Venice Film Festival: From ‘Joker 2’ to ‘Queer,’ here are 10 movies to get excited about

hello everyone welcome back my channel Venice Film Festival from Joker 2 to queer here are 10 movies to get excited about some of Hollywood's biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week from George Clooney and Angelina Julie to Lady Gaga Brad Pit Nicole Kidman and Watkin Phoenix Venice Italy some of Hollywood's biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week from George Clooney and Angelina Julie to Lady Gava and Brad Pit but while the Allure of a-listers on those picturesque docks is a welcome return to form after last year's lower wattage Edition amid the strikes the spotlight that matters most will be on their films along with can's Venice which runs from August 28 through September 7 is one of the most glamorous launching pads for awards season the films that do well on the Leo will be dominating the conversation until the Oscars in March in this year's lineup there's both big Hollywood Fair Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Horizon an American Saga chapter 2 to wolves and a vast array of intriguing films from all tours around the world at festivals the best thing is to keep an open mind and see as much as possible you never know what might hit in the meantime though here are 10 films to get excited about at benis no matter which side of the Joker discourse you were on 5 years ago the fact that all involved would bring the sequel back to Venice to play in competition is promising Joker Foley Adu doesn't need the festival buzz after all the first film made over $1 billion and was nominated for 11 Oscars Venice Chief Alberto Barbara told deadline that it's completely different from the first a dystopian Musical that is one of the most daring Brave and creative films in recent American Cinema and confirms Todd Phillips as one of the most creative directors working at the moment it'll be in theaters October 4 challan filmmaker Pablo larraine is not to be ignored when he makes a film about a famous woman with a tragic narrative C Spencer Jackie this time he's teamed with screenwriter Steven Knight peeky blinders and Jal to bring opera singer Maria CIS back to life in Maria the soprano was a tabloid fixture perhaps most famous for her affair with Aristotle onesis who would end up leaving her for another of Lorraine's tragic women Jacqueline Kennedy Callis died in 1977 at age 53 but remains one of classical music's best selling artists Maria is playing in competition and seeking distribution Luca guadagnino returns to Venice with queer an adaptation of the William S burough novel starring Daniel Craig in a performance that Barbara has called Career def finding it follows an American expat to Mexico City on a quest for a drug there he encounters all sorts of characters and develops an obsession with a young man the novel was written in the early 1950s a sort of companion piece to junkie but not published until 1985 others have attempted to adapt it before including Steve Bimi and Orin moverman queer is also seeking distribution Pedro almodovar's English language debut with Julianne Moore and till the Swinton starring we barely even need a description to get excited about that which is probably good because details are vague he said that it's about an imperfect mother and a resentful daughter who are estranged because of a profound misunderstanding in addition to tackling subjects like War Death friendship and sexual pleasure Al noar said it also talks about the pleasure of waking up to birds bringing a new day a house built on a natural reserve in New England it'll also make a stop at the New York Film Festival before a December release Dutch filmmaker Helen ran made the wildly fun bodies bodies bodies so we're especially curious what baby girl holds the erotic Thriller Stars nickol Kidman who 25 years ago came to Venice with eyes wide shut as a powerful CEO who begins an affair with a younger intern played by Harris Dickinson triangle of sadness the iron claw Antonio Banderas also co-stars a 24 plans a December theatrical release