In its 57th installment, the world's oldest film festival took a tentative step toward resolving its longtime identity crisis. Filling out the official competition and sidebars with brand-name auteurs this year, the Venice Film Festival downplayed its signature role as a European launchpad for big American movies even as it clung tenaciously to its trademark glamour. The Clint Eastwood lifetime-achievement tribute may have left organizers with a conspicuously unsexy... More >>>