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Venice film festival slammed for ‘toxic masculinity’

The Venice film festival was slammed for its "toxic masculinity" as it opens Wednesday with just one female director represented among its most mouth-watering...

‘The Shape of Water’ by Mexico’s Guillermo Del Toro wins Venice...

"The Shape of Water," a dazzling sci-fi romance by Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro, won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice film festival...

Love conquers all, even when wrinkles become part of the equation

Love conquers all, even when wrinkles become part of the equation. That's the message from Helen Mirren and from Venice, appropriately the world's oldest film...

Venice film festival kickstarts Oscars jousting

The 74th Venice film festival gets underway Wednesday with Alexander Payne's sci-fi satire "Downsizing" in the high-profile opening slot that is increasingly coveted as...