Category Archives: Variety

Renowned British filmmaker Mike Leigh believes that if the subjects of his 2018 historical drama "Peterloo" were alive to see the upcoming U.K. general elections they would be "not only horrified but ...

Lucy Kerr's unnerving debut, "Family Portrait," opens with a sequence where a character is intent on materializing the title in literal fashion. Katy (Deragh Campbell), a 20-something, tries to wrangl...

A collection of concert films featuring K-Pop icons BTS and Seventeen will start to become available worldwide on Asian-themed streaming platform Rakuten Viki from next week. An agreement between agen...

“Second Chance,” the directorial debut of Indian filmmaker Subhadra Mahajan, has been picked up for international sales by Thailand-based Diversion ahead of its world premiere at the 2024 ...

Emmy winners Sheryl Lee Ralph and Tony Hale have signed on to announce this year’s Emmy nominations, live on July 17, at 8:30 a.m. PT from Disney’s El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. The nom...

Dominique Boutonnat, the president of the National Film Board, France's most powerful film institution, has received a three-year prison sentence, including two suspended, over sexual assault charges....

British actor Ben Hardy, whose credits include “X-Men: Apocalypse,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and Netflix’s “Love at First Sight,” is one of the leads in upcoming f...

Khaby Lame brought his comedic chops to the U.S. — and the producers of his new unscripted series, “Khaby Is Coming to America,” are hoping his millions of TikTok fans will come alon...

The world premiere of Mitzi Peirone's horror film "Saint Clare" will open the Taormina Film Festival, this year celebrating its 70th anniversary edition. The adaptation of Don Roff's novel stars Bella...

Veteran festival director Marco Mueller was only hired to take over as the artistic director of the Taormina Film Festival in April this year. "I'm stressed out," he told Variety, two weeks ahead of t...