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Venice Film Festival: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice & other big movies

The 81st annual Venice International Film Festival is officially underway.  <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-venice-film-festival-review-tim-burton-b1178807.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,</a> the long-awaited sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 classic comedy horror, opened up the festival this week but there’s still plenty more to come from the event which runs until 7th September. Jo-Ann Titmarsh, freelance film critic for the Evening Standard, joins us from Venice to discuss all the hotly anticipated premieres, including; <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/81st-venice-film-festival-2024-picks-movies-joker-folie-deux-queer-beetlejuice-b1175809.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joker: Folie à Deux</a> with Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, Maria starring Angelina Jolie, and Luca Guadagnino’s Queer with Daniel Craig. Follow us<a href="https://twitter.com/EveningStandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on X</a> or<a href="https://www.threads.net/@evening.standard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on Threads</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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