Category Archives: Variety

Documentary Festival IDFA to Fete Belgian Artist, Filmmaker Johan Grimonprez
Belgian artist and filmmaker Johan Grimonprez, whose “Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat” won an award at this year’s Sundance, will be the guest of honor at the 37th edition of IDFA. The d...
Leo Barraclough Sep 11, 2024

Daniel Craig Could Land His First Oscar Nomination for Luca Guadagnino’s Sexually Charged Drama ‘Queer’
James Bond. Benoit Blanc. Joe Bang. These characters have become synonymous with Daniel Craig's career. Now, Craig adds William Lee, a drug-addicted gay American expat, to that list in Luca Guadagnino...
Clayton Davis Sep 11, 2024

‘Citadel: Diana’ Trailer: Prime Video’s Italian Installment Stars Matilda De Angelis as an Undercover Agent Behind Enemy Lines
Prime Video has released a high-octane trailer for its spy series "Citadel: Diana,” starring Italy’s Matilda De Angelis ("The Undoing") as Diana Cavalieri, an undercover Citadel agent figh...
Nvivarelli Sep 11, 2024

Russell Crowe’s Sports Film ‘The Beast in Me’ Boarded by MMA Franchise One Championship (EXCLUSIVE)
Mixed martial arts franchise One Championship has come on board "The Beast in Me," a sports action film starring Russell Crowe and Daniel MacPherson ("Land of Bad," "Foundation”). In the film, M...
Patrick Frater Sep 11, 2024

‘William Tell’ Review: Claes Bang Looks Heroic Enough, but the Character Hardly Feels Like Franchise Material
As Swiss legend goes, William Tell became a medieval folk hero when occupying Austrian militants forced him into a sick game: He was forced to fire an arrow into an apple atop his son's head to save h...
J. Kim Murphy Sep 11, 2024

‘The Penguin Lessons’ Review: Steve Coogan Finds His Happy Feet In a Gentle True-Life Tale
Argentina’s 1976 military coup d’tat, along with the sustained period of violence and forced disappearances that it ushered in, isn’t an obvious historical backdrop for a heartwarmin...
Guy Lodge Sep 11, 2024

Ang Lee to Receive Praemium Imperiale – Global Bulletin
GRAND PRAEMIUM Taiwan-born film director Ang Lee ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Life of Pi," "Brokeback Mountain") has been named as one of the five recipients of the Praemium Imperiale award of ...
Patrick Frater Sep 11, 2024

’Rez Ball’ Review: Sydney Freeland’s Brisk Basketball Drama Takes a Fast Break From Tradition
"We run fast, we shoot fast and we don't ever stop," Heather (Jessica Matten) tells her players on the Chuska Warriors about the style of basketball she'd like to see them play in "Rez Ball." That dir...
Stephen Saito Sep 11, 2024

Taapsee Pannu and Kanika Dhillon to Redefine Motherhood and Action in Netflix’s ‘Gandhari’: ‘The Stakes Are Getting Higher’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned in “Gandhari,” the upcoming Netflix thriller that promises to shatter expectations of both the action genre and Indian mythology. In an exclusive in...
Naman Ramachandran Sep 11, 2024

Playmaker Closes Deals on Thriller ‘Sew Torn’ Ahead of Sitges Screening (EXCLUSIVE)
Sales agency The Playmaker Munich has closed the first distribution deals on thriller “Sew Torn,” ahead of its appearance at Sitges Film Festival in the Noves Vision Section. The film, whi...
Leo Barraclough Sep 11, 2024