Category Archives: Variety

Pope Leo Issues AI Manifesto Warning That ‘Opaque Algorithms’ Controlled by a ‘Few’ Companies Can Bring ‘New Forms of Dehumanization’
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 ...
Nvivarelli May 25, 2026

Boots Riley Says Cannes Didn’t Pick ‘I Love Boosters’ or ‘Sorry to Bother You’ and Chose ‘The Idol’ Over ‘I’m a Virgo’: ‘They Just Don’t Like My Stuff. All Good’
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...
Alex Ritman May 25, 2026

India’s JioStar Chief Uday Shankar Says Cricket Boards Are Pricing Themselves Out of Their Biggest Market (EXCLUSIVE)
“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...
Naman Ramachandran May 25, 2026

Cuba Gooding Jr., Luke Ford, Keith Duffy and Qymira Board Action Thriller ‘Lotus’ (EXCLUSIVE)
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...
Naman Ramachandran May 25, 2026

‘Red Rocks’ Review: Weirdo, Cliff-Jumping Kiddies Are the Focus of Bruno Dumont’s Latest Experiment
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...
Guy Lodge May 25, 2026

‘A Girl Unknown’ Review: An Understated and Aching Period Drama Set Against the Quiet Backdrop of China’s One-Child Policy
The wounds of abandonment and displacement are at the root of Zou Jing's achingly poetic "A Girl Unknown," a sober and quietly devastating portrayal of an adolescent girl whose identity, maybe even hu...
Tomilaffly May 25, 2026

Korea Box Office: Yeon Sang-ho’s Cannes Midnight Screener ‘Colony’ Rockets to No. 1 With Dominant Opening
Fresh from its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival, Yeon Sang-ho’s action-horror zombie extravaganza “Colony” re-energized the South Korean ...
Naman Ramachandran May 25, 2026

‘De Gaulle: Résistance’ Review: Antonin Baudry’s Large-Scale Epic is a Conventional yet Consistently Engaging Wartime Biopic
Every Cannes Film Festival needs a film like "De Gaulle: Rsistance," a proudly French and massively scaled production with the energy of a vintage Hollywood blockbuster. Indeed, Antonin Baudry's old-f...
Tomilaffly May 25, 2026

China Box Office: ‘Dear You’ Enjoys Spectacular Surge as ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Debuts
Jinant Film & TV's family drama "Dear You" retained its position at the top of the China box office during the May 22-24 weekend, pulling in RMB309.4 million ($45.5 million) in its fourth weekend ...
Naman Ramachandran May 25, 2026

‘Euphoria’ Episode 7: After a Shocking Death, Cassie Makes Moves and Rue Has a Spiritual Awakening
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for "Rain or Shine," Season 3 Episode 7 of "Euphoria," now streaming on HBO Max. Once again, Rue Bennett ends an episode of "Euphoria" in peril - but one of...
Danvariety May 24, 2026