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Yahoo
19 minutes ago
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NY Film Festival Sets ‘After the Hunt' as Opening Night Movie
The 2025 New York Film Festival has selected Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt as its opening night film. The movie — which stars Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield — will receive its North American premiere at New York's Alice Tully Hall on Friday, Sept. 26. More from The Hollywood Reporter Venice Strikes Back: Alberto Barbera on His Powerhouse 2025 Festival Lineup A Cornered Julia Roberts Confronts Dark Past in 'After The Hunt' Trailer Taylor Kitsch to Star in 'Eleven Days' Prison Hostage Thriller After the Hunt, from Amazon MGM Studios, follows Roberts' Yale philosophy professor Alma whose personal and professional lives are disrupted after her PhD candidate protégée Maggie (Edebiri) accuses Alma's longtime friend and colleague Henrik (Andrew Garfield) of sexual assault. Exploring the murkiness of contemporary morality, the film sees Alma navigating minefields of gender, sexuality, race and institutional power, as she attempts to reconcile her choices with past demons. Directed by Guadagnino from a script by Nora Garrett, After the Hunt also stars Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny. After the Hunt just earlier this week was selected for the 2025 Venice Film Festival and is set to be released in theaters in New York and L.A. on Oct. 10 before expanding on Oct. 17. Guadagnino's Call Me by Your Name, Bones and All and Queer all screened as part of past New York Film Festivals. 'I have always found the New York Film Festival to be an arbiter of global cinema. For over 60 years it has been a festival that makes audiences open their minds and hearts to the most daring and compelling global cinema from both established and emerging filmmakers,' Guadagnino said in a statement. 'To be invited to open the 63rd edition is a tremendous responsibility and honor. I, alongside the incredible cast and crew and our companions at Amazon MGM Studios who made After the Hunt possible, am elated and thrilled to bring to New York our tale of morality and power. My most heartfelt thanks to Dennis Lim and the singular NYFF team.' NYFF artistic director Lim added, 'We are excited to open this year's festival with Luca Guadagnino's latest, which confirms his status as one of the most versatile risk-takers working today. Brilliantly acted and crafted, After the Hunt is something rare in contemporary cinema: a complex, grown-up movie with a lot on its mind that also happens to be a deeply satisfying piece of entertainment.' The 63rd New York Film Festival is set run from Sept. 26-Oct. 13. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Greatest Needle Drops in Film History The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best Solve the daily Crossword
BBC News
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Wales U20s rugby players accused of damaging Italian hotel
An investigation is underway after some of the Wales under 20 squad allegedly caused damage at a hotel in Italy during their stay for a major rugby Hotel Capital in Rovigo, south of Venice, said they found holes in the walls of the rooms the team stayed in, as well as broken locks on some doors and damage to bikes owned by the also said the group had been "disrespectful", walking around without tops and trousers in front of other guests and playing loud music until late.A spokesperson for the WRU said it was "aware of the reports" and was looking into the matter. Reports in the Italian media also suggest some members of the team behaved antisocially while drinking at a festival in the town after the final match - running around and being rowdy and running on to the squad were in the city for the World Rugby Under-20 Championship, coming eighth WRU added it will "respond in the appropriate manner when all the facts of the situation have been established".
