Category Archives: Variety

‘Moulin’ Review: László Nemes Directs a Narratively Flat, Visually Arresting Spy Drama
Perhaps it takes an outsider to approach a figure of national pride with cinematic honesty. In that vein, Hungarian maestro Lszl Nemes is a perfect fit on paper for “Moulin,” a biographica...
Siddhant Adlakha May 17, 2026

Box Office: ‘Michael’ Returns to No. 1 in Fourth Weekend, ‘Obsession’ Starts Strong With $16 Million
“Michael” has moonwalked back to No. 1 at the domestic box office, earning a strong $26 million in its fourth weekend of release. In a sign of its remarkable staying power, “Michael&...
Rebecca Rubin May 17, 2026

Cate Blanchett Says #MeToo ‘Got Killed Very Quickly’ and She’s Still on Movie Sets Where There’s ’10 Women and 75 Men’: ‘It Just Gets Boring’
Cate Blanchett joined Cannes moderator Didier Allouch for a talk at the 2026 edition of the film festival and lamented how the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly.” The two-time Oscar...
Zack Sharf May 17, 2026

Edinburgh Film Festival Director on 2026 Edition, Continuing ‘Expansion’ in Third Year Since Relaunch and Building a ‘Home for Independent Cinema’
The Edinburgh International Film Festival this year celebrates both its 79th edition overall and its third edition since it went through a major relaunch in 2023. In just two years since it was resurr...
Alex Ritman May 17, 2026

Mel Brooks to Donate His Expansive Career Archive to National Comedy Center in New York
Mel Brooks has donated his career archive of more than 150,000 documents and 5,000 photographs to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y., the same nonprofit institution that holds the papers of...
Cynthia Littleton May 17, 2026

Director Laila Marrakchi on Female-Driven Migrant Drama Strawberries in Cannes:’These Women Are So Strong, So Capable, So Courageous’
Paris-based, Casablanca-born director Laila Marrakchi - whose first feature “Marock” screened in Cannes in 2005 - is back in Un Certain Regard with female-driven migrant drama “Straw...
Nvivarelli May 17, 2026

‘The Station’ Review: A Long-Gestating, Female-Centered Project Set in Yemen That’s Well Worth the Wait
Sara Ishaq's highly anticipated fiction debut "The Station" is the multi-layered feature we've been hoping would follow her impressive 2013 documentary "The Mulberry House." Much has changed in Yemen ...
Guy Lodge May 17, 2026

Adam Driver Brushes Off Lena Dunham Memoir Question in Cannes: ‘I’m Saving It All for My Book’
Adam Driver may be known for leading critically acclaimed films like “BlacKkKlansman” and blockbusters like “Star Wars,” but his career first gained steam on TV in Lena Dunham&...
Ellise Shafer May 17, 2026

Donald Trump as James Bond? White House Posts Image of President as Gun-Wielding 007
Donald Trump has shared AI images on social media of himself dressed as the Pope and as a Christ-like figure healing a sick man. Now Trump’s White House has extended his self-mythologizing tende...
Todd Spangler May 17, 2026

Frankie Muniz, Christopher Lloyd Board Paris-Set Family Adventure ‘Christopher Hope and the Secret of Napoleon’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris, Hong Kong and Los Angeles-based All Rights Entertainment has launched international sales on “Christopher Hope and the Secret of Napoleon” at the Cannes Film Market, with Frankie Mu...
Naman Ramachandran May 17, 2026