Entertainment
Nomadland wins top prize at Venice film festival – Sydney Morning Herald
Nomadland, a US movie about a community of van dwellers traversing the vast American West, won the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice film festival on Saturday.
The jury led by Australian actress Cate Blanchett gave two runner-up Silver Lion awards, one to Mexican director Michel Franco’s thriller New Order and the other to Japanese historic drama Wife of a Spy, by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Veteran Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky was also awarded a special jury prize for Dear Comrades!, a film about the 1962 massacre of striking workers in Novocherkassk which had been tipped as a front-runner for the top prize.
British actress Vanessa Kirby, who was in V…
-
Business15 hours agoBattle of the ASX ETFs: Why has VGS outperformed VTS this year?
-
Business11 hours ago1 ASX dividend stock down 43% I’d buy right now
-
General21 hours agoCoalition abandons ‘end’ to work from home, walks back 41,000 job cuts
-
Noosa News11 hours agoBanana farmers still salvaging fruit four weeks after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred