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Italy is gearing up tohost a number of international productions with “high budgets” later this year, said Italian culture ministerLucia Borgonzonithis week.

Borgonzoni, who is undersecretary of state to the Italian ministry of culture,highlighted the economic and employment impact of the film industry to the country; Italy offers a 40% tax credit on Italian spend for international productions.

“We continue to be extremely attractive for the international productions, despite the tough competition from other countries,” Borgonzoni toldScreenat the Venice Film Festival.

According to figures published by the Ministry during the festival, it provided classification to 400 films in 2024 with a total production spend of €827.25m,...

While Oscar season is always unpredictable, there are a few things you can always bank on about Telluride: the weather will change every 15 minutes, even the biggest A-list stars will stroll the streets casually — and one film will emerge as the festival favorite.

While Telluride may not officially hand out prizes, this year that crown went to Hamnet, Chloé Zhao's transcendent drama that imagines the love story of William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes Hathaway (Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley) — and how they cope with the death of their son, Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe). It was the talk of every gondola ride, passholder line, and coffee queue, with audiences and...

The Oscar race has one established frontrunner, which is often not the ideal place to be. As it happens, “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) auteur Ryan Coogler was checking out the competition at Telluride this Labor Day weekend, which unveiled a healthy slate of Oscar contenders.

Best Picture Contenders

One movie emerged that could challenge “Sinners” in multiple categories: Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) delivered heart-wrenching family drama “Hamnet” (Focus), featuring two powerhouse lead performances from Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley as William and Agnes Shakespeare. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 bestseller, the film tracks their early romance and marriage and the birth of three children, two girls and a boy, Hamnet. Their lives are rocked by grief when they lose Hamnet to the plague, and Shakespeare buries himself in writing the tragedy “Hamlet.”

The directors will support Zhao’s meticulous period craftsmanship and scriptwriting with O’Farrell, along with the tech categories Cinematography,...

Focus Features killed it in Colorado with two “Jesses” and one Emma Stone.

On the ground, the story of what resonated — or flopped — at the Telluride Film Festival can look far different from the headlines. Still, one fact was hard to miss: Focus Features reigned over the mountains with Yorgos Lanthimos’ kaleidoscopic “Bugonia” and Chloé Zhao’s devastating “Hamnet,” both receiving near-universal acclaim from critics and festival-goers.

Telluride has long been a launchpad for eventual Oscar juggernauts. Recent alumni include Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight,” Zhao’s “Nomadland” and Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water.” If this year’s best picture winner was present in the Rockies, Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel feels like the strongest candidate. A win would deliver Focus Features its first best picture statuette.

“‘Hamnet’ is a masterpiece,” one woman told Variety. “It could be one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.

by Elisa Giudici

George Clooney and Adam Sandler in "Jay Kelly" Photo by Peter Mountain © 2025 Netflix ,Inc

When Noah Baumbach presented White Noise on Netflix, expectations were sky-high: a star-studded cast, major ambitions, and the aura of a filmmaker fresh off Marriage Story. The film’s muted reception, however, seemed to threaten his trajectory, leaving a lingering sense of failure. Jay Kelly, his latest feature, feels like a response to that setback. Not so much a radical departure, but a project with a clearer aim: to offer George Clooney and Adam Sandler two roles carefully designed for visibility, prestige, and perhaps even awards...

Is Dwayne Johnson headed for the Oscars?

Judging by the rapturous reaction to his performance as wrestler Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine” at the Venice Film Festival on Monday night, that seems to be the consensus out of Italy.

The 53-year-old actor sobbed uncontrollably as the audience on the Lido erupted into 15-minute standing ovation, one of the longest at this year’s festival so far.

Johnson, who once performed as the WWE wrestler known as the Rock, has been the star of such commercial fare as “The Mummy,” “Black Adam” and “Baywatch.” But he goes much deeper in his next project, which will be released by A24 in November, as a ’90s fighter with demons.

Johnson stars opposite Emily Blunt in the film, who plays Kerr’s girlfriend Dawn Staples. During the ovation, Benny Safdie — the film’s director — hugged both his stars and joined Johnson in shedding...

