Smashing Machine arrives not just as another fight movie but as a bruising, beautifully observed character study that puts a human heartbeat at the center of early-era mixed martial arts. Premiering in main competition at Venice and headed to U.S. theaters on October 3, 2025, the film pairs the muscle of Dwayne Johnson with the … Read more
Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein stormed into the 82nd Venice International Film Festival with the kind of reception that turns premieres into milestones: reports from the Lido say the film drew an approximately 13-minute standing ovation, the kind of roar usually reserved for era-defining festival debuts. The Netflix production centers Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and … Read more
Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe at Venice Film Festival lit up the Lido as Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest collaboration with Stone, Bugonia, had its world premiere in competition. The premiere brought two of Lanthimos’s favorite muses back to the same carpet, kicked off a flurry of social clips, and sparked chatter about a quick, friendly kiss … Read more
