Bill Pohlad On Dreaming Big At Venice With Casey Affleck-Starrer ‘Dreamin’ Wild’

Olivia Wilde addressed all the drama surrounding her film "Don't Worry Darling" during a late night TV experience. Wilde confirmed that Harry Styles did not spit on Chris Pine at the Venice Film Festival in early September while speaking to Stephen Colbert. "Spit-Gate," as Wilde referred to it, occurred after a video of Styles heading to his seat went viral on the internet.

Isabel May may be a newcomer to Hollywood, but she’s enjoying breakout success on Taylor Sheridan‘s “Yellowstone” prequel series “1883.” Now she’ll star alongside Casey Affleck in “The Smack,” an upcoming indie heist thriller from director David M. Rosenthal.

Guy Lodge Film Critic Not many films hit an emotional crescendo around the publication of a Pitchfork review, but Bill Pohlad’s “Dreamin’ Wild” is sufficiently sincere and embedded in musical nerdery to make it work. As onetime brother act Donnie and Joe Emerson huddle with their family around a 30-years-late evaluation of the album they recorded as teenagers, one particular critical reference sends them giddily reeling: “To twist a Brian Wilson phrase,” it reads, “[the album] is a godlike symphony to teenhood.” For fortysomething Donnie, who has spent his whole adult life scrambling for anyone to listen to his music — let alone love it — the mere mention of his musical hero in relation to his work is a crowning triumph: Donnie, as played by a typically disheveled, downcast Casey Affleck, looks briefly, guardedly happy for a moment, and this often melancholic film is suddenly suffused with well-being.

Ellie Goulding showed off her incredible figure at the amfAR Gala at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on Wednesday. The singer, 35, was joined by Jodie Turner-Smith who wows in a bold skirt that she teamed with a corset top at the charity event that benefits AIDS research. Ellie's wet-look metallic gown clung perfectly to her gym-honed physique as she flashed a glimpse of her lithe legs through a daring thigh-high split.

The Emersons are modest people. Running a farm, along with raising children to be decent, God-fearing and hard-working, is an all-day, all-week business; there isn’t much time for pretension. Even among the rustling pine trees in their little bit of Washington state, however, teenage boys may pick at guitars, noodle out a few songs that sound a bit like the Eagles, imagine rock stardom and dream of being discovered. The true story of the Emerson brothers would be like thousands of others, except for the fact that they were discovered. And that they were discovered, thanks to the internet, 30 years too late.

Lightning strikes twice for filmmaker Bill Pohlad in his sophomore feature “Dreamin’ Wild.” The producer-turned-writer-director follows up the promise of his bifurcated Brian Wilson biopic “Love & Mercy” with another moving tale of personal and artistic redemption. His recounting of Donnie and Joe Emerson’s resurgence over three decades after the release of their only album captures not just musicians but also something of the quality of the music itself.

Zooey Deschanel and Casey Affleck are stepping out to support their new movie.

Casey Affleck heaped praise on Andrew Dominik’s forthcoming Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde during a press conference for his latest film Dreamin’ Wild at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday.

Caylee Cowan waves at the cameras after arriving at the airport with Casey Affleck in Venice, Italy on Tuesday (September 6).

Who would have thought that, of all the top-shelf auteurs in Venice’s big comeback year, the most constrained would be Darren Aronofsky? His new competition film The Whale opens with that very intent — the screen is cropped to 1:33 — which turns out to be most appropriate for a small and intimate movie about a very big man.

Marta Balaga German helmer Alex Schaad takes on the body-swap trope in Venice Critics’ Week title “Skin Deep,” produced by Walker + Worm Film in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk and Donndorffilm. Beta Cinema, which handles the sales, has shared its trailer exclusively with Variety ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Italian fest. The intimate, character-driven story sees a young couple – played by “And Tomorrow the Entire World” actor Mala Emde and Jonas Dassler – deciding to visit a remote island, hoping they might be able to solve their problems in a place that literally allows you to be someone else. But Schaad, who co-wrote the script with his brother Dimitrij, wasn’t trying to deliver another “Freaky Friday,” eschewing easy laughs for a much more philosophical approach.

Th 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has selected its Industry Selects, a section of ten audience friendly films up for global acquisition. In addition it was announced that Jason Reitman’s Live Read is returning to the Festival for an all-star event featuring a surprise cast; the filmmaker presenting a surprise screenplay in honor of his late father, Ivan Reitman.

Casey Affleck is a busy guy — that’s why you didn’t see him at his big brother Ben Affleck‘s wedding, OK?!

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's gathering because of "other things."It turns out that those "other things" involved taking his son Atticus to soccer practice.Over the weekend, the "Manchester by the Sea" star shared a message on Instagram welcoming Jen to the family. In the comment's section, Casey's girlfriend, Caylee Cowan, seemed to reveal the "Manchester by the Sea" star's reasoning for eschewing the wedding. "Hey, if you weren't in town Saturday to take Atty to soccer practice then who would've helped the kid who broke his arm?" she wrote in a since deleted comment.

Ben Affleck’s older brother Casey Affleck seems to be the family member with dark humor. The actor and filmmaker took to social media to officially welcome Jennifer Lopez to the family. Casey even warned his new sister-in-law.

Casey Affleck had responsibilities to take care of back home in Los Angeles — and so he skipped out on his big brother’s wedding!

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot again on Saturday in front of their family and friends in Georgia.MORE: Casey Affleck's reason for missing Ben Affleck and J-Lo's wedding - all we knowHowever, one guest who was thought to have been absent from the nuptials was Ben's younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, who was reported to have been unable to attend due to parental obligations.Casey will no doubt have sent his best regards to Ben and J-Lo - who he recently enjoyed a star-studded night out with in Italy - and all for a very good cause.VIDEO: Jennifer Lopez gives rare shout-out to Ben AffleckThe Hustlers star and actor were both in Capri, Italy, to attend the Luisa Via Roma x Unicef gala.MORE: Ben Affleck makes huge personal decision after wedding to Jennifer LopezMORE: Jennifer Lopez makes heartfelt revelation about her blended family with Ben AffleckJennifer performed for almost an hour at the fundraiser, while Casey was out to support her, even hosting the auction at the event.They raised a lot of money too, with hosts Luisa Via Roma taking a staggering 8M euros for UNICEF.Other guests in attendance included Leonardo DiCaprio, Lara Stone, Edward Enninful, Jared Leto and Nathalie Emmanuel. Jennifer Lopez performed at the star-studded Luisa Via Roma x Unicef gala in July - also attended by Casey AffleckJennifer and Ben had honeymooned just the week before in Paris, following on from their surprise Las Vegas wedding on July 17.MORE: Jennifer Lopez's third wedding dress is her most jaw-dropping yetMORE: Inside 'soulmates' Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's 'emotional' wedding ceremonyThe couple took along their children on the trip, too - and it looked like a great time was had by all.