Locarno has revealed this year’s official selection. Known auteurs Hong Sang-soo (“By the Stream”) and Wang Bing (“Youth (Hard Times)”) will now battle it out in the official selection, which will welcome 17 world premieres. Italy will be represented by Sara Fgaier’s “Sulla Terra Leggeri” and
It’s not just Maxime Le Mal, the “Despicable Me 4” villain with the broad accent, that has a distinctly French flavor. In fact, Universal and Illumination’s animated franchise boasts Gallic DNA throughout all of the hit movies. And even though Chris Renaud, the Oscar-nominated director of
“I Saw the Devil” screenwriter and director of “New World,” Park Hoon-jung has written and directed Korean espionage-revenge-drama series “The Tyrant.” Production is by Goldmoon Pictures. The four-part miniseries which launches on the Disney+ streaming platform next month (Aug. 14), centers around a cutting-edge virus
Renowned French animation studio Millimages has adapted its hugely popular “Molang” series of episodes and shorts into a 58-minute theatrical feature, which leading European distributor Kinepolis will screen in 40+ cinemas across France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg starting on September 1. “Molang at the
Carol Bongiovi, mother of Jon Bon Jovi, and a familiar face to fans as the founder of the Bon Jovi band’s fan club, died Tuesday at 83. The death of the woman known to some fans as “Mom Jovi” came three days shy of her
George Stephanopoulos backed away Tuesday evening from an errant quip he made to a passerby that he didn’t think President Joe Biden “can serve four more years.:” The exchange was captured on video by TMZ, and the person lobbing a query about Biden’s fortitude appeared
To accompany his “Moon Man #3” comic series arriving tomorrow, Kid Cudi has debuted his new song “Dreams I See” along with a visualizer, premiering exclusively on Variety ahead of its release at midnight. Cudi initially launched his “Moon Man” comic series in January alongside
The Tasveer Film Fund, which offers $75,000 of grants for South Asian filmmakers in North America, has been renewed for a fifth year. The fund, which is supported by the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, and is aligned with the Tasveer Film Market Initiative, requires