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Mumba Devi Motion Pictures‘ latest feature “I’m Not an Actor” (“Main Actor Nahin Hoon”), starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Chitrangada Satarupa, will have its world premiere at the 2025 Cinequest Film Festival in California this March. The Hindi and English-language drama, directed by Aditya Kripalani, follows a frustrated but puritanical actor in Mumbai who spends a

The documentary “Les Hijabeuses” has won the 2025 Action Grant from Breaking Through The Lens, a nonprofit that focuses on using financing to address gender inequity in the film industry. The UK film, which is the second winner since the grant program began, receives 10,000 Euros. “Les Hijabeuses” chronicles a group of Muslim women soccer

A musical about crimes and identity; a searing drama about political and familial oppression; another about an activist searching for her missing husband; documentaries about sexual assault as told by the victim, about undoing centuries of imperialism and about Israel’s brutal treatment of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank; and a beautiful and wordless animated

Robert Pattinson laughed off any continued hatred against the “Twilight” franchise in a translated interview for GQ Spain. The actor debuted as the vampire Edward Cullen in 2008’s “Twilight,” which launched a $3.3 billion movie franchise across five movies and turned Pattinson and co-star Kristen Stewart into global superstars.  “I love that people keep telling

Five years after “Freaky,” Christopher Landon is back with another Blumhouse fright fest. This time, everyone’s a suspect. In the official trailer for “Drop,” Meghann Fahy (“The White Lotus,” “The Perfect Couple”) stars as the widowed Violet, who takes a step back into the world of dating. However, things soon spiral out of control when

Sean Baker knew he wanted the Russian actor Yura Borisov for his new film even before he’d written the script that would become “Anora.” “I saw him in ‘Compartment No. 6’ at Cannes in 2021 and immediately fell in love — I could just see what an amazing actor he was,” says the director, who

Bernadette O’Brien, a costume designer who received an Emmy nomination for her work on an episode of the classic ABC action series “MacGyver,” died in her sleep Monday in Spokane, Wash., according to a family member. She was 90. Additional credits include “The Exterminator” (1980), “Vice Squad” (1982), “Winners Take All” (1987), “Jake Spanner, Private

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio‘s next collaboration “The Devil in the White City” is taking shape once again, as 20th Century Studios has boarded the project. Scorsese and DiCaprio will also produce alongside Stacey Sher, Rick Yorn and DiCaprio’s Appian Way partner Jennifer Davisson. The film, which does not yet have a script, will be

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation ’90s classic “New Jack City” and finished his “Harlem trilogy” writing “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim,” died in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday. He was 66. Cooper’s death was confirmed by a representative for Spike Lee. The pair collaborated on the Netflix series adaptation

M. Night Shyamalan testified Wednesday that he and his collaborators on the Apple TV+ show “Servant” did not steal from a 2013 independent film about a delusional mother and her baby doll. The director told jurors that the copyright dispute with “The Truth About Emanuel” director Francesca Gregorini is “clearly, 100%, a misunderstanding.” “This accusation

“The Fall Guy” and “Bullet Train” filmmaker David Leitch is in talks to direct “Ocean’s 14” for Warner Bros. George Clooney’s Smokehouse banner is behind the fourth film in the “Ocean’s Eleven” franchise, so it’s expected the star will return alongside Brad Pitt, who collaborated with Leitch on “Bullet Train.” The original “Ocean’s” trilogy, directed

The Iron Curtain had already collapsed when Maria Bakalova was growing up in Bulgaria, but old sensibilities still lingered: as a girl she was discouraged from playing the “aggressive and muscular” electric guitar (she learned the flute instead) and life there was still largely circumscribed by national borders. But Bakalova, who portrays the Czech-born Ivana

Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” sparked controversy over the weekend after it became more widely known that AI was used during postproduction for enhancing stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones’ Hungarian language dialogue. The subject of AI already puts many in Hollywood on edge, but it’s also being increasingly used in filmmaking. In this case, its

The Oscars have shared details about how they will honor the city of Los Angeles amid the devastation caused by wildfires, along with other updates to this year’s ceremony. In a letter sent to Academy members, CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang outlined plans for the 97th Oscars ceremony, set to take place on

Cole Webley, a Salt Lake City-based director, spent decades dreaming of premiering one of his films in Park City. The Utah native has attended the Sundance Film Festival for nearly 20 years, waiting in long lines as the snow fell around him, shivering in the cold in hopes of catching a hot new movie. He’d

Not so long ago, sex workers had a less than rosy image in the movies, and in the culture at large. For starters, they weren’t called “sex workers.” When Demi Moore played one in 1996, the title of that movie was “Striptease.” And in reviews I’ve written of more movies than I can count, I’ve

