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Fleadh Cheoil Draws 800,000 to Belfast
The Fleadh Cheoil, a weeklong Irish music and culture festival, is expected to draw 800,000 people to Belfast, marking how far the city has come decades after a bloody sectarian conflict.
Pattinson's Hansen trailer lands; Emmys heat up
A24 just dropped the first full trailer for 'Primetime,' casting Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen in Lance Oppenheim's dark comedy about To Catch a Predator's leap to primetime. The Sept. 25 release —
Variety Pans Meghan Markle-Produced "Cookie Queens" Doc
Variety's review of "Cookie Queens," a documentary executive-produced by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry about four girls competing to sell Girl Scout Cookies, finds it a shallow reality-show-style ram
Tortorici's 'Ketticè' Premieres at Locarno With Bellucci
Giovanni Tortorici's 'Ketticè,' a 2012 Palermo-set coming-of-age drama starring Monica Bellucci and produced by Luca Guadagnino, premieres in competition at the Locarno Film Festival.
Olivia Wilde on 'The Invite': How It Changed Her View on Love
Olivia Wilde reflects on how her film 'The Invite' transformed her worldview, deepened her belief in romance and theatrical release, and unexpectedly resonated with younger audiences.
Dominic Sessa on Playing a Young, Lying Bourdain
Dominic Sessa, the breakout star of "The Holdovers," steps into his first lead role as 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain in the Matt Johnson–directed film "Tony," a coming-of-age story set during one Provi
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Targets $143M 2nd Weekend
Sony/Marvel's Spider-Man: Brand New Day targets a $143M second weekend — the third-best sophomore frame in domestic box office history — pushing its 10-day cume past Endgame's record to $653M.
Silent Chekhov adaptation dazzles and puzzles at Edinburgh
A Belgian-produced, largely silent adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull, mixing deaf and hearing performers and sign language, draws praise for its daring freshness and criticism for over-reliance on t
Morrissey Cancels Vegas Residency Over 'Logistical Issues'
Morrissey canceled four August shows at the Wynn Las Vegas' Encore Theater citing 'unforeseen logistical issues,' leaving ticket holders — many of whom booked travel and lodging — without a clear expl
Monica Bellucci Steals Scenes in Tortorici's 'Ketticè'
A film review of Giovanni Tortorici's 'Ketticè,' a 2012-set Palermo coming-of-age story animated by Monica Bellucci's deliciously campy turn as a bourgeois mother, with the young director's playful vi
Wagner Moura Stars in Ibsen Trial Remix at Edinburgh
A new stage production reimagines Ibsen’s *An Enemy of the People* as a live trial in contemporary Brazil, blurring fiction and reality while questioning truth, family loyalty, and civic duty through
Araki's 'I Want Your Sex' Pits Gen Z Against Millennial Eros
Gregg Araki's new film "I Want Your Sex" satirizes a generational culture war over intimacy, portraying Gen Z as anxious and inhibited and a Millennial artist as overtly sex-positive and dominant.
Flock app's 1,000 hand-painted birds draw users outdoors
Ornithological illustrator Keith Hansen is hand-painting roughly 1,000 bird portraits for Flock, an app by ex-Amazon and video game designers that deliberately uses gaming mechanics to pull users outs
How A Little Princess shaped Sarah Roberts' standup career
Standup comedian Sarah Roberts credits the children's film 'A Little Princess' — watched since age eight — with teaching her that delusion is strategy, a lesson she applied after winning an open-mic t
Phoebe Bridgers Drops 'Lost Weekend' as Gen Z's Defining Voice
Phoebe Bridgers releases her third album 'Lost Weekend' to five-star reviews and her first UK solo chart entry, cementing a status Taylor Swift called 'the reference now' — with her queer-friendly Sad
AI Suspicion Is Hollywood's Career-Ending Scarlet Letter
Even the hint of generative AI use is becoming a career-derailing "purity test" in entertainment, where accusations can sink deals overnight and accused creators have no avenue to clear their names.
Mukherji to Film Making of Ray's 'Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne'
Indian National Award-winning filmmaker Srijit Mukherji will direct 'Maharaja Tomare Selam,' a film dramatizing the politically charged making of Satyajit Ray's 1969 classic 'Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne,' w
'I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming': Trans Ukraine War Drama
'I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming,' a German-Ukrainian drama premiering at Locarno, follows a queer Kyiv couple whose trans partner's unrecognized gender identity blocks their wartime escape.
Tom Six reveals MS diagnosis in final film
Human Centipede director Tom Six reveals in a pay-what-you-want YouTube documentary that he has been living as a recluse since a 2020 multiple sclerosis diagnosis and is 'nearing the end of his life,'
Review: Martin & Roman's Irish Road Trip Stumbles on Tone
Channel 4's new celebrity travelogue pairs Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp and his son Roman for a road trip around Ireland, despite a family DNA test revealing Germanic rather than Irish ancestry — and
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