Ben Affleck was anything but serious on “The Town” red carpet. He plays an armed robber in the film, who falls for one of his victims, a bank manager played by Rebecca Hall. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
Jon Hamm plays an FBI agent in the film who is after Ben Affleck and his bank robbing crew. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)
Ben Affleck and his costar Jeremy Renner ham it up for photographers. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
The film’s leading lady, Rebecca Hall, is best known for her role as Vicky in Woody Allen‘s “ Vicky Cristina Barcelona.” (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
Director Quentin Tarantino seems to have had enough of flashbulbs as he arrives for an event at the festival. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” actress Noomi Rapace adopts a very casual look between events at the festival. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
Spanish actress Carolina Bang has kisses for the media at the photo call for her film, “Balada Triste de Trompeta (A Sad Trumpet Ballad).” (Claudio Onorati / EPA)
Director Alex de la Iglesia attends the photo call for his film “Balada Triste De Trompeta (A Sad Trumpet Ballad).” (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
“The Town” star Rebecca Hall poses with her costar/director Ben Affleck. (Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images)
Actor Jeremy Renner, who appears in “The Town,” arrives at the festival via water taxi. (Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images)
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” star Noomi Rapace attends the “Raavanan” premiere. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
Mani Ratnam, director of the film “Raavanan,” poses with his Jaeger Le’Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
Actress Shannyn Sossamon attends the Lancia Cafe. (Tullio M. Puglia / Getty Images)
Actress Paz Vega attends the “Vallanzasca” premiere. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
Jury president Quentin Tarantino waves to photographers. (Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images)
Actress Paz Vega poses during the photo call for the new film “The Angels of Evil” (“Vallanzasca”). (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)
Michelle Williams arrives for the screening of her new film “Meek’s Cutoff.” Williams plays Emily Tetherow in the movie about a group of Oregon trail travelers who are led astray by the promises of a swindler named Meek. (Joel Ryan / AP)
“Meek’s Cutoff” cast member Bruce Greenwood, who plays Meek in the film, arrives at the premiere. (Claudio Onorat / EPA)
Chilean actress Antonia Zegers and director Pablo Larrain arrive for the screening of “Post Mortem.” (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese actress Pace Wu arrives for the premiere of “Detective Dee and the mystery of Phantom Flame” at Venice Lido. (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese actress Li Bingbing (right) and Carina Lau pose as they arrive for the premier of the movie “Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame.” (Claudio Onorati / EPA)
This year’s lifetime achievement award winner John Woo with his “Reign of Assassins” leading lady Michelle Yeoh. (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP / Getty Images)
Robert F. Kennedy III and Alessandra Mastronardi arrive at the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation of Europe Charity Event. (Jacopo Raule / Getty Images)
“Somewhere” star Elle Fanning waves to photographers. (Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images)
French actress Catherine Deneuve arrives at the premiere of her new film “Potiche.” The 2010 French comedy is in competition for the festival’s top prize and is directed by François Ozon. (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP / Getty Images)
Jess Weixler stars in the new film “A Woman” about a girlfriend who becomes obsessed with her lover’s dead wife. (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)
Costars Willem Dafoe and Michele Venitucci at the photo call for “A Woman.” (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)
Catherine Deneuve waves to fans and photographers. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
Elle Fanning stars alongside Stephen Dorff in Sofia Coppola‘s new film “Somewhere,” about a bad-boy actor forced to face life’s toughest questions when he gets an unexpected visit from his daughter. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
Sofia Coppola, pictured with her boyfriend Thomas Mars, hasn’t directed a film since “Marie Antoinette” in 2006. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
French actress Clemence Poesy, at the “Somewhere” premiere, has two high-profile films opening later this year, “ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” and “127 Hours.” (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
“Black Swan” star Natalie Portman attends the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. cocktail party at Style Lounge. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
Israeli-born actress Hiam Abbass attends the premiere of the movie “Miral,” directed by Julian Schnabel. (Claudio Onorati / EPA)
A person walks by capsized wooden winged lions after a rainstorm. The lions are a symbol of the city of Venice and of the film festival. (Domenico Stinellis / Associated Press)
Sofia Coppola, center, poses with her “Somewhere” stars Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning. Hollywood is at the center of her latest film about an actor living at the Chateau Marmont. (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)
Hong Kong actress Michelle Yeoh stars in John Woo‘s new film, “Reign of Assassins.” She plays Jing, an assassin who must protect the remains of a mythical monk from a group of trained killers. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
John Turturro arrives at the Venice film fest. (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP / Getty Images)
Oscar-nominated director Julian Schnabel, with his wife, Stella. Schnabel’s latest film, “Miral,” tells the story of Palestine through the eyes of two women and will compete for the festival’s top prize. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
Naomi Campbell arrives at the “Miral” premiere hand in hand with Vladislav Doronin. (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)
Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal arrives at the Lido. She wrote the book and screenplay for the new film “Miral,” due in U.S. theaters in December. (Claudio Onorati / EPA)
Hiam Abbass stars in Julian Schnabel’s “Miral.” She plays a rich Palestinian woman who helps care for Jerusalem’s orphans in the late 1940s. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
Huang Lei attends the “Showtime” photo call at the Palazzo del Casino. The out-of-competition film by director Stanley Kwan combines comedy, dance and time travel. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
Danny Trejo stars in “Machete” as a former Mexican federale-turned-renegade who agrees to kill a corrupt Texas senator responsible for deporting illegal immigrants. The story takes a turn when Machete is double-crossed and forced to run. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
Robert Rodriguez‘s action flick about a former federal agent out for revenge opens in U.S. theaters Sept. 3. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
Natalie Portman attends the festival opening ceremony and “Black Swan” premiere in Venice, Italy. In “Swan,” Portman stars as a dance-obsessed ballerina with a New York dance troupe. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
Natalie Portman and her “Black Swan” costar Vincent Cassel share a laugh on the red carpet. (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)
Director Robert Rodriguez, left, with Jessica Alba and Danny Trejo, the stars of his new film, “Machete.”(Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)
“Black Swan” star Natalie Portman. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
Dancer Benjamin Millepied was both choreographer and cast member for “Black Swan.” (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
Vincent Cassel attends the “Black Swan” event at the film festival’s Style Star Lounge. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
Venice Film Festival jury member Danny Elfman at Venice’s Palazzo del Casino. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
Models Naomi Campbell, left, and Afef Tronchetti Provera attend the dinner party in honor of Quentin Tarantino hosted by Uomo Vogue. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images)
Italian actress Isabella Ragonese is this year’s festival host. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
Frequent collaborators Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez wave to photographers. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
Stephen Dorff‘s film “Somewhere,” directed by Sofia Coppola, will debut at the fest this week. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images)
Jessica Alba attends the Uomo Vogue dinner for Quentin Tarantino(Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images)
Natalie Portman boards a water taxi at the Excelsior Hotel. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)
“Machete” star Danny Trejo arrives at the festival. (Claudio Onorati / EPA)
Jessica Alba arrives at the Excelsior Hotel by water taxi one day before the festival is set to begin. (Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images)
