Venice Film Festival

There were glamorous gowns and louche suits, oversize fascinators and itty-bitty puppies. Some celebs posed demurely—very mindful—and other hammed it up with the paparazzi.

One critic even called it “blockbuster filmmaking as a form of collective punishment.”

The rave reviews for the new film, directed by Luca Guadagnino, are being dominated by critics’ pleasant surprise over the explicit love scenes.

The new documentary follows a wife, her cheating husband, his mistress—and the woman who is hired to end the whole ordeal and bring peace back to the marriage.

If only the new movie “King Ivory,” which just premiered at the Venice Film Festival, would latch onto one of its many, disconnected threads.

Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature is a tender two-hander between two Oscar-winners at the top of their acting game, holding hands as they contemplate the end.

“Wolfs” was a Venice Film Festival disappointment. It turns out that star power is not enough when those stars are auto-piloting their way through their new movie.