Venice International Film Festival

Venice 2024: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice movie review – Tim Burton revisits his fantasy comedy

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Venice 2024: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice movie review – Tim Burton revisits his fantasy comedy

Lydia, a psychic mediator with her own ghost-hunting TV show, must return to Winter River to bury him. The quaint town where she grew up, it’s also the place where she encountered Michael Keaton’s afterlife spook Beetlejuice as a teenager. Now she senses the quip-heavy ghoul is back and out to cause trouble. Joining her … Read more

Mistress Dispeller, Chinese documentary at Venice 2024, sheds light on peculiar profession

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Mistress Dispeller, Chinese documentary at Venice 2024, sheds light on peculiar profession

Yet, while affairs happen all over the world, hiring professional dispellers – who can charge the equivalent of over US$10,000 – is a practice specific to mainland China. Bound by familial duty and unnerved by the enduring stigma of divorce, scorned partners, typically women, turn to dispellers as a last resort. A poster of Mistress … Read more