Telegraph
2 hours ago
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This Venice secret garden is open to the public for the first time in 500 years
In the newly restored Redentore gardens on Venice's Giudecca island, drifts of lavender and agapanthus tremble in the breeze, the dusky scents of mock orange and night-blooming jasmine sweeten the air and the sun scatters a mosaic of light on the glassy lagoon. This is a contemporary hortus conclusus – an 'enclosed garden' in the medieval and Renaissance tradition. A medieval garden was seen as a sacred space where the soul moves unseen, where spirit and nature intertwine. It's hard to imagine somewhere better to escape to in the hot, crowded months of summer here. The gardens stretch over a hectare of land behind the church of the Holy Redeemer – Il Redentore – Andrea Palladio's luminous, domed masterpiece, which dominates the Giudecca skyline. Commissioned by the Serenissima as a votive offering after the plague of 1575–77, the church and adjacent convent were entrusted to the friars of the Capuchin order (a reformed branch of the Franciscans), who nurtured the complex as a space of thanksgiving and renewal. For nearly five centuries, however, the gardens remained closed to the wider public – until now, following a three-year restoration led by the Venice Gardens Foundation. The walls of this earthly echo of Eden represented spiritual protection; its plants were chosen for their symbolic meaning and healing properties; its geometric layout was thought to mirror a divine order. This frame of thought flourished not only in theology and architecture, but also in Venetian painting. Artists such as Paolo Veneziano, Vittore Carpaccio and Giovanni Bellini filled their devotional scenes with paradisal flora, misting the boundary between sacred space and domestic garden, while the frequent depiction of the Virgin, seated before a hortus conclusus, evokes the perfumed imagery of the Song of Songs: 'A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse.' These painted gardens bloom with symbolic flowers and trees: roses for Mary, lilies for purity, violets for humility, olive branches for peace. The restoration of the Redentore gardens seeks to recover these layered meanings. 'It is more than just a walled garden, it is an articulated, living space; a joyful harmony between nature and humanity,' says Adele Re Rebaudengo, founder and president of the Venice Gardens Foundation. Designed by the distinguished landscape architect Paolo Pejrone, the project respects the traditional four-part division of medieval gardens: the hortus for vegetables, the pomerium for fruit trees, the viridarium for ornamental flowers and the herbarium for medicinal herbs. 'The goal,' says Pejrone, 'was to find an overarching structure that would render the gardens cohesive, harmonious and as simple as possible – devoid of complacency and rhetoric, in keeping with Capuchin principles.' Working from a 1696 plan by Giovanni Merlo, Pejrone reconstructed the chestnut pergolas in the symbolic cross shape of the original Capuchin garden. Now draped in wisteria, grape vines and climbing roses, they invite meditation. At the heart of the cross, a raised pond recalls the medieval 'fountain of life' – emblem of cleansing and baptism. Another historic document – an inventory from the convent archives – allowed Pejrone to replant the herbarium with the same medicinal herbs once cultivated by the friars for their pharmacy: artemisia, flax, mallow, valerian and verbena. Around the pergolas unfold carpets of fragrant rosemary, lavender and helichrysum (the 'everlasting flower') and swaths of wild strawberries and purple artichokes, typical of the nearby lagoon island of Sant'Erasmo. Palisades of cypress trees shelter olive groves and an orchard of almonds, cherries, quinces, figs and pomegranates – all plants laden with symbolic and liturgical significance. They accompany you to an archway in the old walls where a hidden garden, densely woven with ivy, moss and mock orange, opens out onto the shimmering waters of the southern lagoon. In addition to the horti, architect Alessandra Raso has restored the old workshops and a chapel once used by the Capuchin friars –who still inhabit the convent – carefully preserving their weathered walls and essential architectural lines. They now house exhibition and meditation spaces, laboratories and rooms to extract and store oil from the olives and honey from the apiary. Here, too, a small café serves drinks and light meals based on ingredients from the kitchen gardens. The entire project is a model of sustainability. '[Almost nothing was discarded],' explains Re Rebaudengo. 'Old bricks, stones and doors were repurposed on site. We drilled our own well and set up organic waste recycling for fertiliser. It's a living restoration, not a reconstruction.' The Redentore convent garden joins a wider cultural movement: a 'greening' of Venice that includes the restoration of the Royal Gardens near Piazza San Marco. 'We are restoring memory as much as matter,' says Re Rebaudengo. 'Venice once knew how to cultivate stillness – and green space was part of that.' In an age of overtourism and environmental pressure, she sees the Redentore garden, with its harmony of composition, as 'a glimpse of what paradise will be like'. The Garden of the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer is open to the public on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Opening hours vary with the seasons; visit General admission tickets €12, with discounts and annual passes available.
