Two longtime friends will make for among Venice’s most-discussed red-carpet pairings. Sofia Coppola is the director of “Marc by Sofia,” a new A24 documentary premiering at Venice Sept. 2. Coppola was approached by producers R.J. Cutler and Jane Cha Cutler to make the film,
Paris-based Miam! Distribution has pounced on the international distribution rights to “Trash!” (“Ordures”), a live-action, stop-motion hybrid series told from the points of view of those pesky disposable items littering our planet, including used condoms, broken eyeglass
Kim Novak decided to walk away from Hollywood in 1966, at the height of her fame, because it felt like the right thing to do. The screen legend, now 92, also trusted her instincts last year when director Alexandre O. Philippe asked her to be the subject of a documentary. “I
Get ready for an onslaught of Italian movies on the post-Venice fall festival circuit. Seven Italian titles are set launch into North America from Toronto. Seven will be bowing into Asia from Busan. Four will screen at the New York Film festival, and six in London. The most
Tony Leung Chiu-wai’s first European film ever, “Silent Friend,” is about to premiere in Venice. But he already wants to reunite with director Ildikó Enyedi. “I would like to work with Ildikó again, if we get a chance,” he tells Variety. Two years ago, he picked up the Golden
It might be time for the Academy to invite the “Sandman.” Adam Sandler has long been one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars, but his work in Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly” could finally land him where critics and cinephiles have long wanted to see him: in the Oscar race. The U.S.
Amazon Prime Video is expanding its Christian programming offerings once again with a series order for the animated adventure comedy “The Chosen Adventures.” Prime Video has ordered 14 11-minute episodes of the series, which is co-produced by Amazon MGM Studios and 5&2 Studios,
After dominating the English Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur F.C., soccer player Son Heung-min is set to make his home debut with his new team, Los Angeles FC. The Major League Soccer club made a league-record $26.5 million deal to bring the South Korean superstar from
The author has been criticized for her outspoken comments against the trans rights movement.
When does a gambling habit become a gambling problem? Is it when you’re down to your last wadded-up banknote, which you keep stuffed in your sock till all else has been spent? Or maybe it’s that extreme moment you’re forced to fake your own death, just to throw off your
‘Father Mother Sister Brother,’ starring Adam Driver, Tom Waits, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Charlotte Rampling, Indya Moore, Mayim Bialik and Luka Sabbat, will be released by Mubi in the U.S. on Dec. 24.
Cate Blanchett’s newest movie, “Father Mother Sister Brother” from indie auteur Jim Jarmusch, premiered at Venice Film Festival on Sunday night to a five-minute standing ovation. Blanchett, who plays a pair of sisters with Vicky Krieps in the slice-of-life tale of three
The rapper previously said the same-sex couple included in the 2022 Disney movie 'Lightyear' "threw me for a loop."
Of all the panels and Q&As happening during this year’s Telluride Film Festival, probably the most anticipated one featured a visit from rock royalty in the form of an unbilled (but not terribly secret) appearance by Bruce Springsteen in a group discussion following the
At “Saturday Night Live,” there’s drama before you get to the comedy. Every year at about this time, credulous observers of the venerable late-night NBC showcase get flustered by a series of cast changes that roll out about four to six weeks ahead of the next season premiere of
After a month-long soccer tournament where teams from Major League Soccer and Liga MX battled each other to advance, we’re finally down to the last two teams at the center of the Leagues Cup Final. The Seattle Sounders FC faces off against Inter Miami CF for a chance to hoist
Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley star in — and are generating considerable Oscar buzz for — the adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell’s bestselling 2020 novel of the same name.
Jude Law stars as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Paul Dano as his behind-the-scenes advisor in the political thriller from French director Olivier Assayas.
“The Wizard of the Kremlin,” a political thriller starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin and Paul Dano as his former right-hand man and spin-doctor Vadim Baranov, earned a hugely enthusiastic 10-minute standing ovation at this year’s Venice Film Festival. While the film belonged
The song “Spooky,” that catchy little anthem about being befuddled by love, plays twice in Jim Jarmusch’s lovely triptych melancomedy “Father Mother Sister Brother.” Its laid-back, liquid rhythms are a perfect mood-setter for a film that also understands that loving someone
The May to Labor Day season initially soared, but global grosses took a nosedive as foreign movie ticket sales plunged further and a glut of male-skewing tentpoles battled for scraps in the U.S.