When Steven Soderbergh’s version of Ocean’s Eleven hit theaters in 2001, it had everything going for it and therefore became an instant hit. The movie had big stars, snappy one-liners, and suits so sharp they could cut glass. It reminded the audience how fun a smart, stylish heist could be. The movie clicked so well that it spun off sequels and even a reboot, showing that audiences will always turn up for a con with this much sparkle.

But here’s the thing: while every crew member adds their own flavor, not everyone’s carrying the same weight. Some are the backbone of the whole operation, the ones you just can’t do without.

The 2025 Venice Film Festival is in full swing, with Day 6 featuring major premieres and red-carpet moments.

Today marked the world premiere of the buzzy competition title, The Smashing Machine, which has people talking about Dwayne Johnson in a serious, dramatic role as UFC fighter Mark Kerr. Directed by Benny Safdie, the film also stars Emily Blunt. Another anticipated film that premiered in competition was Mona Fastvold’s musical, The Testament of Ann Lee, starring Amanda Seyfried and Lewis Pullman.

In addition to the premieres, the day was dedicated to honoring a cinema icon. Actress Kim Novak received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, presented by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, before a screening of the documentary Kim Novak’s Vertigo.

The festival has been packed with high-profile films and stars since it began on Wednesday, August 27. George and Amal Clooney arrived early for the premiere of Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, a...

Due to illness, George Clooney couldn’t make it to this year’s Telluride Film Festival for the North American premiere of Jay Kelly, a film that centers on a movie star (Clooney) who experiences an existential crisis that prompts him to take a spur-of-the-moment trip to Europe to see his daughter and accept a career tribute from a film festival, and his “team,” who are expected to drop everything to support him. But a large coterie of Clooney’s collaborators on the film were in town — among them co-writer/director Noah Baumbach, actors Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup and Patrick Wilson, and composer Nicholas Britell — and basked in the warm reception and awards chatter that greeted the Netflix title at its four festival screenings, two of which followed career tributes to Baumbach.

On Sunday, following one of those screenings, I sat down with the aforementioned group for a wide-ranging Q&a.

Let’s start here: Billy Crudup is one of our truly great actors. Early into Jay Kelly, written by Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer and directed by Baumbach, Crudup appears for a one-scene turn that jump-starts the narrative. Over drinks, his Timothy confronts the George Clooney-like movie star Jay Kelly (George Clooney) about “stealing his life.” They were friends in acting school, and then Timothy made the mistake of inviting Jay to an important audition with an important filmmaker (Jim Broadbent). Now Jay Kelly is Jay Kelly and Timothy is a child therapist. A fist fight ensues.

This interaction catapults Jay into an already-burgeoning existential crisis. As his long-suffering...

More than a decade after his death, treasured American filmmaker Mike Nichols still inspires contemporary masters like Noah Baumbach.

Writer-director Baumbach was honored for 30 years’ worth of distinctive vision and indelible movie moments from “France Ha,” “The Squid and the Whale” and “Marriage Story” at this year’s Telluride Film Festival. He used the opportunity to reflect on the enduring legacy of his friend and touchstone, Nichols.

“He was the wisest person on every subject, and would say things in a way that would distill it,” Baumbach shared at Q&a following his thunderous tribute to Telluride’s Palm Theater.

“I was going through a painful personal time, a breakup, and I had lunch with him. I just went on and on, at that point I was telling anybody who would listen,” Baumbach said. The filmmaker then laid out a course of action for Nichols, suggesting he was trying to change the outcome of the breakup.

After opening to positive reviews at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, Jay Kelly is soon headed for a limited theatrical release. Starring an ensemble cast, led by George Clooney and Adam Sandler, the movie follows the friendship between the Hollywood A-list star Jay Kelly and his manager as they travel through Europe.

The coming-of-age comedy drama is directed by Noah Baumbach and written by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer (Doll & Em and The Pursuit of Love). It is co-produced by Baumbach, David Heyman, and Amy Pascal.

Jay Kelly Release Date Confirmed

Jay Kelly is officially set to release on November 14, 2025, for a limited theatrical release. Soon after that, it will...

