Category Archives: Variety

‘Chronicles of a Wandering Saint’ Review: Low-Key Charmer Portrays a Woman Yearning to Leave a Mark
In movies, small towns and big miracles go well together. Everybody knows each other there, news travels fast and city slickers - with their cynicism and logic and skepticism - rarely intrude. So it i...
Peter Debruge Jul 04, 2024

How to Watch Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Online
The Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Show is back with a bang this year, featuring a star-studded lineup of performances to take place as the sky lights up. The 49th annual event returns this yea...
Atingley4 Jul 04, 2024

The Real Story Behind the Night Stalker Killer in ‘MaXXXine’
This week, “MaXXXine” rounds out the “X” trilogy, introducing a new mystery killer to the horror film franchise. In the final film, aspiring movie star Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) r...
Selena Kuznikov Jul 04, 2024

‘Xoftex’ Director Noaz Deshe Works on Ukraine Documentary With Pussy Riot’s Pyotr Verzilov, ‘House of Cards’ Creator Beau Willimon
Noaz Deshe, whose "Xoftex" had its world premiere this week in competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, is in post-production with his next project. Deshe tells Variety the new film is a documen...
Leo Barraclough Jul 04, 2024

‘Windless’ Review: A Powerfully Evocative Portrait of a Reluctant but Redemptive Homecoming
Our striking introduction to Kaloyan (Ognyan Pavlov) in Pavel G. Vesnakov’s potent and profound “Windless” is as an out-of-focus blur, smoking a cigarette in the foreground. Beyond h...
Jessica Kiang Jul 04, 2024

‘The Boys’ Showrunner on Hughie’s Sticky Tek Knight Encounter, That Zendaya Reference and Firecracker’s Big-Hearted Gift to Homelander
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from Episode 6 of "The Boys" Season 4, currently streaming on Amazon's Prime Video. This week on “The Boys”: Homelander (Antony Starr)...
Jennifer Maas Jul 04, 2024

Jeffrey Dean Morgan and ‘The Boys’ Creator on That Kessler-Butcher Twist: ‘We Didn’t Want to Save It for the End’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from Episode 6 of "The Boys" Season 4, currently streaming on Amazon's Prime Video. Welp! If you were among “The Boys” fans who guesse...
Jennifer Maas Jul 04, 2024

The Best Fourth of July Sales to Shop Today: From Le Creuset to Apple
There’s no lack of fun elements to any Fourth of July celebration: a delicious family barbecue, fireworks, warm nights that mark what feels like the first true day of summer. But the unbeatable ...
Atingley4 Jul 04, 2024

Box Office: ‘Despicable Me 4’ Ignites July Fourth Holiday Moviegoing With $27 Million Debut
Gru and his gang of minions are setting off box office fireworks this Independence Day. “Despicable Me 4,” the latest entry in Universal and Illumination’s wildly successful animated...
Varietybrentlang Jul 04, 2024

LGBTQ Romance Breaks Barriers in James Krishna Floyd and Sally El Hosaini’s ‘Unicorns’
Actor James Krishna Floyd makes his directorial debut with “Unicorns,” a film that delves deep into the complexities of identity within the U.K.’s South Asian LGBTQ+ community. From ...
Naman Ramachandran Jul 04, 2024