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Sean Baker Says Filmmakers ‘Have to Put Foot Down’ Following Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal, Won’t ‘Go for the $150 Million Studio Thing’ Post ‘Anora’
"Anora" director Sean Baker, who is at the Red Sea Film Festival as the head of the international jury, commented on the industry's most burning current topic while speaking at the Jeddah-based event:...
Rafa Sales Ross Dec 07, 2025

Red Sea Film Festival: ‘Desert Warrior’ Stars on Pioneering Hollywood-Style Production and Bringing Saudi Epic to Its Home Crowd
In 2021, Sharlto Copley ("District 9," "The Witcher") and Aiysha Hart ("Mogul Mowgli," "Colette") spent five months in a scenic desert area near the site of the futuristic city of NEOM to shoot Saudi ...
Nvivarelli Dec 07, 2025

Los Angeles Film Critics Winners (Updating Live)
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has convened for its 51st annual meeting to determine the year's best achievements in filmmaking. Last year's best picture winner, "Anora," continued LAFCA's t...
Clayton Davis Dec 07, 2025

Isabelle Huppert Joins Live-Action Short ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’ as Executive Producer (EXCLUSIVE)
Isabelle Huppert has boarded Natalie Musteata and Alexandre Singh's acclaimed live-action short film "Two People Exchanging Saliva" as an executive producer, Variety has learned exclusively. The absur...
Clayton Davis Dec 07, 2025

‘Capernaum’ Director Nadine Labaki on How Cinema Can Help Arab Filmmakers ‘Express Pent-Up Anger,’ ‘Not Being Faced With Agenda’ From Western Funders
Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, whose "Capernaum" is the highest-grossing Arabic and Middle Eastern film of all time with over $68 million worldwide, spoke about "how difficult it is" to make cinema ...
Rafa Sales Ross Dec 07, 2025

Box Office: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Debuts to Frightfully Good $63 Million, ‘Zootopia 2’ Crosses $900 Million Globally
Audiences returned to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza in force, turbocharging a traditionally sleepy post-Thanksgiving weekend at the box office. “Five Nights at Freddy's 2," the second film inspir...
Varietybrentlang Dec 07, 2025

‘Always,’ ‘Riverstone’ Win Top Prizes at Singapore Film Festival
Chen Deming’s “Always” claimed the top prize at the Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Awards, taking home best Asian feature film honors at the Dec. 7 cerem...
Naman Ramachandran Dec 07, 2025

Nadine Labaki Teases Next Feature as Director, Talks Having ‘Hardest Year of My Life’ After Record-Breaking Smash Hit ‘Capernaum’
Of all the attendees at the Red Sea Film Festival, only jury member Nadine Labaki can lay claim to having directed the most successful Arabic film in history. “Capernaum,” Labaki’s t...
Alex Ritman Dec 07, 2025

‘The Fate Of Ophelia’ becomes Taylor Swift’s longest-running UK Number One single
‘The Fate Of Ophelia’ has become Taylor Swift’s longest-running Number One single in the UK after topping the Official Singles Chart for a seventh week. READ MORE: Taylor Swift &ndas...
Adam England Dec 07, 2025

Watch Trump present KISS, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor and more Kennedy Center honourees with medals in Oval Office
Donald Trump has presented this year’s Kennedy Center honourees with their medals. Watch the moment below. The list of honorees selected by the Trump administration this year included KISS, Sylv...
Laura Molloy Dec 07, 2025