{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Film Comment Podcast","title":"Venice 2026 #3, with Jonathan Romney and Tim Grierson","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ca2c6cc2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2881,"description":"This week and next, Film Comment is reporting from the picturesque shores of the Lido, where the Venice Film Festival takes place each year. This year’s edition features new films by many major auteurs, including Werner Herzog, Lee Chang-dong, Tsai Ming-liang, and more.\nFor our third Podcast from the festival, Film Comment Co-Editor Devika Girish invited critics Jonathan Romney and Tim Grierson to share their reactions to The Pervert's Guide to Utopias (2:38), director Sophie Fiennes’s latest collaboration with philosopher Slavoj Žižek, as well as Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger (14:36), Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace’s concert documentary following the band's recent reunion tour. Finally, the three discussed one of the major standouts in the fest’s Competition section: May el-Toukhy‘s Woman Unknown (26:25).\nSubscribe to Film Comment to stay up-to-date with all of our Venice 2026 coverage.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/p_uQUnYi97srLRMbmE66UccRe-sy8V1b7qSSNDCXjjo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lYTM5/OWEzOWNmOWQ1MDIx/Y2VjYzZiYzRjMjJi/NjIwOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}