#The unholy showtimes series#

Venice boasts several world premieres ahead of the Toronto and Telluride festivals, including Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale”, which will argue for Toronto, while Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All”, with Timothée Chalamet (a trailer with the one that lit up the Internet when it dropped in mid-August), Alejandro G. The only notable exception to this is Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical “The Fablemans”, which is launching at the Toronto International.

“I agree this has been the most challenging year,” Barbera says.īut in the same breath Lido Lord also admits that in the end he “got a lot of great movies from all over the world”, including almost all the anticipated titles for the coming season that he wanted. The Venice selection process was further disrupted by the ongoing pandemic, which continues to disrupt delivery dates and delivery schedules. They started seeing submissions in November, several months earlier than usual, so in some cases they had to take advantage of what else would be available from Showtime without knowing what else.

#The unholy showtimes series#

As the world’s oldest film festival – unspooling on Lido Island – celebrates its 90th year, it features a dazzling display of merchandise and stars, starting with its opener, Noah Baumbach’s black comedy “White Noise” – Adam Driver, along with Greta Gerwig and Jodie Turner-Smith were expected on the red carpet – for an impressive series of arthouse auteurs screening their latest.Īssembling the 2022 Venice lineup has been a long and complicated process for festival topper Alberto Barbera and his team.

Venice Film Festival Once again, it looks like the awards are the place to launch the season’s heavy hitters.