Lanthimos and Stone's prior collaborations include the Academy-embraced 'The Favourite' and 'Poor Things.'
Damien Hauser explores finding meaning in a tragic world in his fourth feature, premiering at Venice Days, and used AI with an eye on its limitations: “I tried to make a film which AI couldn't do.”
The holiday closes out a fraught summer for Hollywood, with domestic revenue barely able to match last year's disappointing haul.
Box office, welcome to the dog days of summer. In this terribly sluggish Labor Day holiday weekend, a horror movie in its fourth weekend of release was No. 1 while a 50-year-old blockbuster beat out two newcomers. “Weapons,” after briefly ceding the crown to Netflix’s “Kpop
The third season of “Jujutsu Kaisen” will premiere in January 2026, Crunchyroll revealed during a live-streamed fifth anniversary special for the Crunchyroll Anime Award-winning series. Crunchyroll will stream the new season exclusively worldwide, excluding Asia, with episodes
If you can’t be in Venice this year, Variety is bringing Venice to you. We’re publishing daily digital editions, running Aug. 29 – Sept. 2, including all the latest news, reviews and star-studded red carpet coverage from the Lido. To catch up on Day 3, please click below.
The WWE is going to “The City of Light” with WWE Clash in Paris 2025. Although the company has put on arena shows throughout the continent, this is the first time in nearly three years since the WWE hosted a big stadium event Europe. The last WWE event in France was Backlash
Hulu series about disgraced college quarterback, based on co-producer Eli Manning's concept, premieres September 30
I wish I could say that "The Wizard of the Kremlin" was a movie as gripping as Law’s Putin is himself, or one that exerts the total amoral fascination of Baranov’s postmodern totalitarian scheming. But the movie, directed by Olivier Assayas (from a script he co-wrote with
The last time Amanda Seyfried was at the Venice Film Festival to premiere a film was in 2017 for “First Reformed,” playing a parishioner in modern day New York. For her latest trip to the Lido, she’s gone back almost 300 years but has been upped to full-blown religious leader.
Sean Penn is set to be the guest of honor at this year’s Lumiere Festival, an event dedicated to heritage cinema that’s headed by Cannes boss Thierry Fremaux. Hosted in the city of Lyon, the birthplace of the Lumiere brothers, the festival celebrates classic films, and honors
Mark Jenkins’ 2019 debut “Bait” was a microbudget monochrome portrait of a Cornish coastal community that reveled in its old-school, hand-processed aesthetic and proved a surprise indie hit in U.K. theaters. The firm stand against gentrification taken in its onscreen narrative,
The stars and creators of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues discuss making the long-awaited sequel — and pulling Paul McCartney and Elton John into their world
In a historic deal, the African Union of Broadcasters (AUB) has secured exclusive free-to-air rights to “The Road to LA ’28,” a 12-part documentary series following the personal journeys of African athletes as they prepare for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. The series is
A Venice Film Festival press conference for Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ took a turn when the growing backlash against Mubi came up with both the filmmaker and star Indya Moore weighing in.
Jim Jarmusch has added his voice to the growing backlash against Mubi after the arthouse distributor took on an investor with close ties to the Israeli military earlier this year. Mubi co-produced the director’s latest movie “Father Mother Sister Brother,” which premieres on
Paul Dano stars in the Olivier Assayas-directed feature as the Kremlin's go-to spin doctor and propagandist, while Jude Law inhabits a ruthlessly ambitious young Vladimir Putin.
Jude Law had no qualms about portraying the ruthless Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Olivier Assayas’ political thriller “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” which premiered Aug. 31 at the Venice Film Festival. “I hope not naively, but I didn’t fear repercussions. I felt confident, in
There is not much more to the secluded Italian village of Remis, the setting for Paolo Strippoli’s crackling supernatural horror “The Holy Boy,” than the road that runs through it, a high school, a tavern and the low-roofed dwellings that house an unusually contented community.
Doha Film Institute CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi was fêted Saturday on the rooftop terrace of Venice’s The Gritti Palace hotel where she received Variety’s 2025 Achievement in International Film Award just as rays of sunshine pierced through light clouds at the packed afternoon
Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke took the stage at the Venice Film Festival for a wide-ranging masterclass that spanned his career, his parallel work as a distributor, and his thoughts on the future of cinema in the age of AI. Jia, who first attended Venice in 2000 with his second
