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‘Ballad of a Small Player’ Review: A Fully Committed Colin Farrell Bets the House in a Too-Flashy Portrait of Addiction

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Cate Blanchett Beams as Jim Jarmusch’s Family Tale ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Scores 5-Minute Venice Ovation

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Bruce Springsteen Tells Telluride Why He Gave the Go-Ahead to Exploring His Darker Side in ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’: ‘Because I’m Old and I Don’t Give a F— Now’

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‘SNL’ Bloodbath? Hardly. Lorne Michaels’ Annual Cast Exits Occur as Regularly as ‘Weekend Update’

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How To Watch Leagues Cup Final 2025 Online

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Jude Law Commands Venice as Putin in ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin,’ Earning 10-Minute Ovation

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‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Review: A Starry Cast Excels in Jim Jarmusch’s Charming Triplicate Portrait of Familial (Mis)Understanding

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Box Office: ‘Weapons’ Returns to No. 1 as ‘Jaws’ 50th Anniversary Re-Release Beats ‘Caught Stealing’ and ‘The Roses’

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‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ Season 3 Sets Premiere Date, Unveils First Teaser

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Variety’s Venice Digital Daily, Day 3: Del Toro & Co. Dissect ‘Frankenstein’

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How to Watch WWE Clash in Paris Live Online

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‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ Review: Jude Law, as Vladimir Putin, and Paul Dano, as His Right-Hand Shadow, Give Ace Performances in What Is Basically a Glorified TV-Movie

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Amanda Seyfried on ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ and Singing on Screen for the First Time Since ‘Mamma Mia 2’: ‘I Had to Release My S—’

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Sean Penn to Be Guest of Honor at Thierry Fremaux’s Lumiere Festival

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‘Rose of Nevada’ Review: George MacKay and Callum Turner Set Sail on a Bewitching, Time-Surfing Voyage

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African Union of Broadcasters to Air Pan-African Docuseries ‘Road to LA ’28,’ Ahead of L.A. 2028 Olympics (EXCLUSIVE)

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Jim Jarmusch Responds to Mubi Taking on Investor With Israeli Military Ties: ‘I’m Disappointed and Disconcerted’ but ‘All Corporate Money Is Dirty’

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Jude Law Doesn’t Fear Repercussions for Playing Putin in Venice Thriller ‘Wizard of the Kremlin’: ‘We Weren’t Looking for Controversy for Controversy’s Sake’

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‘The Holy Boy’ Review: A Valley of Smiles Is Really a Vale of Tears in a Clever, Creepy Italian Chiller

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Doha Film Institute CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi Receives Variety’s 2025 Achievement in International Film Award: ‘It’s Not Just About What We Have Achieved, It’s About What We Aspire To’

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Jia Zhangke Talks Distribution, AI and the Future of Cinema in Venice Masterclass

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‘Preparation for the Next Life’ Review: A Bittersweet Immigrant Love Story Thrives on Two Terrific Performances

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‘Do Bigha Zamin’ Preservationist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur Details Venice-Bound Restoration of Bimal Roy Classic

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Venice Premiere ‘One Woman One Bra’ Takes Aim at ‘Message-Based’ Films Shaping African Narrative

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Female Filmmakers Lead Large Contingent of Arab Features Unspooling at the Venice Festival

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Willem Dafoe’s Venice Movie ‘The Souffleur’ Finds Distribution in Italy Ahead of World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

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Venice Days Selections Explore Russia’s ‘Willing Blindness’ During Chechen Wars, Silence Over Ukraine

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‘Tuner’ Review: Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall Fix Pianos in an Offbeat Indie That’s Far Better Than It Sounds

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‘Ask E. Jean’ Review: Urgent Documentary Sharply Follows the Pioneering Media Personality Who Sued Trump With Sexual Assault and Defamation Allegations — and Won Twice

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‘Sentimental Value’ Pushes Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård Into Oscar Spotlight

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Mark Knoller, Longtime CBS News White House Correspondent, Dies at 73

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Jeremy Strong’s Meme-Bait Monologue Cut From Springsteen Biopic ‘Deliver Me from Nowhere’: No More ‘Hole in the Floor’

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Emma Stone Is Becoming Our Modern-Day Katharine Hepburn and ‘Bugonia’ Proves It

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Snoop Dogg Says ‘My Bad’ For Comments About Gay Couple in Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’: ‘Teach Me How to Learn’

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Emma Stone Finds ‘Terrifying’ Parallels Between ‘Bugonia’ and Alleged CEO Killer Luigi Mangione

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‘Ice Age 6’ Titled ‘Ice Age: Boiling Point,’ Sets 2027 Release

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Disney Unveils New Animated Film ‘Hexed,’ Sets 2026 Release Date

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Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi Shed Tears as Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Brings Venice to Life With Monstrous 13-Minute Ovation

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Julia Roberts Delivers Her Best Performance Since ‘Erin Brockovich’ in ‘After the Hunt’

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E. Jean Carroll Hopes Her Explosive Telluride Doc Will ‘Finish Off’ Donald Trump – and That Potential Buyers Won’t Fear President’s Wrath

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Original Director Chris Columbus Says It’s ‘Impossible’ to Return to ‘Harry Potter’ Because ‘It’s Gotten So Complicated With All the Political Stuff’: ‘Never Going to Happen’

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‘Caught Stealing’: How Darren Aronofsky Pulled Off the Film’s Epic Car Chase Through Flushing Meadows

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‘Hamlet’ Review: Riz Ahmed Can’t Save a London-Set Take on Shakespeare’s Tragedy With No Reason to Be

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‘Run’ Star Marques Houston on His Character’s Sacrifice, Possible Sequel and What His New Thriller ‘Leave’ Will Uncover

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Lady Gaga to Perform at MTV Video Music Awards 2025

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‘Frankenstein’ Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Dream Project Has Been Gestating So Long, the Master’s Creation Arrives Overstuffed and Unwieldy

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Huge Gaza Protest Marches Toward Venice Film Festival as Thousands Attend Rally

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‘Broken English’ Review: An Adoring Hybrid Ode to Marianne Faithfull That Gives Her the Last Salty Word

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Gianfranco Rosi on His Naples-Set ‘Below the Clouds’: ‘There Is a Spirit of Civil Resistance’

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Imagine’s Film Chief Jeb Brody on Buzzy Venice Drama ‘After the Hunt’ and Why Making Movies That Resonate Has Never Been Harder

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