Category Archives: Variety

Zoe Saldaña Has Arrived for Her Oscar Moment in the Best Picture Contender ‘Emilia Pérez’
For nearly 20 years, Zoe Saldaa has starred in some of the most financially successful films in history, including "Avatar" and "Avengers: Endgame." You'd think an actress with such an impressive rsum...
Clayton Davis Aug 30, 2024

Labor Day Deals: The Best Deep Discounts on All Things Roku at Target
With the start of Labor Day weekend, we’re seeing deep discounts on all sorts of items from across the internet. Case in point, Target has a whole bunch of deals on all things Roku. We rounded u...
Rudie Obias Aug 30, 2024

How Sundance Asia Is Helping Taiwan Boost Local Filmmakers
How did the organizers of this year’s Sundance Asia mark their return to Taiwan? By growing the festival in every way possible. For the second year in a row, Sundance Asia returned to Taipei. Th...
Jazztangcay Aug 30, 2024

Nicolas Winding Refn Is Preparing His Big Screen Comeback With a Tokyo-Set Movie to Start Shooting Next Year (EXCLUSIVE)
After delivering a pair of limited series for streamers, Nicolas Winding Refn is preparing his return to feature filmmaking. Refn told Variety that he’s getting ready to shoot his next movie in ...
Elskes Aug 30, 2024

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings on How Natural Disasters Affected Their New Album, ‘Woodland’: ‘I’m Undaunted by Life’s Destructive Moments… I’m More Perplexed by the Happy Times’
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are not the first musicians ever to name an album after a favorite studio or, in their case, the one they own and operate in East Nashville. But “Woodland”...
Chris Willman Aug 30, 2024

Lee Daniels’ Mom Was Afraid of Him Directing an Exorcism Movie, So He Hired an On-Set Spiritualist to Keep the Cast and Crew Safe: ‘We Prayed Every Day’
SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses plot points in “The Deliverance,” now playing on Netflix. With films like “Precious,” “The Paperboy” and “The Butle...
William Earl Aug 30, 2024

Laurence Fishburne on His New Thriller ‘Slingshot’, Where His Love for Sci-Fi Began and 45 Years of ‘Apocalypse Now’: ‘It Was My Apprenticeship’
Laurence Fishburne's latest film "Slingshot" has an ending which he calls “a beautiful surprise.” The film, in theaters now, sees him playing the lead of a three-man crew to one of Saturn'...
Jazztangcay Aug 30, 2024

‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Canceled After One Season at Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)
“Dead Boy Detectives” has been canceled at Netflix. The series aired its one and only season at the streamer on April 25. Thus ends the show’s twisty path to the screen. It originall...
Joseph Otterson Aug 30, 2024

‘Three Friends’ Review: A Loosely Knotted French Braid of Not-So-Illicit Affairs
“Any couple in love should remember that love might not last,” says someone midway through “Three Friends,” shrugging off a rebuffed kiss with impressively unruffled Gallic poi...
Guy Lodge Aug 30, 2024

Nicole Kidman’s Sexy, Sweaty ‘Babygirl’ Makes Venice Climax to 6.5-Minute Standing Ovation
Nicole Kidman got pulses racing at the Venice Film Festival on Friday night, earning a 6.5-minute standing ovation for her steamy erotic thriller “Babygirl.” The buzzy A24 title - bow...
Alex Ritman Aug 30, 2024