Category Archives: Variety

Based on her 2020 short "Shako Mako," Hailey Gates writes and directs "Atropia," a unique war satire about western views of the Middle East. While both its lampooning of U.S. militarism and its centra...

The Ochi exist. Furry monkey-like creatures of an orange-hued pelt with pronounced ears and huge dark eyes, the Ochi could feel just at home in the "Star Wars" universe, James Cameron's "Avatar" realm...

Tan France has joined the the cast of Hulu’s upcoming comedy series “Deli Boys” as a guest star. In his first-ever scripted television role, he will play Zubair, a British Pakistani ...

In 2008, Ira Sachs got fired by his manager. The most indie spirited of independent filmmakers had refused to play the game for too long, and the bill had finally come due. “I understood it in a...

Cooper Raiff is back at Sundance and joined the Variety Studio presented by Audible to talk about his big return to the Park City festival. The director is world premiering his first televis...

There is no shortage of gonzo moments in Gala del Sol's "Rains Over Babel." A playful riff on Dante's "Inferno," the film is set in a fantastical retrofuturist vision of Cali, Colombia. The tropical c...

The Philadelphia Eagles are flying to the Super Bowl after a 55-23 win at home against the Washington Commanders on Sunday in the NFC Championship game. The victory caps a strong season for the Eagles...

The Sundance Film Festival has begun and journalists, actors, directors, writers, agents, producers and film buffs have taken over the once-sleepy town of Park City, Utah for Hollywood’s premier...

Jennifer Lopez brought major star power to the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance ahead of the world premiere of her new musical, “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” She was joined in...

With a handsome actor like Joel Edgerton, audiences typically find themselves looking at his face, or those ice-blue movie-star eyes. But in "Train Dreams," I found myself looking at his hands, great ...