Venice Film Festival Opens With Boyle's Tabloid Tale

The Venice Film Festival opened this week with Danny Boyle's 'Ink,' a rollicking portrait of the rise of the British tabloid The Sun, according to the New York Times. The film, adapted by James Graham, marks Boyle's return to the Lido with his trademark energetic style, and the Guardian lists it among the festival's most anticipated offerings.

The 2026 edition promises a rich slate for cinephiles, with the Guardian's preview highlighting a new film from Burning director Lee Chang-dong, alongside works from Luca Guadagnino, Martin McDonagh and Danny Boyle. A backstage look at the Oasis reunion tour is also among the draws, offering a pop-cultural counterpoint to the festival's art-house core.

For the Cultura desk, the festival's centerpiece may be the seven-hour Bertolucci retrospective, a marathon tribute to one of Italian cinema's most ambitious voices. The event positions Venice as the stage for a reckoning with Italy's cinematic legacy, even as international auteurs dominate the competition.