Joel (left) and Ethan Coen arrive for the premiere of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs at the Venice International Film Festival. Their film, a Western anthology, won best screenplay. Photo: EPA-EFE Joel (left) and Ethan Coen arrive for the premiere of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs at the Venice International Film Festival. Their film, a Western anthology, won best screenplay. Photo: EPA-EFE
Joel (left) and Ethan Coen arrive for the premiere of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs at the Venice International Film Festival. Their film, a Western anthology, won best screenplay. Photo: EPA-EFE

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Venice film festival 2018: far right in focus, Westerns make comeback, and so does Zhang Yimou

Frenchman Jacques Audiard wins best director for Western The Sisters Brothers, while Chinese director’s martial arts epic Shadow will leave you slack-jawed

Topic |   European films
James Mottram

Updated: 8:17pm, 12 Sep, 2018

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Joel (left) and Ethan Coen arrive for the premiere of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs at the Venice International Film Festival. Their film, a Western anthology, won best screenplay. Photo: EPA-EFE Joel (left) and Ethan Coen arrive for the premiere of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs at the Venice International Film Festival. Their film, a Western anthology, won best screenplay. Photo: EPA-EFE
Joel (left) and Ethan Coen arrive for the premiere of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs at the Venice International Film Festival. Their film, a Western anthology, won best screenplay. Photo: EPA-EFE
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