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Multiple top indie distributors have acquired Maryam Touzani’s “Calle Malaga,” following its premiere in Venice Film Festival’s Spotlight…
MILAN — A regular presence at the Venice Film Festival, this year Chanel swapped its traditional soirée hosted at Harry’s Bar for a lunch…
Those of us who first understood Shakerism not as a religious movement but as a mail-order furniture company — like a particularly…
Rising Greek filmmaker Evi Kalogiropoulou brings her long-awaited feature debut, “Gorgonà,” to the Venice Film Festival this week, where…
If AI is coming for filmmakers, don’t tell that to director Damien Hauser. In his latest feature, “Memory of Princess Mumbi,” which…
Dwayne Johnson takes on his most dramatic role yet in Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” playing UFC champion Mark Kerr. At the film’s…
Acolytes of Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel are accustomed to patience. In 25 years she’s made just five features, of which the latest,…
Two longtime friends will make for among Venice’s most-discussed red-carpet pairings. Sofia Coppola is the director of “Marc by Sofia,” a…
Get ready for an onslaught of Italian movies on the post-Venice fall festival circuit. Seven Italian titles are set launch into North…
Cate Blanchett’s newest movie, “Father Mother Sister Brother” from indie auteur Jim Jarmusch, premiered at Venice Film Festival on Sunday…
“The Wizard of the Kremlin,” a political thriller starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin and Paul Dano as his former right-hand man and…
It’s close to an hour into “The Wizard of the Kremlin” before Vladimir Putin (Jude Law) shows up, but as soon as he does, exuding a calm…
Jim Jarmusch has added his voice to the growing backlash against Mubi after the arthouse distributor took on an investor with close ties…
Doha Film Institute CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi was fêted Saturday on the rooftop terrace of Venice’s The Gritti Palace hotel where she…
Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke took the stage at the Venice Film Festival for a wide-ranging masterclass that spanned his career, his parallel…
With the 4K restoration of master Bimal Roy‘s “Do Bigha Zamin” (Two Acres of Land) set for its world premiere at this year’s Venice Film…
Kenyan filmmaker Vincho Nchogu makes her feature directorial debut with the pastoral drama “One Woman One Bra,” a story of womanhood,…
Continuing a great year for Arab cinema at major festivals — with films such as “Once Upon a Time in Gaza,” “The President’s Cake” and…
More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two films premiering in the Venice Days sidebar of the…
Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” injected some life into Venice, earning a rapturous 13-minute standing ovation, the longest of the…
The Venice Film Festival on Saturday became the focus of possibly the largest protest ever seen at a major film event over Israel’s…
If you can’t be in Venice this year, Variety is bringing Venice to you. We’re publishing daily digital editions, running Aug. 29 – Sept.…
For Kent Jones and Samy Burch, nearly everything about making their new Venice-premiering drama, “Late Fame,” was kismet. The two had…
It’s alive! And it’s at Venice Film Festival! But it’s not a metaphor for artificial intelligence. Guillermo del Toro‘s “Frankenstein,”…
