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How Kenneth Branagh Brought the Agatha Christie Whodunit Back to Life

Inverse speaks with James Pritchard, the CEO of the Agatha Christie estate, about 'A Haunting in Venice,' and the whodunit renaissance.

Inverse

Review: A Haunting in Venice

Murder most spooky.

Reason

A Haunting of Venice: a Gothic horror, supernatural, Agatha Christie murder mystery which all becomes quite camp

Agatha Christie regularly drew upon the supernatural to generate a feeling of uncertainty. We – the audience, and the ensemble of characters – are given limited information regarding a murder.

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Venice won't be listed as one of the world's most endangered sites

UNESCO, the United Nations body that designates and protects World Heritage sites, says it will continue to monitor the famed Italian city's issues, including climate change and over-tourism.

WEKU

Spooky-looking figures in gondola spotted in London canals ahead of A Haunting In Venice film release

Passers-by in London were given a frightening surprise as a ghoulish gondola passed through Camden Lock, Regent’s Park Canal and Little Venice manned by mysterious figures draped in black and donning traditional Venetian masks.

Evening Standard

30 destinations cracking down on overtourism, from Venice to Bhutan

From tourist taxes to caps, here are the holiday hotspots taking measures to bring down escalating visitor numbers

The Independent UK

Venice faces possible UNESCO downgrade as it struggles to manage mass tourism

The Italian city of Venice has been struggling to manage an onslaught of tourists in the budget travel era

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A Haunting in Venice is Kenneth Branagh's 20th film – what do we make of his prodigious output?

In an essay on Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Scott Frank recalls meeting the future star and director of his screenplay Dead Again (1991) and wondering “why the guy would want to direct a loopy, film noir thriller like mine?”

The Conversation

A day in Venice is surely worth more than €5

Letters: Responsible tourism | Ferrets and moles | Cpl Punishment | Liz Truss’s achievements

The Guardian - UK

Movie Review: Kenneth Branagh crafts a sumptuously spooky ‘A Haunting in Venice’

Kenneth Branagh indulges in the kind of macabre theatricality that only a crumbling Venetian palazzo on a stormy Halloween night can provide in “A Haunting in Venice," which co-stars Tina Fey, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill and Camille Cottin

The Independent UK

Venice may be put on the endangered list, thanks to human-created climate change

The impacts of climate change including related disasters, such as wildfires and sea level rise, are increasingly raising a question about how best to save cultural heritage.

WEKU

Venice Film Festival’s big winners: from Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things to Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border

We look at the hits and misses of La Serenissima’s film festival this year

Evening Standard

Venice set to finally introduce tourist entry fees after years of wrangling

Decision due just weeks after Unesco warned of irreversible damage to popular Italian city

The Independent UK

Venice to introduce €5 fee for day-trip tourists in bid to combat numbers

Those visiting iconic city for the day would be required to pay surcharge

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Venice awaits Unesco heritage ruling as beds for tourists outnumber residents for first time

‘We feel like foreigners in our own home’ says activist as city’s population dwarfed by visitors

The Independent UK

Venice Film Festival round-up: From Yorgos Lanthimos standout Poor Things to Michael Mann’s operatic Ferrari

Festivalgoers will surely agree that the 2023 competition was one of the most eclectic and eccentric in recent memory, writes Geoffrey Macnab

The Guardian - UK

A Haunting in Venice review – Branagh’s Agatha Christie whodunnit given horror makeover

No amount of spooky jump-scares can save Kenneth Branagh’s latest Christie adaptation, which wastes its atmospheric setting and stellar cast

Evening Standard

A Haunting in Venice review: Kenneth Branagh’s Poirot at Halloween fails to haunt

Yes it’s his best Poirot yet, no that’s not saying THAT much

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The Independent UK

A Haunting in Venice review: Poirot meets the supernatural in Kenneth Branagh’s third middle-of-the-road chiller

Michelle Yeoh comfortably steals the show in this starry adaptation of lesser-known mystery ‘Hallowe’en Party’

Inverse

2023's Most Satisfying Thriller Still Manages to Surprise

Kenneth Branagh and his mustache are back in the latest adaptation of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mysteries. Read our review of 'A Haunting in Venice.'

The Guardian - UK

Venice film festival 2023 week two roundup – Priscilla, Bernstein, refugees and hitmen

Emma Stone goes wild in a zany Victorian fantasy, Woody Allen gets one of the biggest laughs of the week, Carey Mulligan turns in a career-best performance – and the Golden Lion should go to Agnieszka Holland’s searing Green Border

The Guardian - UK

Woody Allen: cheered on stage despite fog of accusation that won’t lift

Given rapturous applause at Venice, Allen has – like it or not – become an icon for post-#MeToo confusion around allegations and burdens of proof

Evening Standard

Green Border review: refugee drama should be required viewing for all

This astounding film, which gives a voice to the voiceless, would make a worthy winner of the festival’s top prize

The Street

Venice in Italy is slapping visitors with a 'tourist tax'

Early plans are to charge all visitors older than 14 five euros ($5.34 USD) on certain popular weekends.

The Guardian - UK

Ava DuVernay: Black film-makers are told people don’t care about our stories

Academy Award winning director was speaking at Venice film festival, where she is the first African American woman to compete in its 91 year history

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