Will Broadway’s upcoming fall season match the starry line-up of last spring, when George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and other performers best known for their film and TV work brought in big audiences and bigger bucks?

In a word, yes.

Among the big names taking the stage in the months ahead are Keanu Reeves, Bobby Cannavale, Carrie Coon, Mark Strong and Lea Michele as well as such Broadway stalwarts as Neil Patrick Harris, Kristin Chenoweth, Aaron Tveit, James Corden and Laurie Metcalf.

Some new plays are in the mix, as well as an original musical (The Queen of Versailles) and plenty of revivals, a return engagement (Beetlejuice) and even a magic show (Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets).

By the way, Off Broadway has its share of bold-names this season too,...

If you’re planning a movie night, this is the week to press play on a long list of titles that are cycling off Netflix between Monday, 9/1 and Sunday, 9/7. Below you’ll find each departing movie with quick details on what it’s about, who’s in it, and how it came together behind the scenes, plus the exact exit date so you can time your watch.

The mix spans big studio spectacles, award-winning dramas, beloved comedies, anime specials, and cult favorites. Skim for your must-sees, add them to your queue, and make a plan before they disappear.

‘After Earth’ (2013) Columbia Pictures

M. Night Shyamalan directs this sci-fi adventure about...

When it comes to Broadway eras, there's Bgc (Before George Clooney) and AGC (Anno George Clooney). The Oscar-winning actor's 100-performance stint in the stage version of his 2005 film, Good Night, and Good Luck, powered New York's live-theater box office to a record-setting season alongside hits like Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal's Othello, Sadie Sink's John Proctor Is the Villain and Darren Criss's Tony-winning Maybe Happy Ending. And the industry hopes to keep that momentum going into the first half of its 2025-26 season as stars like Keanu Reeves, Tom Hanks, and Chloë Grace Moretz pop up for limited runs on and off-Broadway. Here's our picks for the...

The moment is here: The Rock has arrived on the Lido.

At a 2025 Venice Film Festival packed with cross-generational star power — from George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jude Law to Jacob Elordi, Emma Stone and Ayo Edebiri — Dwayne Johnson’s arrival Monday for the world premiere of The Smashing Machine nonetheless made for a showstopping moment.

“This transformation was something I was really hungry to do,” Johnson said of his uncharacteristic starring turn in Bennie Safdie’s visceral drama. “I had been very fortunate to have the career that I’ve had over the years and to make the films that I’ve made, but there was just a voice inside of me, a little voice that said, ‘Well, what if I could do more — I want to do more and what does that look like?'”

The Smashing Machine represents a daring leap from the top ropes for the actor,...

It might be time for the Academy to invite the “Sandman.”

Adam Sandler has long been one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars, but his work in Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly” could finally land him where critics and cinephiles have long wanted to see him: in the Oscar race.

The U.S. premiere at the Telluride Film Festival marked a career-defining moment for Sandler, who joined Baumbach and co-star Laura Dern on stage as the filmmaker received a Silver Medallion tribute. Dern, who won her supporting actress Oscar for Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” (2018), praised her longtime collaborator, while Sandler reflected on Baumbach’s ability to “write the most beautiful words.”

Despite his box office dominance, Sandler has rarely been considered a serious Academy Awards contender. Over the years, critics have championed his work in films like Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Punch-Drunk Love,” the Safdie brothers’ frenetic “Uncut Gems” and...

Five days into the fall film festivals, we’ve got ourselves a real awards season. Maybe even a monster awards season.

And for that, we might have to thank a couple of iconoclastic international filmmakers and a pair of British works of literature written in 1600 and 1818, or thereabouts.

That’s the conclusion after the first five days of the Venice Film Festival and the first three (out of only four) of the Telluride Film Festival, where Guillermo del Toro’s epic adaptation of “Frankenstein” and Chloé Zhao’s emotionally devastating Shakespeare riff “Hamnet” debuted and cemented themselves as formidable contenders.

Some of the high-profile films that have premiered so far...

