Latest News
Working Around Network Censors Gave Batman: The Animated Series An Emmy-Winning Episode
The writers of Batman: The Animated Series couldn't show death on screen, but their creative workaround helped earn t...
The Classic X-Men: The Animated Series Scene Fox Censors Tried To Prevent
There's a moment in the second episode of X-Men: The Animated Series that network censors tried to stop from happenin...
Guillermo del Toro Says “There’s No Substitute” for Watching Films on the Big Screen While Introducing ‘Frankenstein’ With Jacob Elordi
"You can see it at home, and the food will be perhaps better, [but] you will have this experience collectively, all o...
Moroccan Talents to Watch: Leyna Tahiri, Driss Ramdi, Youssef Michraf, Meriame Essadak
The Marrakech Film Festival has grown alongside Morocco’s flourishing film industry. When the festival debuted in 200...
Stanley Tong on Rewriting ‘Supercop,’ Earning Jackie Chan’s Trust and Making Action Travel: ‘You Want to Make Dreams Come True’
Speaking in conversation at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong director and producer Stanley Tong (...
A Drunk Raccoon Tries to Hook Up With Colin Jost and Eat Poop in Unhinged ‘Weekend Update’
In a “Weekend Update” that featured jokes about Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, a sunburned vacationer played by ca...
Shahad Ameen on Her Ambitious Road Movie ‘Hijra’: ‘I Wanted to Present Saudi Arabia in a Very Different Way’
Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s road movie “Hijra,” about the bond formed between different generations of Saudi women...
Sleepy Trump Dreams of Zohran Mamdani While Pete Hegseth Rants About War Crimes and Booze in Wacky ‘SNL’ Cold Open
Donald Trump didn’t throw much support behind Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in the cold open of the Dec. 6 episode of...
Melissa McCarthy Kicks Off ‘SNL’ With Festive Monologue as She’s Toppled by a Snowstorm
The two-time Oscar nominee served as one of the final hosts of 'SNL' in 2025, with Josh O’Connor and Ariana Grande sl...
Dakota Johnson On Her “Love-Hate Relationship” With Acting and Producing and Dealing With “Shady Financiers”
At Saudi Arabia's Red Sea International Film Festival, the 'Materialists' star reflected on her career, and spoke abo...
Juliette Binoche Tells ‘All That’s Left of You’ and ‘Hijra’ Directors Cherien Dabis and Shahad Ameen: ‘In the Western World, We Need to Hear Stories Like Yours’
Lauded French actor Juliette Binoche, who is currently at the Red Sea Film Festival both as an honoree and to present...
Hallmark Teams Up With Disney World, Sets Lacey Chabert Christmas Movie to Film at the Park (EXCLUSIVE)
For the first time ever, Hallmark Channel is teaming up with Walt Disney World for a new original movie. “Holiday Eve...
‘Minari’ Oscar Winner Youn Yuh-jung Reflects on Six-Decade Career at Singapore Film Festival: ‘I’m Not the Pope, I Don’t Have Any Message’
Oscar-winning Korean actor Youn Yuh-jung opened up about her remarkable six-decade career during an In Conversation e...
‘Thank You for Letting Us Be Emotional Wrecks’: Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae, BigXthaPlug, Rosé and More Celebrate at Variety’s Hitmakers Brunch
For those destined to be songwriters, the spark of inspiration strikes early in life. That was one common theme from ...
Decades Before Before Sam Raimi, Spider-Man Conquered European Theaters
Americans had never seen a live-action Spidey on the big screen before Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, but Europeans had alre...
Matthew Lillard on Quentin Tarantino Looping Him Into Paul Dano Acting Criticism: “It F***ing Sucks”
“You wouldn’t say that to Tom Cruise. You wouldn’t say that to somebody who’s a top-line actor in Hollywood,” the ‘Fi...
China Audiences Drive 2025 Box Office With Animation and War Epics as Comedies Collapse
Chinese audiences pushed animation, action and historical war films to the top of 2025’s satisfaction charts, while c...
Why Spartacus Creator Steven DeKnight Never Regrets Killing Off His Gladiators
Spartacus fans might be heartbroken about the deaths of some of their favorite Gladiators, but show creator Steven De...
‘Akashi’ Sweeps Awards at Whistler Film Festival
Director Mayumi Yoshida picked up trophies for best Canadian feature in the Borsos competition, best actor, best B.C....
The Conjuring Star Patrick Wilson Was Haunted By This '70s Stephen King Horror Series
Patrick Wilson knows a thing or two about what makes something scary, and a Stephen King miniseries has been creeping...