John Malkovich's award season journey begins with a big win at Venice, while May El-Toukhy's Woman Unknown makes a Golden Lion-powered name for itself.

A final sweep of the Venice Film Festival red carpet, including the closing ceremony.

Is Venice still vibrating from all the rounds of applause? It's become customary for audiences at the festival's premieres to clap and cheer for a seeming eternity after the credits roll. (Often to the visible discomfort of the actors and filmmakers,

The name of the game is elegance, ease and low-key flair. Sunglasses never hurt.

Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor of awards coverage, updates his assessment of all 24 Oscar categories.

The Venice Film Festival opening movie stars Guy Pearce as the media mogul, who recruits an editor to revamp The Sun in 1969 and changes the course of media forever. There are fewer major studio debuts at film festivals this year—but buzzy projects about Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk, and To Catch a Predator could wind up being Oscar contenders.

I’m not, but hey, why not dream? — the Pierre Cardin Museum has just opened in the late designer’s posh Venetian palazzo. Cardin, who died in 2000, was known for his mod ’60s fashions and bold patterns and colors,