La película de Olivier Assayas compite por el León de Oro. © Getty Images

El Festival de Venecia alcanza su ecuador con un menú insólito: frankenstein, conspiracionistas convencidos de que una mujer es un alien, George Clooney siendo George Clooney (más o menos) y un hombre desempleado que idea un plan extremo para conseguir trabajo. A esta lista se suma ahora Putin –sí, Putin–, encarnado por Jude Law en The Wizard of the Kremlin, la nueva película de Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper) basada en el bestseller de Giuliano da Empoli publicado en 2022, que llega a la Mostra para competir por el León de Oro.

El filme, que se proyectará también en...

The 82nd Venice Film Festival has yielded at least one standout, unanimously liked by critics and audiences, turning it into the hottest ticket for an event that also welcomes public ticket-buyers: Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice,” which Neon already has for stateside release.

The South Korean “Old Boy” and “The Handmaiden” filmmaker has never been nominated for an Oscar, but this exuberantly well-directed satire starring Lee Byung-hun as a literal paper-pusher pushed to the murderous brink by a depressed job market is a timely, invigorating catch for Venice. Man-soo (Lee) is laid off from his job, and sets about killing off the competition to make himself the only standing specialist in his field.

Led by filmmaker Alexander Payne and including master, decorated directors like Romania’s Cristian Mungiu and Iran’s Mohammad Rasoulof, the jury will no question award “No Other Choice” a prize. Whether that’s the Golden Lion for best film,...

For American director Noah Baumbach, returning to the Venice Film Festival must feel like coming back to the scene of a crime. Three years ago, he opened the fest with his apocalyptic drama White Noise, which was savaged by festival crowds. By the director's own admission, the experience was so traumatic he lost his faith in cinema. He credits two things with restoring it: working on the screenplay for Barbie with his wife, Greta Gerwig, and a new collaboration with actress Emily Mortimer, with whom he co-wrote his new film titled Jay Kelly. The movie follows Hollywood star Jay Kelly (starring George Clooney as the famous actor), who, after an encounter with an old friend,...

The use of retroactive continuity, or “retcon,” has allowed characters like Peacemaker to transition into the Dcu despite their Dceu origins, and this same approach leaves the door open for Robert Pattinson’s Batman to join the new universe. In fact, his integration could be even simpler than Peacemaker’s, since Pattinson’s Dark Knight exists within DC Elseworlds and has no direct ties to the Dceu.

Although Peacemaker Season 1 spun out of the Dceu’s The Suicide Squad, its upcoming second season has been fully absorbed into the Dcu with only minor adjustments, such as rebranding the ‘Justice League’ as the ‘Justice Gang’. These tweaks allow Season 2 to stand...

Jay Kelly, Noah Baumbach’s new film about the personal sacrifices required of people who make movies, and of people who support those people, had its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival’s Werner Herzog Theater on Saturday night, two days after its international bow at the Venice Film Festival. I have no doubt that upon reading that sentence, some will reflexively say, “Boo-hoo! Who cares about the problems of people in Hollywood? People in the real world have real problems.” And I can understand where they’re coming from. But do you know who won’t be among them? People in Hollywood, who also happen to account for the vast majority of people in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. For that reason — and even more so because the film is tremendously well made in every regard — I suspect that Jay Kelly will be a significant player this Oscar season.

Apple TV+ has stacked its film lineup with buzzy new releases alongside proven favorites, and the result is a weekly top ten that blends thrillers, family adventures, historical epics, and animated crowd pleasers. Below you will find quick, useful rundowns for each title so you can jump in knowing the basics about the story, the creators behind it, and the key cast members.

We are counting down from number ten to number one, following this week’s order. For each film you will get a short plot snapshot and essential credits like director and writer, plus the main performers and roles when available. Everywhere you see a title, it appears...

Apple TV+ is having a big week, with a mix of brand-new originals and dependable favorites drawing huge attention. From war dramas and thriller noirs to animated adventures and Peanuts nostalgia, the lineup covers a lot of ground and makes it easy to find something that fits your mood.

Below is a simple countdown that starts at ten and works its way to one. Each entry includes handy facts on story setup, key cast and the creative team so you can jump in with a little context before you press play.

10. ‘Luck’ (2022) Skydance Animation

Sam Greenfield stumbles into the Land of Luck and teams with a black cat named Bob...

