Category Archives: Variety
‘The Diplomat’ Star Rufus Sewell Talks Redacted Scripts and Season 2’s Shocking Final Scene: ‘The Hairs on the Back of Your Neck Stand Up’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers about the Season 2 finale of "The Diplomat." "The Diplomat" stars Kerry Russell and Rufus Sewell already knew how Season 2 was going to end when they ...
Nov 03, 2024
Box Office: Tom Hanks and Robin Wright’s ‘Here’ Fizzles With $5 Million as ‘Venom 3’ Rules Again
‘Venom: The Last Dance” topped the box office again as newcomer “Here,” a fantasy drama that uses AI so Tom Hanks and Robin Wright can play younger (and older) versions of them...
Nov 03, 2024
Inside Putin’s Russia: Ice Swimming and Gangster Slang Feature in Filip Remunda’s ‘Happiness to All’
In Filip Remunda's documentary "Happiness to All," the Czech filmmaker portrays a characteristically off-kilter protagonist - and one who projects invincibility somehow tinged with doom. The film made...
Nov 03, 2024
‘Ravens’ Review: ‘Shogun’ Star Tadanobu Asano Plays Celebrated Photographer Masahisa Fukase in a Fascinating Biopic
A portrait of the brilliantly gifted and deeply troubled Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase, "Ravens" is an arresting and engrossing slice of artistic life on the edge from "England Is Mine" direct...
Nov 03, 2024
Drifting Between Dreams and Reality, Yoshida Daihachi Analyzes ‘Teki Cometh’ Tokyo Competition Film
Screening in competition at the 37th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival, Yoshida Daihachi's "Teki Cometh" is based on a 1998 novel by Tsutsui Yasutaka about a retired professor, Watanabe...
Nov 03, 2024
Tokyo Takeaways: Five Themes From the Film Festival and Market
Soaked by several days of rain, the by-product of a nearby typhoon, the Tokyo International Film Festival and its accompanying TIFFCOM industry event might have been forgiven for being a little soggy....
Nov 03, 2024
Chappell Roan ‘Gets the Job Done,’ Surprising Fans by Debuting New Lesbian Country Song on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Her kink is… country? Chappell Roan went from the “Pink Pony Club” to the country club on “Saturday Night Live,” surprising fans by going country in both look and sound f...
Nov 03, 2024
‘Weekend Update’ Mocks Trump’s X-Rated Microphone Motion, ‘Island of Garbage’ Backlash
The last “Weekend Update” segment before the 2024 election had plenty of fresh material to work with given the latest shocking incident from GOP candidate Donald Trump at one of his rallie...
Nov 02, 2024
Pete Davidson Returns to ‘SNL’ for John Mulaney Musical Parody of ‘Hamilton,’ Timothée Chalamet Look-Alike Contest and More
Pete Davidson returned to “Saturday Night Live” on Nov. 2 to appear in a rollicking sketch with his good friend and host, John Mulaney. The sketch was about a person asking to buy milk in ...
Nov 02, 2024
Tim Kaine Makes Surprise Appearance in ‘SNL’ Sketch With John Mulaney; Sarah Sherman Plays Margaret Atwood
Tim Kaine, the Democratic Senator from Virginia and Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate in 2016, made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” on the cusp of the 2...
Nov 02, 2024