CosmoCinema 998

The FCC asked a federal court Thursday to dismiss the First Amendment lawsuit ABC filed against the agency, arguing that the Disney-owned broadcaster failed to establish that the FCC’s early license renewal review for ABC’s TV stations represents “retaliation”...

Philippine studio Viva Communications has acquired the rights to remake Indonesian film “2nd Miracle in Cell No. 7,” marking the first time an Indonesian film will be officially remade for the Philippine market. The adaptation is set to premiere Dec. 25 as par...

Actor-turned director Anna Foglietta is back in Venice in a different guise this year, after serving as the event’s official emcee in 2020. Foglietta — who is best-known to international audiences for her role in Italy’s smash hit “Perfect Strangers” — is on t...

The most remarkable thing about Miike Takashi — whose filmography spans well over a hundred features in a smorgasbord of different genres and styles — is that he has never made a documentary. But now he’s at Venice with doc “Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki...

“In my more than 40-year career, I’ve never been put in the position of being a decoy,” says Alex Brandon, chief White House photographer for The Associated Press. “Wild. Just wild.” Brandon is one of several subjects who’ve lent their testimony to “Instadocs:...

At the start of her eponymous reality show “Earle Meets World,” the influencer Alix Earle promises that while “there’s a whole other side” of the creator economy “people don’t get to see,” her viewers are “gonna see everything in this show.” I hope for Earle’s...

India’s queen of television Ekta Kapoor is betting that Indian viewers walking away from appointment television will still watch long-running fiction, just on YouTube’s terms. In an interview with Variety, the Balaji Telefilms Ltd. joint MD, and Gunjan Soni, Y...

AR Content, Vertigo and Blumhouse Atomic Monster are teaming up to remake “Vincent Must Die,” the acclaimed French Belgian thriller directed by Stéphan Castang that premiered in the Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight sidebar in 2023.  Written and dire...

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first look at writer-director Josh Appignanesi’s seventh feature Coming of Age, which he co-wrote with longtime collaborator Devorah Baum.  The film, which is told across 30 years of car rides through a fast-changing London, is described as...

“Free Solo” directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin return with their most personal film to date.  In “Everest: The Other Side” — screening in Venice and Toronto — they follow ski mountaineers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson as they attempt to do so...

Four years after “Blanquita” won the Silver Lion for best screenplay, Chilean director Fernando Guzzoni returns to Venice. The filmmaker is set to present his latest project, “Land of the Savages,” at the Venice Gap-Financing Market, eyeing a return to the fes...

Liam and Noel Gallagher, to perhaps nobody’s surprise, aren’t ones for getting teary-eyed, even when reconciling after well over a decade apart. So say Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, directors of the upcoming Disney+ documentary “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in A...

“The Truffle Hunters” directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw look for the perfect wine in their new doc “Burgundy.” So do their characters, from winemakers to sommeliers and wine critic Guillaume, who dreams he’s literally drowning in it.  “He tastes over...

Berlin Golden Bear winner Lila Avilés (“Totém”) has wrapped production on her next feature film, “Cábula,” and shared an exclusive first-look image with Variety. The director will present the film during the Venice Gap-Financing Market, which takes place from ...

Independent filmmaker Tsukamoto Shinya was born 15 years after the end of World War II. “Neither my parents nor my grandparents ever spoke about the war, so I grew up believing, without question, that the world was a bright and peaceful place,” says Tsukamoto....

“Free Solo” directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin return with their most personal film to date.  In “Everest: The Other Side” — screening in Venice and Toronto — they follow ski mountaineers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson as they attempt to do so...

Four years after “Blanquita” won the Silver Lion for best screenplay, Chilean director Fernando Guzzoni returns to Venice. The filmmaker is set to present his latest project, “Land of the Savages,” at the Venice Gap-Financing Market, eyeing a return to the fes...

Liam and Noel Gallagher, to perhaps nobody’s surprise, aren’t ones for getting teary-eyed, even when reconciling after well over a decade apart. So say Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, directors of the upcoming Disney+ documentary “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in A...

“The Truffle Hunters” directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw look for the perfect wine in their new doc “Burgundy.” So do their characters, from winemakers to sommeliers and wine critic Guillaume, who dreams he’s literally drowning in it.  “He tastes over...

Berlin Golden Bear winner Lila Avilés (“Totém”) has wrapped production on her next feature film, “Cábula,” and shared an exclusive first-look image with Variety. The director will present the film during the Venice Gap-Financing Market, which takes place from ...

Independent filmmaker Tsukamoto Shinya was born 15 years after the end of World War II. “Neither my parents nor my grandparents ever spoke about the war, so I grew up believing, without question, that the world was a bright and peaceful place,” says Tsukamoto....

Days before a jury trial was set to start in Indianapolis, Mark Sanchez has entered a guilty plea in the 2025 stabbing, assault and booze-fueled incident with a 69-year-old trucker. “The parties have reached a resolution that will obviate the need for the jury...

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details on Big Brother Season 28, Episode 28, which aired on Thursday, September 3. Following one of the biggest twists in Big Brother history, Julie Chen Moonves returned for another live episode where a new houseguest was vo...