British films dominate this year’s lineup of the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week, which is dedicated to first and second works. London-born filmmaker Oscar Hudson’s absurdist comedy “Straight Circle” — about a pair of enemy soldiers stationed on a remote border who descend into a state of profound disorientation after forgetting which side of the

Venice Critics' Week, the sidebar section of the Venice Film Festival, unveiled its lineup on Monday, revealing the opening and closing films as well as the seven-title competition. The section runs Aug.