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Venice Opening: George Clooney & Maggie Gyllenhaal Talk Unifying Power Of Cinema In Divisive Times: “Always Connect!”
The Venice Film Festival kicked off on a defiantly humanist note on Wednesday with speeches from Life Achievement Awardee George Clooney and jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal championing the power of cinema as a unifier in divisive times…
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