Venice/TIFF: The Good (Movies!), The Bad (Strikes!), and the SO MUCH UGLY (SOOOO MUCH) - ORC 8/2/23

What Is This Episode - Top of Show Release Schedule Weirdness - 1:40 . THE STRIKES DELAY THE EMMYS, AFFECT FESTIVALS - 4:22 . VENICE/TIFF CONTROVERSIES AND NEWS: Antonio Barbera Defends Plans to Screen Allen, Polanski, Besson - 11:02 How Will Stars Handle Venice + The Strike? - 20:33 Miyazaki to Open TIFF - 24:19 Commandante Opens Venice - 26:40 Netflix’s Society of the Snow to Close Venice - 27:22 . FILMS PLAYING MULTIPLE FESTIVALS: The Beast Has an All Timer Premise - 31:50 Hitman from Linklater, Memory from Michel Franco - 33:05 . NOTABLE VENICE EXCLUSIVES - 34:55 (Ferrari, El Conde, The Killer, Maestro, More) AND OUT OF COMPETITION NOTABLES - 43:41 (Henry Sugar, Agro Drift, McCain Mutiny Court Marshall, More) TIFF GALAS - 48:31 (Dumb Money, The End We Start From, Lee, Next Goal Wins, More) TIFF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - 58:00 (American Fiction, The Burial, The Dead Don’t Hurt, Ezra, More) DOCUMENTARIES - 1:13:36 (Nickelback, Mountain Queen, Defiant, The Contestant, More) . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:17:49 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:18:40