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SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” now playing in theaters. As “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” director Destin Daniel Cretton delved deep into development, he spent time figuring out which villains would be most exciting to watch in an action sequence. “Brand New Day” has no shortage of villains, from The Scorpion […]
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Monica Bellucci’s sneer is a thing of wonder, so why have so few directors used it properly? When allowed full rein to her sense of irony, as given her by Giovanni Tortorici in “Ketticè,” Bellucci has few equals in her ability to project self-aware drama queen with just the right dose of camp icon. Hers […]
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Indian National Award-winning filmmaker Srijit Mukherji is bringing to screen the making of Satyajit Ray’s “Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne,” one of Indian cinema’s most celebrated classics, in a new film titled “Maharaja Tomare Selam.” Jeetu Kamal, Ritwik Bhowmik, Rudranil Ghosh, Satakshi Nandy, Sairity Banerjee and Arijit Dutta star in the film, produced by Hoichoi Studios […]
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Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has prompted a wealth of urgent nonfiction filmmaking documenting the harsh realities of life under siege, but comparatively little dramatic storytelling — a space that the new German-Ukrainian production “I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming” occupies with bold formal imagination and a commitment to illuminating lives neglected in wider views of […]
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A TikTok video that included Taylor Swift’s song “August” posted to the account for Donald Trump’s campaign four days ago has now had the sound removed. The caption on the TikTok video reads, “I’m sure @Taylor Swift is going to be super excited we used her song! #taylorswift #maga #august.” The video shows Donald and […]
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In his HBO sketch series “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness,” Larry David travels throughout history, inserting his stubborn and curmudgeonly self into America’s most pivotal moments. “Lawrence,” as he’s often called, fights in the trenches of World War I, heckles George Washington during his Farewell Address and defends Rosa Parks on a Montgomery […]
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SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains plot details from the series finale of “Raising Kanan” now streaming on Starz. The final curtain has closed on the hit 1990s-set crime series “Power Book III: Raising Kanan.” The show has been the origin story of Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis), who, by embracing the very business his drug-queenpin […]
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Italy remains Stanley Tucci’s first love. But a man can travel, right? After winning three Emmys for CNN’s “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” followed by two nominations (including this year) for Nat Geo’s “Tucci in Italy,” the star is on the move. Tucci tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast that he’s currently filming his new season […]
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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers for “The Last House,” out now on Netflix. “The Last House” is a new sci-fi feature that just dropped on Netflix that’s built around a central mystery: What if you and all of your neighbors were locked inside your houses with no option for escape and had no idea […]
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“One Night Only” director Will Gluck doesn’t want you to overthink it. The filmmaker has been fielding a lot of inquiries about the premise, logic and loopholes of his new movie, a raucous romantic comedy about the one night a year where premarital sex is legal. (Think “The Purge,” but for banging instead of murder.) […]
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How sweet — or suite — it still is. Judy Collins is doing a valedictory lap or two around the country on what is billed as a farewell tour, even though, at 87, she’s showing little in the way of weariness about maintaining a full concert schedule or lack of prowess in pulling these shows […]
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The announcement dropped on a pulverizingly humid Thursday afternoon in New York City: just a few hours later, an Olivia Rodrigo surprise gig would take place at Brooklyn’s intimate, 1,100-capacity venue Warsaw. The expected mad dash for tickets — only available at the venue’s box office — ensued, with fans lining up in heat that […]
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