Category Archives: Variety

‘Sheep in the Box’ Review: Kore-eda’s Sweet but Limp Sci-Fi Fable About a 7-Year-Old AI Humanoid
or all the fantasy simplicity of the premise, there's no structure to it, and though the humanoid Kakeru increases in agency and brains as the movie goes on, it still never figures out who he is.
Owen Gleiberman May 17, 2026

‘Hope’ Unleashes a Bats— Crazy Korean Monster Movie on Cannes and Earns 6-Minute Standing Ovation
“Hope” — an extremely ambitious blockbuster hopeful about an alien invasion in a sleepy South Korean mountain town — jolted the Cannes Film Festival awake on Sunday night with ...
Alex Ritman May 17, 2026

‘Hope’ Review: Na Hong-jin’s Overlong Creature Feature is a Guns-Blazing Riot of Bawdy Humor, Bad CGI and Brilliant Action
For a decade, since 2016’s extraordinarily uncanny horror-hybrid “The Wailing,” fans of Korean director Na Hong-jin have been peering anxiously at the horizon awaiting his next uncat...
Jessica Kiang May 17, 2026

ACM Awards Producers on What to Expect Sunday Night: Shania’s First Country Hosting Gig, Show’s Return to Vegas, 17 Performances in 2½ Hours and Meeting the Ella Langley Moment
Ella Langley has conquered not just the country world but the music world generally this year with her song “Choosin’ Texas.” But for the producers of the Academy of Country Music Aw...
Chris Willman May 17, 2026

‘A Girl’s Story’ Review: Judith Godrèche’s Assured Feature Debut Tells a Bitter Tale of Sexual Initiation in 1950s France
The resemblance between Judith Godrche and her daughter Tess Barthlemy - also the luminous lead of her mother’s debut feature “A Girl's Life” - will be particularly powerful for anyo...
Guy Lodge May 17, 2026

Annette Bening on Going Head-to-Head With Beth and Rip on ‘Dutton Ranch,’ Perfecting That Accent and Wardrobe, and Bringing ‘Vulnerability and Desperation’ to Beulah
“Dutton Ranch” is a high-profile “Yellowstone” spinoff, but Annette Bening, a new addition to Taylor Sheridan’s universe, has been stealing every scene she’s been i...
William Earl May 17, 2026

‘Another Day’ Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos Gives an Understated and Deeply Lived-In Performance in Jeanne Herry’s Graceful Alcoholism Drama
From Billy Wilder's "The Lost Weekend" to the Sandra Bullock-starrer "28 Days" and beyond, cinema has a long tradition of substance abuse and recovery stories. There is something inherently cinematic ...
Tomilaffly May 17, 2026

ACMs 2026 Livestream: How to Watch the Country Music Awards Show Online for Free
Shania Twain hosts and Lainey Wilson, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves and Little Big Town are among the performers for tonight’s Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony, taking place live from...
Tim Chan May 17, 2026

Barbra Streisand Unable to Attend Cannes Closing Ceremony to Accept Honorary Palme d’Or After Knee Injury
Barbra Streisand is unable to attend the Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony to accept her honorary Palme d’Or after suffering a knee injury. “On the advice of my doctors, as I continue ...
Ellise Shafer May 17, 2026

Ryan Gosling Was Fired From ‘Lovely Bones’ After Gaining 60 Pounds. Peter Jackson Now Speaks Out: ‘Anytime We Recast an Actor, It’s Actually Our Fault’
Peter Jackson is finally weighing in on Ryan Gosling’s infamous recasting in “The Lovely Bones,” the director’s 2009 adaptation of Alice Sebold’s novel. Gosling was origi...
Zack Sharf May 17, 2026