This week we take a closer look at the writers and actors strikes and what the impact will be for film-making and cinemas. We also pick our must-see movies from the Venice Film Festival.

Donate here to emergency financial assistance writers, performers and people in support roles affected by the strike
Donate here to SAG-AFTRA's emergency fund

References
SAG proposals
WGA proposals
Deadline Strike Talk - podcast by Hollywood strikers about the strikes
'The 2023 Hollywood strikes for dummies' by Jason P Frank for Vulture
'The unions of Hollywood are trying to save it from itself' by Emma Roth for theverge.com
'The Hollywood strike can and must win – for all of us, not just writers and actors' by Hamilton Nolan for The Guardian
'Inside The Shifting Theatrical Release Dates: How Studios Changed Up The Movie Calendar As WGA Strike Clocks 100 Days' by Anthony D'Alessandro and Justin Kroll for Deadline
'‘Barbenheimer’ Fever… and Then What? How Major Film Delays Amid the Strikes Could Damage the Movie Business' by Rebecca Rubin for Variety
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Our Picks from Venice
Aggro Dr1ft trailer
Scene from One From The Heart
Michel Gondry's music video for The Chemical Brothers' Let Forever Be
Michel Gondry's music video for Bjork's Bachelorette
Michel Gondry's Cibo Matto's Sugar Water
Poor Things trailer
Priscilla trailer
Origin trailer

Film Pharmacy
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022) dir. by Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) dir. by Wojciech Has

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