Category Archives: Variety

As late-life dates go, for octogenarian widow Ruth, it seems like a good one. The guy is younger, quite personable, and has an interesting job in sustainable architecture, even if she’s embarras...

"All of You," a sales title premiering in Toronto Sept. 7, features a test many viewers might shy away from taking. In the story, set in the near-future, science has devised a method to determine one'...

Vietnamese Director Duong Dieu Linh’s horror-comedy “Don't Cry, Butterfly” is the big winner of the Venice Critics’ Week where it scooped the grand prize and the award for most...

During the depths of the pandemic, musician Anderson .Paak helped his son, Soul Rasheed, start a YouTube channel. Now, the pair are starring alongside each other in .Paak’s directorial debut, &#...

The Toronto International Film Festival will be placing an ever larger emphasis on the international in its name.  Outlined to Variety by Toronto chief programming officer Anita Lee, th...

Kevin Costner spoke on the scrapped theatrical release of his second “Horizon” film on Saturday during its Venice Film Festival press conference, saying that “it probably was a react...

Visit Films has snapped up world sales rights (excluding Canada) to R.T. Thorne's feature bow, "40 Acres," a dystopian survival thriller, which is screening in Toronto's Special Presentations. "R.T. i...

From Palestinian filmmaker Scandar Copti, the Israel-set “Happy Holidays” is a piercing, realistic family drama, the inflection points of which reveal deep cultural and political dimension...

Saudi Arabian film industry pioneer Faisal Baltyuor is opening the first arthouse cinema in Riyadh in what amounts to a milestone in the kingdom's moviegoing trajectory ever since Saudi lifted it...

“The Quiet Son,” a French film exploring family dynamics amidst far-right radicalization, has won the 2024 Collateral Impact Award at the 81st Venice Film Festival. The award, presented by...