The 52nd Telluride Film Festival is barely more than a day old and already there is a strong theme running through the new films here: art as a life altering experience. In Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, depression causes the superstar musician to go deep into his writing and recording a new album in order to find his true self. In Jay Kelly, George Clooney plays a mega movie star who takes a detour from his career in order to discover what has passed him by in his personal life. And now in Hamnet Chloé Zhao navigates how love and death collide at the intersection of William Shakespeare’s greatest play.

It’s a powerful argument all around about how the human experiences can transform into art and storytelling , and it is front and center in these films, with Hamnet perhaps being the most vivid example of them all. Based...

On Thursday, the talk of Telluride was what the Friday patron screening would be. On Friday, we learned it was Paolo Sorrentino’s Venice opener “La Grazia.” And at the annual Telluride brunch, the question circulating was: Which screening of Scott Cooper’s “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” would Bruce show up at? Friday or Saturday? (Both.)

The jampacked brunch up in the mountains brought many of the Labor Day weekend players together. When I introduced Paul Mescal (“The History of Sound” and “Hamnet”) to documentarian Morgan Neville (“Man on the Run”), they dove into a deep, enthusiastic conversation about their mutual fascination, Paul McCartney. Mescal is deep in rehearsals in London for the first of four Sam Mendes Beatles movies. He has visited McCartney’s sheep farm in Scotland, where he decompressed after the Beatles breakup, and also visited his Cavendish manse. Neville is debuting his post-Beatles McCartney Wings movie.

Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly opens with a virtuosic single-take shot, a winding journey through a film set that introduces the small army required to manufacture a single moment of on-screen magic. We land on Jay Kelly (George Clooney), a movie star of the highest magnitude, a product of this intricate system.

The film immediately plants its philosophical flag with a quote from Sylvia Plath: “It’s a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It’s easier to be somebody else or nobody at all.” For a man who has made a living being somebody else, the responsibility of being Jay Kelly is about to become crushingly apparent.

With his unique brand of elusive, analog filmmaking, Cornish writer-director Mark Jenkin has cultivated a devoted band of followers, none more loyal than those who work with him.

“He’s an artist,” actor Callum Turner (The Boys in the Boat) exclaims with a defiant tone. “This film is like a painting meets a poem. Reading the script, I could feel every wave, every knock, and every sound; it was so resonant. I was just desperate to do it.”

The project Turner refers to here is, of course, Rose Of Nevada, the latest feature from Jenkin, which debuts this afternoon in the Orizzonti competition at Venice. Turner leads the beguiling pic with George MacKay (1917).

Once again set in Jenkin’s native Cornwall, the film focuses on a forgotten fishing village where The Rose of Nevada, a boat that was lost at sea with all hands 30 years ago, mysteriously appears in the old harbour.

It’s always interesting seeing movies explore the creative process, such as what Steven Spielberg did recently in The Fabelmans, or larger-scale enterprises like the Oscar-winning Amadeus. But Mozart wasn’t around to give his Ok to that particular film. Bruce Springsteen, however, after turning down numerous past attempts and offers, is around to pass judgment on director-writer Scott Cooper’s anti-biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, which prefers to focus on the man, in a key moment of his life and career creating his sixth studio album Nebraska, as he resisted all commercial temptation to to find himself, and the truth, in his art.

It would seem for a major star, who six years earlier had appeared simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek and had just come off a wildly successful release and tour for his fifth album The River, a bit of a risk. But as this exceptional film shows,...

Is it time for the “Hawke” to swoop in and nab his Oscar prey?

After four Academy Award nominations spanning both acting and writing, Ethan Hawke may have found the role that finally earns him an Oscar. In Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon,” the actor delivers a searing performance as lyricist Lorenz Hart, one half of the legendary Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart.

The film premiered in February at the Berlin International Film Festival, where Hawke’s co-star Andrew Scott won the Silver Bear for best supporting performance. “Blue Moon” has since screened at the Telluride Film Festival, where Hawke received one of the festival’s Silver Medallions — a distinction that has proven to be an Oscar bellwether.