Yahoo
3 hours ago
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Charli XCX Starrer ‘100 Nights of Hero' to Close Venice Critics' Week
Venice Critics' Week, the sidebar section of the Venice Film Festival, unveiled its lineup Monday, revealing the opening and closing films as well as the seven-title competition. The section runs Aug. 27-Sept. 6. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'In the End, Everything Will Be Okay' With 'Money Heist' Star Esther Acebo Boarded by Citizen Skull (Exclusive) Netflix Greenlights K-Pop Drama 'Variety' Starring Son Ye-jin and Jo Yu-ri Ellen DeGeneres Says She and Wife Portia de Rossi Moved to the U.K. Because of President Trump Stereo Girls, a 1990s-set drama from Caroline Deruas Peano about the relationship of two 17-year-old girls, will open Venice Critics' Week, screening out of competition. Julia Jackman's 100 Nights of Hero, a 'feminist fairy tale' starring Emma Corrin, Charli XCX, Maika Monroe, Nicholas Galitzine, Richard E. Grant, Amir El-Masry and Felicity Jones, will close the sidebar. The 2025 competition lineup also includes Giulio Bertelli's Agon, a drama centered around female athletes competing in fictional Olympics; Straight Circle, a dark comedy centered on two soldiers in an isolated barracks, and the feature debut of music video director Oscar Hudson; and Ish from Imran Perretta, which explores the lasting impact of a traumatic incident, on two 12-year-old boys, of a police stop and search. The Venice main competition lineup will be announced Tuesday. Two-time Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne (The Holdovers, Sideways, Nebraska) will head up its jury as president. He will be joined by Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof, French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé (At War), Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero (Vermiglio), Palme d'Or winning Romanian director Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) and Chinese actress Zhao Tao (Ash Is the Purest White) Check out the full Venice Critics' Week program below. Venice Critics' Week Competition Agon, Giulio Bertelli (Italy, U.S., France)Cotton Queen, Suzannah Mirghani (Germany, France, Palestine, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia)Gorgonà, Evi Kalogiropoulou (Greece, France)Ish, Imran Perretta (U.K.)Roqia, Yanis Koussim (Algeria, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia)Straight Circle, Oscar Hudson (U.K.)Waking Hours, Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini (Italy)Out of CompetitionOpening Film: Stereo Girls, Caroline Deruas Peano (France, Canada)Closing Film: 100 Nights of Hero, Julia Jackman (U.K.) Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Greatest Needle Drops in Film History The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best Solve the daily Crossword
Forbes
3 hours ago
- Business
- Forbes
All Aboard A Retail Renaissance: How Luxury Rail Showcases Great Consumer Experience
The service was acquired by LVMH in 2018 (Photo by: Sergi Reboredo/VWPics/Universal Images Group via ... More Getty Images) In an age when algorithms predict desire and over-burdened airport lounges have become little more than fast lanes to fatigue, a slower, more theatrical form of movement is gaining speed and with it, and it is a retail opportunity hiding in plain sight. Luxury train travel is no longer a nostalgic indulgence for a dwindling few. It is becoming a commercial and cultural signal. One that reveals, with surprising clarity, the consumer priorities of our time: immersion over immediacy, curation over chaos, and spending that speaks not just of wealth, but of wisdom. The modern train renaissance has a grand conductor and its name is Belmond. With carriages that feel less like transport and more like time machines, Belmond has rewritten the blueprint for experiential commerce on the move. From the velvet-rich Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, to the highly-Eastern & Oriental Express snaking through Southeast Asia, and Scotland's Royal Scotsman, these are not trains they are stories you board. But this is no pastiche. It's a platform for progressive luxury. When Dior partnered with the Royal Scotsman to create an onboard spa carriage, it wasn't just a ... More brand collaboration it was a provocation. Dior Spa's on-board treatments are curated with luxurious care designed with technique and ingredients inspired by the whimsical and magical Scottish landscape, When Dior partnered with the Royal Scotsman to create an onboard spa carriage, it wasn't just a brand collaboration it was a provocation. Dior Spa's on-board treatments are curated with luxurious care designed with technique and ingredients inspired by the whimsical and magical Scottish landscape, What if wellness, fashion, fine dining and heritage craftsmanship could co-exist in transit, and more importantly, transact in motion? Today's most coveted retail doesn't happen in aisles or on apps it happens in context. It happens where the product meets the moment. And no format is currently delivering that interplay with more potential than the luxury train. Consider the commercial canvas: captive audiences of high-net-worth individuals, undistracted by push notifications or time pressure. Attentive. Immersed. Available in every sense. Onboard trains like the Eastern & Oriental Express, Belmond's 'Tastes of Tomorrow' programme a ... More sensory masterclass led by celebrated chef André Chiang transforms fine dining into brand theatre. Onboard trains like the Eastern & Oriental Express, Belmond's 'Tastes of Tomorrow' programme a sensory masterclass led by celebrated chef André Chiang transforms fine dining into brand theatre. Meanwhile, high-end travel collections, bespoke monogramming services, fragrance discovery sets and artisanal gifting are creeping onto the rails not as novelties, but as natural extensions of experience. This is retail without it's usual walls. And