This October, Variety enlisted some our favorite spooky content creators to share their scary movie essentials. Joseph and Vanessa Winter, whose film “Deadstream” made a splash on the festival circuit and earned rave reviews from critics, shared their picks for the best found footage films of all time. The found footage style has led to
Executive producer Cathy Schulman has been a Hollywood trailblazer for decades. From creating the PGA stamp with fellow producer Kathleen Kennedy to heading Women in Film as president for years, the former president of production at STX is seeing her work come to fruition in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King.” Schulman, who built a career
Jay Lycurgo, who plays Nathan in upcoming Netflix series “The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself,” finds himself interrogated by witch Celia (Karen Connell) in a new clip from the show, shared exclusively with Variety. In the series, which is based on the Half Bad YA series by Sally Green, Lycurgo plays the teenage, illegitimate
One of streamer Hulu’s original contributions to this year’s Halloween programming is terrifying new British horror film “Matriarch.” In the film, after an overdose nearly takes her life, Laura Birch escapes from the high-stakes pressure of the advertising world to return to her roots. Accepting an invitation home from her estranged mother, Laura hopes the
James Corden spoke to The New York Times and briefly addressed the controversy over his banning and unbanning from the New York City restaurant Balthazar. The television host called the entire story “silly” and “insane,” adding, “I haven’t done anything wrong, on any level.” Balthazar owner Keith McNally took to Instagram earlier this week to
As much as I work to be as objective as possible when writing TV criticism, it would be a lie to say that my mood doesn’t affect the way I feel about whatever I’m watching. When I turned on “From Scratch,” a long week had left me feeling more delicate than usual, and all too ready to slip
Michael Shannon, Kiersey Clemons and Barbie Ferreira are set to star in drag king comedy drama “The Young King.” Set in ‘90s Las Vegas, the film marks the feature directorial debut of Larin Sullivan (“Anatomy: Soul”), who also wrote the script, and is being produced by Corporate Witchcraft’s Kim Bailey and Isabel Marden, in addition
The Montclair Film Festival, which became a hub became a hub for awards-seeking filmmakers when it moved to the fall from spring during the pandemic, kicks off Oct. 21 with a mix of high-profile narrative films and documentaries in addition to panels and master classes. Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” Maria Schrader’s “She Said,” Noah Baumbach’s
Rank Film Director(s) and Producer(s) Distributor 1 “Good Night Oppy” Ryan White (director), Matt Carroll, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Matt Goldberg, Jessica Hargrave (producers) Amazon Studios The film follows Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover affectionately dubbed Oppy by her creators and scientists at NASA. Oppy was originally expected to live for only 90 days but
After spending more than a decade in development, Dwayne Johnson’s “Black Adam” is finally taking flight. The DC Comics and Warner Bros. superhero movie earned $7.6 million at the domestic box office in Thursday previews. The comic book villain is expected to have a hero-sized landing this weekend with an estimated $60 million debut. That
India’s Film Bazaar, South Asia’s largest film market, has selected a range of projects from around the world for its annual co-production market, which will be held in-person this year after two years of being online due to COVID-19. Though the 20 selected projects are from 11 countries, and most are already structured as co-productions,
FILM SEASON Aleem Khan‘s BIFA and BAFTA award winning “After Love” will kick off the new British Film Premiere season on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on Oct. 23. Each of the seven feature films premiering in the season has been critically acclaimed and premiered at top tier international film festivals, with many nominated for
DialogueTalk and Circle Collective have partnered for the U.S. release of acclaimed documentary “The Great Basin.” The documentary feature builds a complex panorama of rural Nevada through a tapestry of characters who work, live, and play there. The titular Great Basin is the location of the so-called “Loneliest Road in America” and can be seen
Pathé’s Aude Albano and Dimitri Rassam’s Chapter 2, a Mediawan company, are teaming up with Disney+ on the development of two returning series expanding on their “Three Musketeers” franchise. The two production banners, together with Alexandre de la Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte’s Fargo Films, are in advanced development of both shows, “Milady Origins” and “Black
Taylor Swift meets the anti-hero version of Taylor Swift in the official music video for “Anti-Hero,” the first lead single off the Grammy winner’s new album, “Midnights.” So what is anti-hero Taylor Swift like? She’s a big drinker and she’ll rip out all of your insecurities. The “Anti-Hero” music video was directed by Swift herself,