Recent Silver Medallion recipients include eventual nominees Cate Blanchett for “Tár” (2022) and Adam Driver for “Marriage Story” (2019), along with eventual winners Anthony Hopkins for “The Father” (2020), Renée Zellweger for “Judy” (2019) and...

The 52nd Telluride Film Festival kicked off on Friday with the annual Patrons Brunch, which brings together filmmakers, journalists and the fest’s highest-spending passholders for bacon, eggs and mingling at a private residence high above the center of town.

Among those present were Jafar Panahi, the Iranian dissident whose It Was Just an Accident (Neon) won Cannes’ Palme d’Or in May, and who this festival helped to bring to the U.S. for the first time in 20 years; E. Jean Carroll, the former advice columnist who later won legal judgments against Pres. Donald Trump, who took a train from New York to attend the world premiere of the documentary feature Ask E. Jean (still seeking U.S. distribution); and two Skarsgårds, Stellan, here with Sentimental Value (Neon), and Alexander, here with Pillion (A24), who told me they will be seeing each other’s movies for the first time here at the fest.

This week, with Ryan Lattanzio covering the Venice International Film Festival, David Ehrlich joined “Screen Talk” co-host Anne Thompson from the mountains of Telluride, Colorado to discuss the 60-feature line-up for the Labor Day celebration of cinema.

David gives us early reviews of several films that are already breaking in Venice: He enjoyed Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia,” starring his usual suspects Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, but wants to see the director get more ambitious next time. He also enjoyed Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” in which George Clooney plays a version of himself, but would have liked Adam Sandler to have more to do.

At Telluride, Anne and David are excited to see two book adaptations: Chloé Zhao’s tearjerker “Hamnet” starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, and Philippa Lowthorpe’s “H is for Hawk,” starring Claire Foy, which deal with grief for a lost child and a father, respectively.

The cool breeze blowing through Telluride on Friday was not the wind rushing off Colorado’s San Juan mountain range – it was Hollywood’s collective sigh of relief that the most un-fussy film festival of the year was finally underway.

Unlike the sweaty tuxedos of Cannes and Venice or the snow-caked boots of Sundance, Telluride’s annual film festival is beloved and protected for its hardcore, laid-back vibe. Movie stars wander the streets with no fear of paparazzi. Customers at the shoebox-sized Sunshine Pharmacy, smack in the middle of town, weigh the pros and cons of filming in Hungary. A-listers wait in line. Seriously.

Each year, Telluride kicks off with a brunch for its patrons – industry and normal folk who shell out nearly $5,000 for a badge which gives them access to the annual film selection.

High above Telluride, an unpretentious cottage with a manmade pond hosted dozens of stars and behind-the-camera talent.

If reviews are any indication of future accolades, it looks like Netflix has made another Academy Awards contender. Following its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on Aug. 28, the Rotten Tomatoes score for the coming-of-age comedy-drama film Jay Kelly has been unveiled.

With 19 reviews counted at the time of writing, Jay Kelly is currently "fresh" at 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, meaning that most of the critics have given a positive review of the George Clooney movie, with one even hailing it as a "midlife crisis masterpiece." Noah Baumbach co-wrote and directed Jay Kelly, marking the filmmaker's fourth feature for Netflix after 2017's The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), 2019's Marriage Story,...

George Clooney is saying goodbye to the 2025 Venice Film Festival, but his next destination has changed.

The Oscar-winning actor was spotted with his wife Amal while riding a water taxi to leave the city on Friday (August 29) in Venice, Italy.

George was supposed to travel to Telluride, Colorado for the North American premiere of his new movie Jay Kelly this weekend, but he’s no longer allowed to attend on doctor’s orders.

Keep reading to find out more…

If you didn’t know, George has been suffering a sinus infection this week while at the festival, but he still attended the Jay Kelly world premiere on Thursday night.

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The Academy Awards may be a distinctly American tradition, but nowadays Oscar-spotting starts in Europe. Thanks to recent Palme d'Or-turned-Best Picture winners like Parasite and Anora, the Cannes Film Festival has reemerged an early harbinger of Oscar success. The primary launching pad for awards season, though, is the Venice Film Festival, which kicked off its 82nd edition on Wednesday with a coterie of big stars — George Clooney! Julia Roberts! Emma Stone! — sauntering their way down the red carpet and past the global press corps.

