One minute a man is a hot young movie star; the next, he’s a silver fox. Who knows where the time goes? There are lots of movies about aging Hollywood actresses— Sunset Boulevard and All About Eve are prime examples—but somehow we’re supposed to assume that growing older doesn’t faze men as much. A woman generally loses some of her allure as she ages; it’s easier for a man to ease into a state of sexy gravitas. That’s true of both George Clooney and the George Clooney-like character he plays in Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly , premiering at the Venice Film Festival. You couldn’t find a more fitting performer for this story of a ragingly successful actor who, after an encounter with an old friend that begins with fond reminiscing and ends in a fistfight, reconsiders everything he’s

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