Venice lineup features Danny Boyle's Murdoch drama and a new work from the director of Burning

The Venice film festival presents a range of high-profile films, including Danny Boyle's adaptation of James Graham's play about Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of the Sun newspaper. Also featured are new works from directors such as Luca Guadagnino and Martin McDonagh, as well as a documentary on Slavoj Žižek's ideas. The festival also includes a segment of Ilya Khrzhanovsky's experimental project about Soviet scientist Lev Landau.

The Venice lineup spans multiple formats and genres, from Danny Boyle's period drama about media power to Ilya Khrzhanovsky's sprawling experimental project, which draws on hundreds of hours of footage filmed in Ukraine fifteen years ago. The Dau segment centers on Lev Landau's psychology unit and themes of love within a totalitarian society. Several films explore cultural phenomena: Sophie Fiennes' documentary completes Žižek's trilogy on ideology, while the Oasis film uses backstage footage and interviews with the Gallagher brothers to examine the reunion tour. Lee Chang-dong returns with his first feature since 2018's Burning, now backed by Netflix.