Between exploring new interests, engaging with new styles and making new friends, our young years are a searching pursuit of identity, and thus one of cinema’s enduring topics. That quest is very much at the heart of director Katie Aselton’s lovely coming-of-age drama “Their
THR exclusively reported that the screenwriter, who was accused of sexual misconduct from 2017 to 2019, was tapped by the studio to work on a treatment for a feature adaptation of the Hasbro toy brand in February.
In 2005, a San Jose woman found a human finger in her Wendy’s chili. Well, she claimed to. When it was discovered that she planted the finger in the bowl herself for financial gain, she was sentenced to nine years in prison for the scam that cost the fast-food chain millions.
Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas rocked SXSW with “Power Ballad,” the latest music-themed comedy film from “Once” and “Sing Street” director John Carney. The movie follows Rick Power (Rudd), a wedding band singer who stumbles into a late-night jam session with former boy band star
A documentary about citizen journalism in the digital age, Jennifer Holness and Sidney Fussell’s “#WhileBlack” uses, as its foundation, stories of police violence from the last decade — namely, the murders of Black civilians Philando Castle and George Floyd — but turns them
What if an American ballerina quintet was dropped into a mob flick in Central Europe? Director Vicky Jewson answers this question in “Pretty Lethal,” at first with aplomb, but eventually with all the follies this setting implies, and few of the imaginative strengths. The film
Paramount Pictures and Hasbro are not moving forward with a take on a new G.I. Joe movie from screenwriter Max Landis, multiple sources told Variety. Landis, son of “Trading Places” director John Landis, was engaged by the studio and the toymaker earlier this year for a script
While society’s unrealistic expectations for women and the impossible physical standards we are held up against are often discussed and critiqued, the similar pressures men face aren’t as widely talked about in culture. That’s understandable, since the misogynistic toxicity
Jamie Lee Curtis didn’t know she was about to take on three more “Halloween” movies when she said yes to David Gordon Green’s 2018 film, the sequel to her 1978 film. During a SXSW panel titled, “If Not Now, When, if Not Me, Who? Pivoting and Manifesting,” Curtis opened up about
FCC chairman Brendan Carr wrote on X Saturday that broadcasters need to “correct course” or risk losing their broadcasting licenses, citing Donald Trump’s recent displeasure with the mainstream media’s coverage of the Iran War. “Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news
Actress says Hulu passed on the revival spearheaded by director Chloe Zhao and original Buffy producer Gail Berman:
Phil Campbell, the guitarist for the rock band Motörhead, died on Friday following a battle in intensive care after a major operation. He was 64. His death was confirmed in a statement posted to the Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons Instagram account. “It is with great
The “Pluribus” costume designer almost had a very easy job. On a panel at SXSW, while discussing his Apple TV sci-fi hit, Vince Gilligan said he considered that the hundreds of characters that make up the hive mind should be naked. “We talked about [how] they didn’t need to
As Spain’s Malaga Festival rounds its final bend, its verdict on business is coming into focus: Spanish films sparked solid buyers’ interest while the festival MAFF co-production forum hinted at a maturer pipeline of arthouse projects now emerging from Latin America. A handful
Harry Styles will serve as the host and musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” tonight, March 13. Styles, whose gig this week marks his second time pulling double duty on the NBC sketch comedy series, will sing songs from his new album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.,”
Elsewhere, 'Scream 7' clears $100 million in record time domestically, while best picture nominee 'Hamnet' is expected to cross the century mark at the global box office on Oscar Sunday.
Now that UFC 326 has ended with Charles Oliveira winning the “BMF” title against Max Holloway, the league turns to UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos for up-and-coming fighters to breakout and grow in the ranks. One day, these fighters are going to be considered contenders
Variety’s Publisher and Co-President Dea Lawrence and SimpliSafe’s Chief Product Officer Hooman Shahidi took to the stage to talk about proactive protection at Variety’s inaugural True Crime Summit presented by Investigation Discovery at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, on
After honoring Michel Gondry, Joanna Quinn and Matt Groening last year, the Annecy Animation Film Festival has unveiled its first 2026 Honorary Cristal recipient. Prolific producer, writer and animator Mike Judge, co-creator of “King of the Hill” and creator of “Beavis and
The reboot of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is not moving forward at Hulu, Variety has confirmed. Sarah Michelle Gellar revealed the news on Instagram. “I am really sad to have to share this, but I wanted you all to hear it from me. Unfortunately, Hulu has decided not to move
Dolly Parton gave a keynote speech on Friday at the opening day of her Tennessee theme park, Dollywood, during which she gave an update about her health and her life following the death of her husband of 58 years, Carl Dean. “I’ve not been touring, as you know,” Parton said in
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of “The Madison” Season 1, now streaming on Paramount+. For a legendary actor like Michelle Pfeiffer, it seems unthinkable that she would accept a starring role in a TV series without even seeing a
Disney and Pixar’s animal adventure “Hoppers” is holding strong in its second weekend, but it was Universal’s teary romance “Reminders of Him” that took the top spot on Friday. “Reminders of Him,” the third big-screen adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel, grossed $8 million on
Hailed by Variety as a standout at this year’s Panorama program at Berlin, Joaquín del Paso’s “The Garden We Dreamed” took best picture, direction, cinematography (Gökhan Tiryaki) at the Malaga Festival, which closes Saturday night with an Awards ceremony. Further top plaudits
There’s a shamelessly bad crime procedural that Jimmy (Charlie Day) has on in the background as he awakens in a hospital from a near-death experience in “Kill Me.” Its appearance is brief, but significant as he starts to make sense of what happened to him after waking up in a
The documentary from Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirvonen, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, features clandestinely shot mobile phone footage and shows "the power of art to keep hope and humanism alive."
