Category Archives: Variety

‘The Divorce’ Wins Shanghai Golden Goblet Best Film Prize
A jury headed by French Vietnamese director Tranh Anh Hung awarded its Golden Goblet (Jin Jue) prizes for the Shanghai International Film Festival's main competition. The top prize for best feature we...
Patrick Frater Jun 22, 2024

‘Apples Never Fall’ Star Jake Lacy on His Real Name, Playing Douchebags vs. Boyfriends and More
Before Jake Lacy graduated drama school, he had to make a huge decision: picking his stage name. Born Jameson Griffin Lacy, he planned on using his given moniker throughout his career. But, after seei...
Selena Kuznikov Jun 22, 2024

Meryl Streep Turns 75: Her 10 Best Oscar Snubbed Performances, From ‘Death Becomes Her’ to ‘The Hours’
Having Meryl Streep for over five decades just isn't enough. We need more. And with three Oscars (so far) and the most nods in history, you'd think there wouldn't be too many "snubs" for the legendary...
Clayton Davis Jun 22, 2024

Harvey Guillén Says Hollywood Needs to Support More Latino Creatives: ‘It’s Like Pulling Teeth to Be Able to Tell a Story That Represents Us’
“What We Do in the Shadows” star Harvey Guilln says he wasn’t expecting to be honored with an award at the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Awards Gala, but the work he does ...
Selena Kuznikov Jun 22, 2024

‘The Bikeriders’ Costume Designer Aged and Beat Up Leather to Create the Biker Looks
"The Bikeriders" costume designer Erin Benach had eight months to develop the leather jackets. Jeff Nichols' latest drama follows a Midwestern biker club in the 1960s, inspired by Danny Lyon's 1967 ph...
Jazztangcay Jun 22, 2024

Bob Weir Says Dead & Company at Sphere Is ‘Like Opera,’ and He Foresees Returning With Even More Mind-Blowing Tech: ‘We’re Only Scratching the Surface Here’ (EXCLUSIVE)
During Dead & Company’s current run of 30 shows at Las Vegas’ Sphere, no one is exercising the gift of gab on stage. As is typical for the Grateful Dead spinoff group, the music does a...
Chris Willman Jun 22, 2024

Belgian filmmaker Michiel Blanchart on His Action Thriller ‘Night Call’ Set Amid Black Lives Matter Protest in Belgium
A restless spirit with a roving imagination, Belgian filmmaker Michiel Blanchart, developed his feature debut "Night Call" while ever on the move. "I go crazy when sitting behind a desk," he tells Var...
Becroll Jun 22, 2024

The Team Behind Sundance-Winning Doc ‘Porcelain War’ on Sharing the Film With the World: ‘What Is Happening in the Ukraine Can Happen to Any One of Us’
In “Porcelain War,” U.S.-based director Brendan Bellomo and Ukraine-based artist-director Slava Leontyev worked together to tell the story of porcelain artists whose lives are turned upsid...
Addie Morfoot Jun 22, 2024

Happy Anniversary ‘Suits’: What the Cable Drama’s Streaming Resurgence Says About TV Today (Guest Column)
Critics called the premise "ludicrous," "idiotic" and "ill-conceived." With that start, the team of us that launched “Suits” on USA Network never expected the show to become a global pheno...
Cynthia Littleton Jun 22, 2024

As ‘Chinatown’ Turns 50, Robert Towne Reflects on His Netflix Prequel Plans With David Fincher and Writing Jack Nicholson’s Most Iconic Role
There are the classics - and then there’s “Chinatown.” First released on June 20, 1974, the seminal noir feature was a resounding success at its time: a big hit for producer and Para...
J. Kim Murphy Jun 22, 2024