Film Festivals

Venice hails cinema's comeback king Mickey Rourke (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

7 Sep 2008

Eleven days of red carpet galas, 21 films in competition and countless interviews, photo calls and parties at the Venice film festival boiled down to just one man in the end -- Mickey Rourke.

Tragic Mickey Rourke film wins in Venice (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

7 Sep 2008

Hollywood outsider Mickey Rourke has capped his big screen comeback with The Wrestler, in which he plays a lonely, washed out fighter, by winning the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice festival.

New season brings more film festivals (Boston Globe)

6 Sep 2008

Nearly 30 film festivals have already been held in 2008 around Boston and within a few hours of the city, but the rich menu does not let up once summer is over. If anything, it picks up steam in the fall.