For the first time since 2022, this year’s South by Southwest Film & Television Festival does not overlap with the Oscars — which seems to have given SXSW curators a richer field to pull from, as the 2025 lineup has no shortage of buzzy titles and stars. Running from March 7-15, the festival will feature

Thuso Mbedu, Amandla Stenberg, Damson Idris and Tosin Cole are taking on the lead roles in the highly-anticipated film adaptation of “Children of Blood and Bone.” Gina Prince-Bythewood is directing the action fantasy film, based on Tomi Adeyemi’s bestselling novel, for Paramount Pictures. The studio has also dated the film for release on Jan. 15,

“I’m egregiously picky,” insists Dylan O’Brien, reflecting on a burst of productivity that, in the last 12 months, includes the films “Ponyboi,” “Saturday Night,” “Caddo Lake,” the Max comedy series “Fantasmas” and James Sweeney’s “Twinless,” which screens at Sundance. “I’m going to get skewered for this type of quote being out there … but I

Premiering out of Sundance’s world dramatic competition on Jan. 25, “Two Women” plays as a sex farce for the post-#MeToo era, following two stay-at-home moms who simply want more out of life — and who find, in games of seduction with local handymen, the most convenient way to scratch that itch. Director Chloe Robichaud and

SPOILER ALERT: The following review contains mild spoilers. Iris, the title character in writer-director Drew Hancock’s deranged date movie “Companion,” isn’t like your typical Hollywood love interest. As played by “Yellowjackets” breakout Sophie Thatcher, Iris is more than just smitten with her dorky boyfriend, Josh (Jack Quaid). She’s crazy-devoted, willing to do whatever it takes

IFC Films, the studio behind “Late Night With the Devil” and “Memoir of a Snail,” has tapped Ayo Kepher-Maat as its new vice president of acquisitions and productions. In this new role, Kepher-Maat will help the indie film studio build its slate, which includes films in the fiction, non-fiction and international realms. Kepher-Maat, who is

Award-winning filmmaker Matt Wolf is directing the feature documentary “Soaps,” which explores the family dynasty behind the biggest and most successful soaps in the industry featuring a deep dive into the wildly popular “The Bold and the Beautiful.” “Soaps” brings audiences inside the world of soap operas with unprecedented access behind-the-scenes at “The Bold and

For an eight consecutive year, Macro returns to the Sundance Film Festival with a lineup of programming that spotlights and amplifies the voices and works of filmmakers of color at the Macro Lodge. Hosted by Macro founder and CEO Charles D. King and the company’s chief brand officer, Stacey Walker King, the Macro Lodge will

The publicists behind “Wicked,” “Emilia Perez” and “Deadpool & Wolverine” are among the nominees for the Maxwell Weinberg Award at the 62nd Annual ICG’s Publicists Awards, which honors outstanding achievement in publicity. The guild previously announced awards for field, unit still photography, and press awards, for which Variety’s senior entertainment reporter Angelique Jackson received a

MATERNAL MYSTERY Disney+ has dropped first-look images for its upcoming U.K. original series “The Stolen Girl,” a psychological thriller toplining Denise Gough, Holliday Grainger, Ambika Mod and Jim Sturgess. The five-part limited series, previously developed under the working title “Playdate,” comes from scribe Catherine Moulton (“Baptiste”) and helmer Eva Husson (“Mothering Sunday”). The project adapts

The night before Donald Trump returned to the White House, one of the splashiest inauguration week bashes was kicking off at D.C. hot spot Sax Restaurant & Lounge. Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame performed, while conservative VIPs Ben Shapiro, comedian Terrence K. Williams and “Am I Racist?” star Matt Walsh were honored while a crowd

Benedict Cumberbatch revealed during an interview for Variety’s Sundance cover that his immediate reaction to the news that Robert Downey Jr. was returning to Marvel as the villainous Doctor Doom was complete and utter shock. After all, Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange shared many scenes with Downey’s Iron Man in films like “Avengers: Endgame.” Downey’s surprise Doctor

In a sweeping move to champion Asian cinema, Chanel‘s Culture Fund is making waves across Hong Kong and Thailand, uniting Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton and Palme d’Or recipient Apichatpong Weerasethakul for a landmark collaboration. In Hong Kong, Chanel’s partnership with M+ museum is spearheading a restoration program under the guidance of Silke Schmickl, Chanel

Athens-based sales agent Heretic has added Slovenian director Urška Djukić’s “Little Trouble Girls,” which has its world premiere in Berlin Film Festival‘s Perspectives section – dedicated to fiction feature debuts – to its slate. The trailer debuts below. The film focuses on introverted 16-year-old Lucia, who joins her Catholic school’s all-girl choir, where she befriends