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Of all the panels and Q&As happening during this year’s Telluride Film Festival, probably the most anticipated one featured a visit from rock royalty in the form of an unbilled (but not…
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“The Wizard of the Kremlin,” a political thriller starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin and Paul Dano as his former right-hand man and spin-doctor Vadim Baranov, earned a hugely enthusiastic…
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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. After a thrilling Leagues Cup soccer tournament, which…
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Box office, welcome to the dog days of summer. In this terribly sluggish Labor Day holiday weekend, a horror movie in its fourth weekend of release was No. 1 while a 50-year-old blockbuster beat…
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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. 2, including all the latest news, reviews and…
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Mark Jenkins’ 2019 debut “Bait” was a microbudget monochrome portrait of a Cornish coastal community that reveled in its old-school, hand-processed aesthetic and proved a surprise indie hit in…
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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 “The Little Sister” winning major awards in Cannes —…
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Jude Law had no qualms about portraying the ruthless Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Olivier Assayas‘ political thriller “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” which premieres on Sunday at Venice Film…
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There is not much more to the secluded Italian village of Remis, the setting for Paolo Strippoli‘s crackling supernatural horror “The Holy Boy,” than the road that runs through it, a high school,…
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Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke took the stage at the Venice Film Festival for a wide-ranging masterclass that spanned his career, his parallel work as a distributor, and his thoughts on the future of…
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