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6 September 2017

Episode 92

30 minutes

From the Palazzo del Cinema we’re on location at the 74th Venice International Film Festival. Ben Rylan meets festival director Alberto Barbera to find out how he reinvigorated the event and brought back its prestige. Plus: we review Darren Aronofsky horror-thriller ‘mother!’, Neapolitan animation ‘Gatta Cenerentola’, and Jane Fonda and Robert Redford’s Golden Lion lifetime achievement awards.

6 September 2017

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Darren Aronofsky’s ‘mother!’

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Ben Rylan reviews Darren Aronofsky’s twisted new horror enigma.

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Alberto Barbera

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The director of the Venice International Film Festival reveals how he reinvigorated the event and made it a key sales opportunity for industry elite.

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Animation, Neapolitan style

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Discover how Venice’s film festival shines a focus on Italian filmmaking with the Neapolitan animated feature ‘Gatta Cenerentola’.

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