Reviews and reactions to the first wave of Oscar hopefuls are already flooding in, kicking off the individual narratives that will follow each film to their...

Despite a rough sinus infection, George Clooney put on a brave face to be at the red carpet world premiere of his new movie, Jay Kelly, in Venice last night.

The infection knocked him out of the festival’s press conference and other media duties, however, and we now understand from sources that he also won’t be able to fly to Telluride where the movie is getting its North American premiere this weekend. Planes and sinus infections are a no-no and he’s under doctor’s orders. Wise.

A spokesperson for Clooney told us: “Unfortunately, because of the sinus and ear infections that George is currently suffering from, his doctors have told him that it would be impossible for him to fly to Telluride to support his new film, Jay Kelly. This is, of course extremely disappointing for him because he was looking forward to celebrating the US premiere...

Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt had its world premiere at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, where the film’s stars walked the red carpet to celebrate their work.

Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Chloë Sevigny star in the psychological thriller film directed by Guadagnino and written by Nora Garrett.

The film is scheduled for release in the U.S. on October 10.

Related: ‘Jay Kelly’ Red Carpet Premiere Photos: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup & More — Venice Film Festival

After the Hunt follows Alma (Roberts), a professor at Yale University, caught between a sexual abuse accusation involving one of her students and a colleague.

Edebiri plays Maggie, a philosophy student and Alma’s protégée, while Garfield plays Hank, Alma’s colleague who is accused of assault.

Other actors in the film include Lío Mehiel, Ariyan Kassam, Will Price, Thaddea Graham, Christine Dye, and Burgess Byrd.

George Clooney has long been one of Hollywood's most magnetic screen presences, admired for his refined charm and striking looks. He first captured attention as Dr. Doug Ross on ER (1994–1999), earning two Emmy nominations. From there, he transitioned seamlessly into cinema with standout performances in From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Out of Sight (1998), Three Kings (1999), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).

Stardom soon followed with Steven Soderbergh's stylish Ocean's trilogy (2001–2007). Clooney's career has also brought critical acclaim, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Syriana (2005) and receiving additional nominations for Best Actor for Michael Clayton (2007), Up in the Air (2009), and The Descendants (2011). He's also starred in...

Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts has just defended her upcoming thriller, After the Hunt, from Luca Guadagnino. The Challengers director's upcoming film, which also stars Andrew Garfield, just debuted at the 82nd Venice Film Festival and started a conversation on how it handled the #MeToo-related topics.

During a heated press conference at the festival, Roberts was asked about the film's statements about the #MeToo movement and cancel culture. Per Variety, the Pretty Woman star defended the film and dismissed the idea that After the Hunt was undermining the feminist movement.

The journalist asking noted the newly released film had "caused controversy" at the festival, as the audience felt the film "revives...

Noah Baumbach is back in biz. Thanks to the arrival of his latest comedy drama, Jay Kelly, the writer and director behind such favorites as Frances Ha and Marriage Story, has another hit on his hands. The upswing comes with the first round of reviews following the title’s world premiere yesterday at the Venice International Film Festival, where it nabbed a nomination for the Golden Lion. According to that first wave, the film holds a promising 83% critics’ approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes — a far cry from the 64% that the filmmaker’s last project, White Noise, earned back in 2022. With a theatrical release set for November 14 and a streaming premiere...

If you are planning a quiet weekend at home, Hulu just added a stack of fresh picks across August that make choosing a movie easy. The newest drops lean into big action, sharp thrillers, and a few crowd favorites, so there is something ready for every mood without a long search.

This list follows the latest arrivals first, then a few recent standouts and modern classics. Each title below includes what it is about, who made it, and when it landed on Hulu in August, so you can jump straight to what sounds best.

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ (2023) Thunder Road

The fourth chapter sends John on a global push to...

Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, cowritten with actor Emily Mortimer, has stirred up a blend of admiration and ambivalence among critics.