Taylor Swift has joined YouTube Shorts as part of a multistage launch for her new album “Midnights,” unveiled the #TSAntiHeroChallenge — designed to push the platform’s TikTok-like short-form video feature. For the first time, Swift is inviting fans to share their anti-heroic traits to the soundtrack of the newly released track “Anti-Hero” exclusively on YouTube
Rodolphe Belmer has quit Netflix’s board of directors after serving on the board since January 2018. Netflix disclosed the French business exec’s departure in a regulatory filing Friday. Belmer informed the company on Oct. 19 that he will be resigning from the board effective Oct. 27, 2022. “Mr. Belmer’s resignation is not due to any
The first trailer for “You Resemble Me,” the feature directorial debut of “The Square” associate producer Dina Amer, has been unveiled. The film debuted at Venice in 2021 and has had a stellar festival run since, picking up plaudits on the way. The film, executive produced by Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, Riz Ahmed and Alma
“Voodoo Macbeth” credits no fewer than 10 directors and eight screenwriters, all of them students of or recent graduates from the USC School of the Cinematic Arts. And arguably the most impressive thing about the USC-produced movie — a fanciful dramatization of Orson Welles’ historic 1936 New York production of “Macbeth” with an all-Black cast
Taylor Swift likes the number 13, which would be one reason why her “Midnights” album runs at an economical 13 tracks, her first release to be that concise in many years. However, she doesn’t love it so much that she wasn’t up for putting out a surprise 20-track “3 am” deluxe version of the album,
The Berlin Film Festival was not significantly shaped by the Nazi activities of Alfred Bauer, its first festival director, new research has found. But the festival will hold itself up for scrutiny, with a public discussion next month about Bauer and how he disguised his affiliations. Revelations about Bauer’s past came to the surface in
Hit British movie “Boiling Point,” about a stressed-out chef played by “Matilda” star Stephen Graham losing his grip on a fast-paced kitchen, is getting a TV adaptation from the BBC. The series will pick up six months on from where the film left off, and will see sous chef Carly (Vinette Robinson) as head chef
Asacha Media Group, the expanding pan-European company, is partnering up with Spain’s Plano a Plano and Mexico’s Dopamine on “Cicatriz,” a high-end action thriller based on Juan Gómez-Jurado’s bestselling novel. “Cicatriz” is developed by a pair of established writers, Pablo Roa and Fernando Sancristóbal, whose credits include “Toy Boy,” “La Casa de Papel” and “Vis
Netflix has clarified “The Crown” is a fictional dramatization for viewers by adding a logline to its YouTube trailer for Season 5, which is set to launch on Nov. 9. In the description for the trailer, posted by the official Netflix account, the logline reads: “Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatisation tells the story
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have revealed the nomination longlists for Best Feature Documentary and Best International Independent Film categories. In addition, BIFA’s Raindance Discovery Award longlist has also been unveiled. Of the 15 films longlisted for Best Feature Documentary, eight are directed by women. The 17 films longlisted for Best International Independent Film
There isn’t a typical co-production model when it comes to international drama, said panelists at Mipcom. “I wish there was. That’s our struggle now: finding the model that would make everyone happy,” noted Fremantle’s Christian Vesper. “It all starts with the passion of the writer or creator, who really wants to make the show, and the supporting
Billed as the first Indigenous and female-led produced, written, and directed drama about the residential school experience in North America, Marie Clements’ “Bones of Crows” is not afraid of making people uncomfortable. “We should be squeamish about it,” the helmer tells Variety at Mipcom, addressing the show’s graphic scenes. A concurrent feature film is also in the
Spain’s Onza Entertainment, producer of “The Department of Time,” “Little Coincidences” and “Parot,” is joining forces with outfit Intrépidus to develop and co-produce TV fiction and films for the Spanish and the international markets. With the deal, Onza continues putting creative talent at its core and strengthening its creators network. Recently launched by Fernando J.
Play video content TMZ.com Kathy Hilton is doubling down on feelings toward Lisa Rinna and Erika Jayne … calling them out as villains who are desperate to stir up s*** — and her recent falling out with her sister Kyle Richards is proof. We got the ‘RHOBH’ star and her pal, Faye Resnick, at La
TikTok pushed back on a report that ByteDance, its Chinese parent, planned to use the app to track the physical locations of at least two U.S. citizens. On Thursday, Forbes reported that ByteDance’s Internal Audit and Risk Control department, which investigates possible misconduct by employees, in at least two cases planned to “collect TikTok data