Venice Slates Euro-Centric Critics' Week Lineup

As the Venice Film Festival slate starts to unspool, its 30th annual Critics' Week lineup celebrating new directors has now been revealed. It's a nostalgic program this year, with a screening of Scottish director Peter Mullan's 1998 "Orphans" opening the sidebar, running September 2 through 12. The drama won a surfeit of prizes when it premiered on the Lido, and four years later Mullan won the Golden Lion for his chilling "The Magdalene Sisters" (2002). READ MORE: Venice Taps Two Auteurs to Head Juries Critics' Week will close with "Bagnoli Jungle" by Antonio Capuano, who won a Venice prize in 1991 for "Vito and the Others." The selection of mostly...

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