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'The Violinist' Wins Annecy Top Prize in Upset
"The Violinist," a Singapore-Spain-Italy co-production set in WWII Singapore, beat frontrunners "Iron Boy" and "Tangles" to win Annecy's top feature Cristal, while "Iron Boy" swept three awards and Do
Documentary Profiles Art Critics Saltz and Smith
The documentary 'House of Criticism,' directed by Alison Chernick, offers an intimate portrait of married New York art critics Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith, tracing their parallel careers, monastic d
Colman Domingo to Receive Variety Creative Conscience
Colman Domingo will receive Variety's Creative Conscience Award on June 27 at San Francisco's Castro Theatre in partnership with the Frameline Film Festival, the city where he lived from 1991 to 2001
Rakie Ayola Calls Gavin & Stacey Finale Role a 'Wow
Welsh actor Rakie Ayola has described playing the registrar who married Nessa and Smithy in the Gavin & Stacey Christmas finale as 'the most important and influential minute' of her award-winning care
Vanilla Ice's Freedom 250 Concert Canceled Over Weather
Vanilla Ice was the last artist standing at the Trump-backed Freedom 250 state fair in Washington, D.C., but his Friday performance was canceled just two hours before showtime due to claimed 'inclemen
Why A24 Should Treat Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite’ as a Major Oscar Contender
Variety argues A24 should mount a full awards campaign for Olivia Wilde's "The Invite," a Sundance-acquired chamber piece starring Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, and Penélope Cruz that the critic calls he
Peabody Winner Kai Wright Won't Buy a New Phone
Peabody Award-winning journalist and Guardian co-host Kai Wright opens up in a Q&A about his stubborn refusal to upgrade his phone, his garden, and his John Coltrane remedy for feeling stuck.
Oliver Tree Estate Launches Artist Grant Foundation
The estate of musician Oliver Tree, who died in a June 14 helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro, has launched a charitable foundation offering grants to artists working in music, film, installation, and
K. Bhagyaraj Dies: Veteran Indian Filmmaker And A Defining Figure In Tamil Cinema Was 73
K. Bhagyaraj, one of Tamil cinema's most influential writer-directors of the 1980s whose screenwriting earned him the nickname 'king of screenplay,' died of a heart attack in Chennai at age 73.
K. Bhagyaraj, Tamil Cinema Writer-Director-Actor, Dies
K. Bhagyaraj, one of Tamil cinema's defining writer-director-actors known for hits like "Mundhanai Mudichu" and "Andha 7 Naatkal," died Saturday in Chennai of cardiac arrest at 73, prompting Tamil Nad
Niclass's 'Into the Forest' Wins Annecy Young Audience
Swiss filmmaker Antonin Niclass's stop-motion short 'Into the Forest,' in which three handcrafted monkeys transform a cold animation studio into an imagined jungle, won Friday's Young Audience Award a
Larry David History Sketch Show Called Total TV
The Guardian pans Larry David's new sketch series "Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness" — produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground — as a familiar, overlong misfire whose historica
‘Pinocchio Unstrung’ Sees Wooden Doll Covered in Flesh and Blood as Director Rhys Frake-Waterfield Teases ‘Kooky, Crazy and Fun’ ‘Avengers’-Style ‘Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble’
"Pinocchio Unstrung," the fifth entry in Rhys Frake-Waterfield's Poohniverse horror franchise, hits UK and North American theaters July 24, with the director teasing an Avengers-style crossover film r
Chanel Beads Release Sophomore LP 'Your Day Will Come'
Chanel Beads have released their sophomore album 'Your Day Will Come' via Jagjaguwar, with Shane Lavers reflecting on trading youthful confidence for humility, embracing music that escapes his grasp,
Eggers Warns AI Makes Humans 'Cooked as a Species'
Author Dave Eggers warns that ceding thinking and writing to AI leaves humanity 'cooked as a species,' while he and his wife pursue class-action lawsuits against Anthropic for training large language
Brokeback Mountain Kept Me in the Closet for Six Years
At 14, the author's mother rented Brokeback Mountain hoping to help him come out — but the film's tragic ending convinced him being gay meant 'a miserable life or death,' pushing him deeper into the c
Amazon Drops Guadagnino's OpenAI Film 'Artificial'
Luca Guadagnino remains hopeful his Sam Altman biopic "Artificial" will find a new distributor after Amazon MGM pulled it from its slate, while warning on Italian TV that AI is "completely changing" t
Madonna on Graham Norton: Kylie Jealousy, Lola Duet
Madonna appeared on a BBC Graham Norton special at Koko to preview her upcoming album Confessions II, with Kylie Minogue dropping in as a surprise guest and personal revelations about her late brother
'Couture' Review: Jolie Carries Winocour's Patchy Drama
Angelina Jolie stars as an indie-horror director confronting a cancer diagnosis amid Paris Fashion Week in Alice Winocour's earnest ensemble drama "Couture," which premiered at TIFF and opens June 26
Teen Boys Stuck on Wimpy Kid as Girls Diversify Reading
Renaissance's annual What Kids Are Reading report finds boys aged 11-14 overwhelmingly 'stuck' on Diary of a Wimpy Kid, while girls diversify into YA novels across genres, a widening gap experts call
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