This time last fall, a robust, in-person film festival season showed an industry in advanced recovery, Covid not all the way gone but not having anywhere near the same devastating impact as before. Big names, big films and big crowds were all back en masse and while it was a difficult race to figure out, the larger picture was easier to see. But this summer, just as lineups were being figured out and finalised, dual Hollywood strikes caused new problem around the world as festival runners tried to reimagine a season of premieres without A-listers in attendance. Venice had originally...