The Venice Film Festival is showcasing several high-profile films Tuesday, including Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary, a thriller with Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and a drama from Casey Affleck.

Florian Zeller's "Bunker," a psychological thriller starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, earned an ovation at its Venice premiere.

Florian Zeller's "Bunker," a psychological thriller starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, earned an ovation at its Venice premiere.

The most interesting thing about Bunker is a moment of visual repetition. Early on, a husband and wife, Miguel (Javier Bardem) and Julia (Penélope Cruz), snicker amongst themselves, as lovers do, at an art opening, amused at three abstract paintings that are uniformly black—a process, the Captain Jack Sparrow-styled curator explains, that involved covering already-painted

Bardem co-stars with real-life wife Penélope Cruz in a movie that fails to make worthwhile use of their individual talents or shared personal history.

They met at 17 and 22 on a movie set, felt the spark, then spent 15 years living separate lives before it turned into anything. Now they’re two Oscars, two kids, and 16 years of marriage deep…

Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem discussed their willingness to speak out about politics at a Venice Film Festival press conference for 'Bunker.'