Intro for July 24, 2026

Dear Gossips,As we sprint toward August for no reason that makes sense except somehow it must be the sun’s fault, lineups for the fall film festivals are being unveiled. Venice’s lineup is out, and similar to Cannes earlier this year, it has almost no films from Hollywood studios this year. There is one film from Disney, Don’t Look Back in Anger, a documentary about Oasis’s reunion tour, but other than that, the festival is Hollywood-free.Which is not to say that there wo