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Fresh from the complex journey of bringing “She’s Got No Name” to screens, director Peter Chan Ho-sun is already mapping out his next moves, with several projects in development that span…
The 27th Shanghai International Film Festival has announced its Golden Goblet Awards winners, with Kyrgyzstan’s “Black Red Yellow,” directed by Aktan Arym Kubat, taking home the award for…
There’s a special kind of movie that’s inextricably linked to where it’s filmed. The locations aren’t just picturesque settings for action but part of the subject—as if the film were both…
Marian Crișan, who won the Palme d’Or in Cannes for his short film “Megatron” as well as directing Locarno award-winning “Morgen” and HBO series “Silent Valley,” is gearing up to shoot his…
Prison dramas usually fall into three categories: They’re either tales of violent intrigue, redemption or a rocky road through one to the other. “Inside” has a different feel, since its…
“Dope Queens,” an indie film celebrating San Francisco’s famed Tenderloin neighborhood, will screen for the first time at the Bentonville Film Festival in Arkansas. The film will have its…
Time heals no wounds in “Brand New Landscape,” an outwardly gentle but subtly cutting domestic drama that begins as a snapshot of a family adrift, fast-forwards to one of a family severed,…
Launching later this month, the Italian Global Series Festival (IGSF) marks the long-awaited revival of the dormant RomaFictionFest, now with a spiffier, Riviera-side setting and a more…
A chamber piece about long-term relationship woes, Nora Kirkpatrick’s feature debut “A Tree Fell in the Woods” rests on the considered performances of its four lead actors, who play…
The 16th edition of Mumbai’s Kashish Pride Film Festival wrapped its five-day run with an awards ceremony that saw Icelandic trans drama “Odd Fish” and Brazilian-Dutch co-production “Baby”…
The work of the Korean Canadian filmmaker Celine Song is modest in scope and intimate in feel, but listen closely to her words—to say nothing of her silences—and you will hear whispers of…
In a historic legal decision last year, a Michigan jury found the parents of a 15-year-old school shooter responsible for the deaths their son had caused. Could they have prevented it?…
Top arthouse and crossover Spanish distributor Elastica Films – buyer of Cannes winners “Sentimental Value,” “The Secret Agent,” “Sound of Falling,” and competition entries “Romería,”…
“For A Girl doesn’t gloss over the messy bits. There’s a lot of sex, drugs, and 2000s dance music. Scenes with predatory older men, from dirty doggers to corrupt coppers, are harrowing for…
Sarah Hyland brought a streamlined take on monochromatic dressing to the 2025 Drama Desk Awards, held on Sunday at NYU Skirball in New York City. The Broadway actress and presenter stepped…
Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Fatih Akin’s coming-of-age drama “Amrum,” which made its world premiere as an Official Selection of this month’s Cannes Film…
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys,…
Netflix has greenlit a new Korean series that promises to deliver psychological thrills with an A-list cast. “Notes From the Last Row,” starring Choi Min-sik and Choi Hyun-wook, will adapt…
Indian digital storytelling platform Pratilipi has forged a strategic content partnership with production house Roy Kapur Films to co-develop and produce a slate of films and series…
Zhou Jinghao’s “Girl on Edge” starts strong. A young woman is shown skating in a dimly lit ring, finishing her routine and stopping right in front of the camera. Her face is revealed, full…
Any film that’s been sitting on the shelf for seven years deserves to see the light of day, but Juno Mak’s “Sons of the Neon Night” — which wrapped filming in 2018 — could’ve used more…
After launching a Netflix show earlier this year, Kate Hudson is back to her music career. The multi-hyphenate performed at the BottleRock festival in Napa, Calif., on Saturday. For the…
In the entertainment industry, as in life, change is the only constant. It wasn’t that long ago that streaming services such as Netflix were the outsiders making waves and altering the way…
Isabelle Huppert sure likes to work. Why else would the person most likely to raise a regal hand were you to page “our greatest living actress,” in between the roles that might earn her…
