Telluride may beget rained on Venices parade,but fine performances marked the festival, notably Ralph Fiennes in A Bigger Splash. Meanwhile, and Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa was a heart-rending highlightHang around the Venice Lido in September,and you could form the erroneous impression that film critics are mellow souls who inhabit a haze of balmy contentment. Venice is a remarkably stress-free festival: frequent buses, screenings you can saunter into at the last minute, and a leafy Casino compound where you can fuel yourself on lasagne and Aperol... All this and some perfectly fine films.
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Source: theguardian.com