Alex Ross Perry revealed an unexpected inspiration for “Pavements,” his experimental musical biopic concert film about the American indie band Pavement: Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning epic “Dunkirk.” Speaking at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where he is screening both “Pavements” and “Videohaven,” the indie director called Nolan’s effort “one of the most structurally incredible, miraculous scripts
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Lauded Japanese auteur Miike Takashi sat down for an in-conversation event with longtime collaborator and producer Misako Saka at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where he is also screening “Blazing Fists.” The duo discussed their partnership as well as the impact of the director’s work in Japanese and international cinema.  On 1999’s “Audition,” Miike said
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It is quite an interesting choice for the largest film festival in the Netherlands to close with a film that explicitly denounces the violence of Dutch colonialism in Indonesia, but one can always expect interesting choices from the International Film Festival Rotterdam. This year’s closing film, Mouly Surya’s “This City Is a Battlefield,” takes place
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Conspiracies and cover-ups are a dime a dozen in fictional movies (thrillers, political dramas, you name it). But when a documentary unravels a conspiracy, it can take on the kind of hushed suspense those films used to have and rarely do anymore. (The heyday of conspiracy cinema, the ’70s era of “All the President’s Men”
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There won’t be a new season of “The Bachelorette” this summer, Variety has learned. While ABC franchise typically airs “The Bachelor” each spring before selecting one of the contestants to lead a season of “The Bachelorette” in the summer, this year, ABC won’t follow that pattern. That means that if any of the women vying
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Demi Moore is inching closer to winning an Oscar after picking up best actress honors at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards for her performance in “The Substance.” Moore won the prize over fellow nominees Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), Karla Sofía Gascón (“Emilia Pérez”), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”) Angelina Jolie (“Maria”) and Mikey Madison (“Anora”). “This is
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Laverne Cox got the SCAD TVfest crowd to its feet on Friday evening, as the star delivered a powerful, emotional speech about the new Trump administration’s attack on trans rights, civil rights and destruction of regulations in order to enrich the billionaires now in office. Taking the stage to accept SCAD’s Impact Award, before premiering
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The Federal Communications Commission has broken with decades of precedent for the independent regulatory agency by charging into the highly politicized debate about bias in media and the fairness of the coverage produced by mainstream news organizations. CBS News has been caught in the crossfire of newly appointed FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s desire to investigate
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“Wicked” director Jon M. Chu beat out several Oscar nominees for best director at the Critics’ Choice Awards Friday evening, taking home the prize from that body. The filmmaker seemed stunned as he took the stage at the behest of his encouraging cast, including stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. “I’m going to win that
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Cynthia Erivo is already going to the Oscars as a best actress nominee for “Wicked,” but some have expected the star to have a bigger spotlight during the ceremony. As reported by Puck, the Academy is looking to open the telecast with a medley of “Wicked” songs performed by Erivo and her co-star Ariana Grande.
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Zoe Saldaña continued to cement her Oscar frontrunner status by winning best supporting actress honors at the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards for her performance in Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez.” She stars in the musical crime drama as Rita Mora Castro, an exasperated lawyer who agrees to help a drug lord undergo gender reassignment surgery. “My husband
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“Wicked,” “Emilia Pérez,” and “The Substance” each triumphed with three wins at the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards on Friday night. However, it was “Anora” that claimed the best picture prize at this year’s ceremony. The Neon release entered the race with seven nominations, including best actress for Mikey Madison and best director and original
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The 30th annual Critics’ Choice Awards, honoring the year’s best in film and television, is in full force. The ceremony will broadcast live on E! starting at 7 p.m. ET, but those without cable
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SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “Apple Cider Vinegar,” now streaming on Netflix. Stories about American scammers have proliferated the true-crime genre in recent years — Amanda Seyfried won an Emmy for portraying Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu’s “The Dropout,” Julia Garner played Anna Delvey in Netflix’s “Inventing Anna,” and Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway
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Patricia Arquette recently told “Severance” co-star Adam Scott during a game of “Hot Ones Versus” that her actor ex-husband once screwed her over after they made a pact about doing sex scenes in movies and television shows. “I was married to somebody at the time and we were very young and impressionable people,” Arquette said.
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A star-studded movie musical about the childhood of Pharrell Williams has been permanently shuttered and will not see release in any capacity, Variety can report exclusively. The project in question is “Golden,” originally titled “Atlantis,” and was directed by Michel Gondry (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”). It was set for wide theatrical release from Universal
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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 4 of “Severance,” streaming now on Apple TV+. The sky’s the limit, literally, for our intrepid macrodata refiners. The fourth episode of “Severance’s” second season, “Woe’s Hollow,” drops the Mark (Adam Scott), Irving (John Turturro), Helly (Britt Lower) and Dylan (Zach Cherry) into some unfamiliar
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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 4 of “Severance,” streaming now on Apple TV+. In the latest episode of “Severance,” the innies go outside. Transported into a vast, icy woodland, Mark (Adam Scott), Helly (Britt Lower), Dylan (Zach Cherry) and Irving (John Turturro) have been sent by Lumon (with their outies’
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Backstage Production Team Image Credit: Michael Becker Back row (seated): Baz Halpin (Silent House production design), Tabitha D’umo (producer), Alex Papa (producer), Kristen Merlino (art director), Jody Kolozsvari (producer), Hilary Gladstein (supervising producer) Front row: Raj Kapoor (co-executive producer), Patrick Mention (co-executive producer), Eric Cook (co-executive producer), Jesse Collins (co-executive producer), Jeannae Rouzan-Clay (co-executive producer)
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Following the passing of its longtime president Josh Welsh on Dec. 31, Film Independent has established interim leadership changes as it begins a search for a new executive to lead the organization. Brenda Robinson has been named acting president of Film Independent, while board vice chair Eric d’Arbeloff will fill her role as acting board
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Parenting isn’t easy — whether you’re a top-of-the-line robot or an Oscar-nominated composer. It’s a lesson Lupita Nyong’o’s Roz learns the hard way in “The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks’ three-time Oscar-nominated animated adventure film. In addition to nods for best animated feature and best score, “The Wild Robot” was also nominated for best sound, making the
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“Gladiator II” production designer Arthur Max is no stranger to working with costume designer Janty Yates. Over the years, they have worked on a dozen movies together, going all the way back to the first “Gladiator” film in 2004. It’s a partnership which Max affectionately calls “a serious level of collaboration.” From “Kingdom of Heaven”
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