Category Archives: Variety

For four decades, Ira Sachs has chronicled queer life in New York, shining a light on the artists and iconoclasts whose work gives the city such a vibrant, transgressive edge. “The Man I Love,&#...

In the run-up to Brazilian mega creativity forum Rio2C, Netflix Brazil has unveiled five new titles which show it still exploring new genres and launching new industry partnerships. At stake for Netfl...

Leading Middle East streamer MBC Shahid has picked up Lebanese comedian John Achkar's stand-up comedy special "Tryin'" ("Aam Jarrib") filmed at Paris' legendary L'Olympia concert hall in what is being...

Art-world thriller "Triptych," from Studio TF1's Kubik Films; RTP-backed Afro-Portuguese music drama "Dark Hope" and "Naked," a new drama from "Sirt" producer Corte y Confeccin de Pelculas figure amon...

James Gray has revealed that the released version of his 2019 Brad Pitt-starring “Ad Astra” was not his cut - and was actually made longer than he wanted by the studio, 20th Century Fox. S...

Pope Leo XIV on Monday launched an impassioned call for regulation of Artificial Intelligence, warning that “opaque algorithms," controlled by a handful of powerful private companies, can bring ...

Neon may be the toast of Cannes - again - after landing its seventh consecutive Palme d’Or on Saturday thanks to “Fjord,” but according to Boots Riley, the distributor could have had...

“Cricket is at a crossroads,” says Uday Shankar. As vice-chair of JioStar – the behemoth Indian platform that serves more than 500 million viewers, spends some $3.9 billion a year on...

Hong Kong-based ACT3 and Philippine production company Blackops Studios Asia have set Cuba Gooding Jr., Luke Ford, Keith Duffy and multimedia artist Qymira in “Lotus,” an international act...

From "The 400 Blows" to "The Florida Project," kids have made fascinating cinematic subjects. Even if they're working from scripts, there's always the sense that they're not entirely acting - that the...