Suspiria.

Together we are 150. The world’s oldest film festival and Hollywood’s first international awards association celebrated their 75th anniversaries with a party and a joint announcement about the HFPA’s new Residency initiative, in partnership with Film Independent, which will bring three winners from the festival’s Orizzonti section (and three from TIFF) to Los Angeles next January for an intensive three-week mentorship program of lectures and one-on-one labs aimed at honing their skills.

“To me, it was a sign from God,” laughs Lady Gaga, referring to the now infamous lightning strike at the Sala Grande Theater, which caused a 20-minute projection outage during the world premiere of Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born here at the 75th Venice Film Festival. “The elements were with us and it was a beautiful moment.