"Must-See Films at the Venice Film Festival 2023: Our Top Picks"

The Venice Film Festival 2023 lineup includes highly anticipated films such as Yorgos Lanthimos' surreal science-fantasy "Poor Things" starring Emma Stone, Luna Carmoon's character study "Hoard," a sensually disturbing disquisition "The Beast" with Léa Seydoux and George MacKay, Bradley Cooper's controversial biopic "Maestro" about Leonard Bernstein, and Sofia Coppola's "Priscilla," a corrective to Baz Luhrmann's Elvis film. Other notable films include Michael Fassbender in David Fincher's psychological thriller "The Killer," Ava DuVernay's drama "Origin" tackling class and caste in the US, Agnieszka Holland's "Green Border" about the Belarusian tyrant, Michael Mann's "Ferrari" starring Adam Driver, and Małgorzata Szumowska's exploration of gender dysphoria in "Kobieta Z ... (Woman of)."