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William Shakespeare left no instructions as to the right way future dramatists should tell “Hamlet.” We have only the text, which reveals fresh insights each time someone new recites it. With…
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Lady Gaga is the latest to join the slate of performers for the MTV VMAs, taking place on Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. ET and airing on CBS and Paramount+. Gaga received the most…
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In Kent Jones’s lyrical and enchanting “Late Fame,” Willem Dafoe plays a forgotten New York poet who once had a moment. It was 1979, and Dafoe’s character, Ed Saxberger, was part of the downtown…
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Vesuvius — the very name sounds ancient, rhythmically mythical, so tied into tales of a destroyed past that one almost forgets it’s still very much in the ordinary, existing present. The…
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It’s the end of an era for ESPN‘s “College Game Day” on Saturday as Lee Corso, the renowned college football coach and football analyst, bows out of the show after 38 years.…
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In his autobiography, Keith Richards described “As Tears Go By,” a disarmingly simple ballad that he and Mick Jagger composed under duress, as “a terrible piece of tripe.” You can see why, given…
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Gianfranco Rosi, who scooped the 2013 Venice Golden Lion with “Sacro GRA”, is back on the Lido with “Below the Clouds.” It’s a passionate personal exploration of Naples and its suburbs that lie…
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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 NCAA Football is finally here! And the best way to…
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In a quaint theater in the Colorado mountains where we lay our scene, a clear Oscar contender emerges. Before Chloé Zhao’s anticipated drama “Hamnet” held its world premiere at the Telluride…
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Indonesian auteur Kamila Andini is gearing up for what she calls “the hardest story I’ve ever created” with “Four Seasons in Java,” a magical realist drama that confronts the dark underbelly of…
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