Lance Oppenheim On Venice’s Most Uncomfortable Premiere

<img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="lazyload size-full-width wp-image-1691444" src="https://observer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/GettyImages-2293794541.jpg?quality=80&w=970" alt="83 Venice International Film Festival 2026" width="970" height="647" data-caption='<em>Primetime</em> director Lance Oppenheim. <span class="lazyload media-credit">Photo by Rocco Spaziani/Archivio Spaziani/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images</span>'> Sleaze trumped p