Another year, another gender parity discussion about the Venice Film Festival. After yesterday’s lineup reveal showed that there was an increase from one female director in competition to TWO female directors in competition, people were a bit confused. Didn’t festival director Alberto Barbera sign a pledge to have more representation at his festival? Well, according to the Venice boss, he did just that, but people are focused on the wrong numbers.

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The competition for this year’s Venice International Film Festival is stacked, to say the least. While there’s plenty to talk about regarding gender disparity, combined with the addition of Roman Polanski, just on paper, it would appear that Venice 2019 is going to have one of the most interesting competitions from any film festival this year. And with this morning’s announcement, we have some first look images from some of those films.

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When talking about the ever-growing #MeToo movement, there have been some big names in the entertainment industry that have been seen as the poster children for everything wrong with Hollywood. Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, and Woody Allen seem to always be brought up in those discussions. Joining those men has also been Roman Polanski. However, unlike those previous names, Polanski is still finding a way to keep working.

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