65th Venice International Film Festival in years, with some publications even describing it as the "worst ever". Later showings made It improve from bad to better, but it might have been too late. The 65th Venice International Film Festival will be dedicated to the late Egyptian director Youssef Chahine. Chahine who died recently at age 82, was a notable in post-war Arab cinema. Festival director Marco Mueller said, "Who else could have succeeded in mixing the philosopher Averroes with Fred Astaire? That's what cinema should be about", Mueller said, referring to Chahine's film "Destiny". Of the 52 films selected to screen at this year's Venice
Pigs in the City the City" event was held from May 23 through October 23, 2008, and was called "Power of the Pig." The pigs were also on display during the 25th Anniversary Lexington Barbecue Festival and during the "Official Food Festival of the Piedmont Triad Region of the State of North Carolina," a one-day event that usually draws up to 150,000 visitors from all over the nation to Lexington, a town of about 20,000 residents. Some of the themes for Pigs in the City 4 include "Pigahontas", "Tanya "Cabbage Patch" Burcham", "This Little Piggy went to Market", "Mr. Porkwrench", "Huckleberry Pig" and "Girl