In her sophomore feature “My Father Killed Bourguiba,” Tunisian filmmaker Fatma Riahi examines her father’s role in a failed plot to overthrow the country’s first president, exploring how his political choices impacted the family after his imprisonment and how that’s shaped the
During his final season with the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan won his sixth NBA Championship after defeating the Utah Jazz. At the height of his career in Chicago, Jordan retired from the NBA for the second time in his career. For his “last dance” with the Bulls, MJ was
Ian Purnell looked to imbue his CPH:DOX-premiering debut feature about a remote corner of Alaska getting connected with a "sensual" quality: "We were often talking about what kind of animal something could be."
Dongnan Chen's second feature, premiering at CPH:DOX, follows three girls in China, one of whom has just had her first menstruation: "I think of the film as a dream running parallel to reality."
At this fraught moment in our culture, it comes as a small surprise that a movie called “Drag” is not about the terrors of “gender ideology,” nor the apparent threat to Western civilization of people dressing up in garb generally associated with the opposite sex. Instead,
Much has been theorized about how “Jackass,” the MTV stunt show from the early 2000s that spawned multiple movies and enthralled a generation of young people with its gross-out and pain-inducing antics, exhibits an absurdist version of hyper-masculinity and genuine camaraderie.
Kate Hudson has been named the recipient of this year's Razzie Redeemer Award for her performance in 'Song Sung Blue.'
Ice Cube’s “War of the Worlds” dominated at the 46th Razzie Awards, (reluctantly) taking home the dishonors for worst picture, worst actor and more. Ice Cube beat out Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye (“Hurry Up Tomorrow”), Dave Bautista (“In the Lost Lands”), Scott Eastwood (“Alarum”)
Is "Ready or Not 2" the hyper-bloody megaplex bash as knowing midnight movie? Does it combine honest yocks with a general invitation to crack up at its misanthropic cheesiness? Does it make up rules as it goes along? Yes and yes, though we increasingly live in a movie world
The Writers Guild of America West has sweetened its offer to the 110-member staff union that has been on strike since mid-February. But with only a couple of days left before the WGA begins its negotiations with the major studios on a new Minimum Basic Agreement, the two sides
Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedwick, along with their kids, Sosie Bacon and Travis Bacon, took meta to a whole new level on Friday night at SXSW Festival with the debut of “Family Movie.” With the proud mother and father taking on roles as both co-directors and actors in the project, the
The directors known as Radio Silence had some parting words before the world premiere of “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come”: “Hope you guys have a fucking loud, weird ride.” The comedy horror sequel starring Samara Weaving as a bride trapped in a murderous game brought blood, blood
If your first thought on encountering a film called “Pizza Movie” is that it’s kind of a dumb title, don’t worry: Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher’s antic, frantic comedy is way ahead of you. Late in proceedings, a haphazard fourth-wall break throws us to the pair of
A hot new cast of bombshells are about to enter the villa, as Peacock has renewed “Love Island USA” for Season 8. Ariana Madix will return to host the hit dating show, which will premiere on June 2 at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET. The renewal news comes following “Love Island USA’s”
A very cold case from 1990 gets reheated in “My Brother’s Killer.” Rachel Mason’s documentary probes the mysterious murder that year of 25-year-old William Arnold Newton, who had appeared in several gay porn films as “Billy London.” That modest notoriety, combined with the
Irish American documentary producer David McCourt sat down for a fireside chat with “Ocean’s Twelve” and “The Bourne Ultimatum” director George Nolfi at SXSW on Friday, where they discussed McCourt’s upcoming PBS documentary “Amerigo: The Search for the American Dream.” As
While Keke Palmer was on stage at SXSW on Friday, a fan rushed to the stage and asked her to marry him. Palmer was hosting a live recording of her podcast “Baby, This Is Keke Palmer” with her “I Love Boosters” co-stars Demi Moore, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu and Eiza
