Hello from another glorious last-days-of-Summer New York.  * Alejandro Gonzelez Innaritu’s Birdman is opening the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, with many of the critics who’ve already seen it calling the movie a “tour de force cinema” and “a triumph on every level.” I’m even more excited now than before to see the movie, shot by Gravity‘s Oscar-winning Emmanuel Lubezki, starring Michael Keaton in the lead role as a washed-up superhero looking to revive his career. The fest continues for the next few days, before it’s Toronto’s turn to showcase the latest slate of anticipated films. * Oh, the envy! Kate Bush kicked off the first of her limited run, rare tour, Before the Dawn,…