it is working. The appeal of rail isn't speed, it's sensibility. It marks a rebellion against convenience culture in favour of considered consumption. Time, the ultimate luxury, is both spent and savoured. And with it comes an appetite for quality over quantity. Train travel has become the physical manifestation of this shift: deliberate, beautiful, and elevated. It's a space where storytelling holds more sway than stock levels, where the scent of hand-polished wood and fresh linen can outcompete any AI-generated product recommendation. It is the antidote to transactional culture and a roadmap for retailers looking to reconnect with the emotive power of shopping. Every night "feels like fashion week' aboard the VSOE, noting that travellers arrive clad in ... More couture. They walk its corridors in Schiaparelli, Dior, Versace and Simone Rocha a living, breathing runway set to the rhythm of the rails. (Photo by Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage) Fashion, of course, is paying close attention. Whilst there is less of a look-book for flying private, there is for luxury rail. And it is quietly commanding. Wide-leg trousers in raw silk. Cashmere layering. Vintage timepieces. Flat shoes designed for corridor pacing and cocktail standing. These are travellers dressed for narrative, not noise. Luxury trains have become their own style arenas, not performative, but precise. A growing number of travellers are curating their rail wardrobes with the same reverence once reserved for destination weddings or society galas. Retailers who recognise this are beginning to design for the journey. There is an emerging category of travel capsule collections, cabin bags that double as arm candy, and station pop-ups that cater not to last-minute needs but to first impressions. As luxury trains accelerate into the mainstream, so too does the appetite to extend the experience beyond the carriage. In a market saturated with status purchases, the new power move is ownership that feels earned - emotional, specific, and storied. The portfolio for Orient Express, designed by trunk manufacturer Au Départ, is crafted from jacquard ... More woven fabric with Italian calf leather details. The exterior is adorned with the brand's signature three-dimensional monogram, while a spacious interior features a zipper pocket. The Orient Express has leaned into this shift with remarkable precision. Its online retail destination offers a curated world of collectables, homeware, and fashion designed to evoke and monetise the journey. Offering sophisticated commerce, from marble cigar trays to limited-edition luggage tags and leather goods. Every item speaks to a narrative, not just of a brand, but of a time, a place, a feeling. It's not only about souvenirs - or 'resortcore'. The entire model recognises that today's luxury consumer buys with memory, not just money. Whether it's a signature candle that recalls the scent of the dining car or a silk scarf that echoes the train's original marquetry, each item becomes a passport stamp of a different kind: proof of taste, not just travel. Fashion insiders are paying attention too, cultural go-to guide Dazed declared that 'every night feels like fashion week' aboard the VSOE, noting that travellers arrive clad in couture. They walk its corridors in Schiaparelli, Dior, Versace and Simone Rocha a living, breathing runway set to the rhythm of the rails. What this tells us is that luxury trains are no longer content to be mere stages—they are spawning micro‑luxury ecosystems. This is commerce that transcends the carriage, its is combing hot-trends of slow fashion and collectible culture. And it signals a broader lesson: that the most compelling merchandise isn't rushed, but steeped in story. Destination Shopping, Right on Track: All the experience, even before you get onboard. As part of ... More the promotional tour for Wicked - Jon M. Chu and Jeff Goldblum beside the Sir Elton John piano at St Pancras International Station on November 20, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by) The experience doesn't begin when the train departs. It starts in the station. And increasingly, the station itself is being reimagined as a stage for high-impact retail. St Pancras International, once a holding bay for the impatient, now rivals some of London's high streets for heritage gifting and luxury concessions. In Tokyo Station, gourmet zones and high-design corridors are curated with the elegance of department stores. Over at Tokyo Station, you'll find two areas the Tokyo Gift Palette and Tokyo Okashi Land, both ... More fully dedicated to sweets and snacks from Tokyo and Japan. Retailers have long searched for formats that blend storytelling with conversion, reach with relevance. The luxury rail model offers all four, plus the kind of emotional resonance that no pop-up ever truly achieves. While airline lounges saturate and airport terminals commodify, trains humanise. They decelerate just enough to let desire breathe. And in that breath, consumers buy. Moreover, there is a sustainability story here, not in slogans, but in structure. Trains symbolise permanence. They offer a tactile alternative to the 'click and regret' culture. And they position brands as part of a legacy rather than a landfill. 'Railway Retail' is on the move, but this isn't racing ahead. It's rediscovering how to walk through the world with elegance and intent. The rise of luxury rail isn't just a travel trend. It's a cultural correction. A counterpoint to years of noise, waste, and sameness. For brands, this is a moment of invitation. To step aboard not just a train, but a new type of relationship with the consumer, one where emotion, trust, and memory travel together. Because if today's consumer is no longer buying things, but feelings, then the most valuable real estate of all may just be found in a mahogany carriage, somewhere between Paris and Vienna, as the silverware glints and the story begins.
