Ramin Setoodeh Executive EditorSome critics were giving Venice bad reviews on the second day of this year’s film festival — but it had nothing to do with the quality of the movies.Long security lines operated by Italian police officers to get into the press screenings of two movies, Netflix’s “The Hand of God” and Focus Features’ “The Card Counter,” meant that some journalists weren’t able to make it inside their seats before the opening credits rolled.At the 8:30 a.m.
showing of Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God” on Thursday morning, the security line was so long, dozens of critics missed the beginning of the movie.
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