Fall festival season is in full swing, and the premiere spotlight is burning bright across multiple stages. From Venice to Telluride—and even an eye-popping Las Vegas spectacle—filmmakers are unveiling new work as audiences and industry watchers take early measure of the season ahead.

At the Venice Film Festival, Jude Law’s turn as Vladimir Putin in The Wizard of the Kremlin drew a warm reception. The film’s debut earned an ovation at its Venice premiere, putting the project squarely on the radar for the autumn conversation, according to Variety .

Stateside, Telluride brought music-driven drama into the frame. Deliver Me From Nowhere premiered at the Mountain Festival and sparked immediate first reactions, with Jeremy Allen White front and center in the conversation tied to the Bru

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