The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, stars George Clooney as a fading Hollywood icon, with Adam Sandler as his loyal manager and Laura Dern as his beleaguered publicist. It currently holds a 82 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Critics largely agree that Clooney delivers a fittingly charismatic performance, with many noting the film feels tailor-made for him. Sandler and Dern also earn praise for their grounded, emotionally resonant roles. Yet despite these strengths, some critics question the film’s emotional depth and overall sincerity, calling out...

If Jay Kellywasn't already on your radar, then it might be now, as the Netflix comedy-drama earned a thunderous reaction at the Venice Film Festival. The coming-of-age film had its world premiere at the 82nd edition of the star-studded event on Aug. 28, 2025, with festivalgoers giving director Noah Baumbach, lead co-stars Adam Sandler and George Clooney, and the rest of the cast and crew a lengthy standing ovation when the lights came up after the screening, which further added to the Oscar buzz surrounding the feature.

According to Variety, the rapturous applause for Jay Kelly lasted for 8.5 minutes, with Baumbach sharing an embrace with Sandler and Clooney throughout. The two stars...

George Clooney had to cancel several planned appearances at the Venice Film Festival this week after falling ill. His team confirmed to Fox News Digital that the 64-year-old actor is dealing with a sinus infection and was advised by doctors to take it easy.

“George has been diagnosed with a sinus infection and is under doctor’s orders to cut back all activities today,” his representative explained.

Because of his condition, Clooney was absent from a press event promoting Jay Kelly, his latest movie directed by Noah Baumbach.

He also missed a private dinner with co-stars Adam Sandler and Laura Dern. On Wednesday afternoon, he was seen quietly leaving his hotel by water taxi,...

George Clooney had to step back from several big moments at the Venice Film Festival after falling sick with a sinus infection.

His representative confirmed the news to Fox News Digital, explaining that the actor was ordered by doctors to cut down his schedule. “George has been diagnosed with a sinus infection and is under doctor’s orders to cut back all activities today,” his rep said on Thursday.

The 64-year-old star was supposed to attend press events for his new film Jay Kelly, directed by Noah Baumbach, but he didn’t show up. He also skipped a dinner with his co-stars Adam Sandler and Laura Dern.

Reporters in Venice...

We're not even done with Emmy season, but Oscar season is already knocking at the door, ready to be let in. The 82nd Venice Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday, while the the 52nd Telluride Film Festival starts on Friday. And next week, the Great White North welcomes movie fans to the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. That means that over the course of the next two weeks, we'll see the Oscar narratives of some of the biggest awards hopefuls begin... and potentially end.

Gold Derby will be on the ground at Telluride and Toronto and watching the action in Venice from afar. The Awards Magnet team...

Julia Roberts defended her new film “After the Hunt” at a heated Venice Film Festival press conference, where the star was questioned about the movie’s statements surrounding the #MeToo movement and cancel culture.

In the thriller, set in the world of higher education, Roberts stars as a beloved college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when her mentee (Ayo Edebiri) accuses a friend and colleague (Andrew Garfield) of crossing a line.

Roberts waved off an early question about whether “After the Hunt” was undermining the feminist movement. The journalist who raised the question said the movie had “caused controversy” among festivalgoers who felt the story “revives old arguments” about believing woman who speak up about sexual assault allegations. Though Roberts didn’t directly address the query, the actor said she wants the movie to bring up difficult conversations.

“Not to be disagreeable, because it’s not in my nature,...

Laura Dern and Emily Mortimer are enjoying mother-daughter time at the 2025 Venice Film Festival!

The actresses were joined by their daughters while attending the premiere of their new movie Jay Kelly on Thursday (August 28) in Venice, Italy.

Laura walked the carpet with 20-year-old daughter Jaya Harper, who she she shares with ex-husband, musician Ben Harper.

Emily was joined by 15-year-old daughter May Nivola, who she shares with husband Alessandro Nivola. Back in 2022, May starred in White Noise, a movie directed by Noah Baumbach, who also directed Jay Kelly.

In addition to her role on screen, Emily co-wrote the screenplay with Noah.

Also pictured at the premiere are Noah with partner Greta Gerwig,...