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How Can the Movie Industry Thrive Again? Simple: Make 100 Movies a Year That People Want to See
You know what it’s like when you have a problem, or maybe a few of them, and they start to interlock and overwhelm you, and you’re frozen and can’t...
‘White Lotus’ Star Jason Isaacs Says Duke ‘Clearly’ Wanted to ‘Go Viral’ With T-Shirt Backlash: ‘Fanciful and Ridiculous’
While Duke University may not have appreciated the unintentional promo in the most recent season of “The White Lotus,” Jason Isaacs enjoyed having a little fun at the school’s...
Michael Angarano and Michael Cera on Coming of Age (Again) in Their Bristly Buddy Comedy ‘Sacramento’
Michael Angarano and Michael Cera have been on screen for most of their lives. Both former child actors, each grew into an adult in front of audiences during the...
Rashida Jones and Tracee Ellis Ross Despair Over ‘Corporate Greed’ at Heart of Comically Bleak ‘Black Mirror’ Episode ‘Common People’
SPOILER WARNING: This story discusses major plot developments in the “Black Mirror” episode “Common People,” currently streaming on Netflix. Rashida Jones is an acting pro. But there’s a line...
It’s Intense, Disturbing, and Brilliant — and It Justified the Existence of Horror’s Most Hated Subgenre
*Content Warning: Discussion of Sexual Assault and ViolenceOne of horror’s most controversial subgenres, rape and revenge movies got popular in the 1970s, when the Hays Code finally kicked the...
Record Store Day 2025’s Most Wanted: T-Swift, T-Heads, Gracie Abrams, ‘Wicked,’ Wu Tang, Laufey, Oasis, Mingus and More Vinyl Worth the Queue
There’s no 5,000% tariff on vinyl — yet — so it may be a good time to score some only moderately high-priced LPs this weekend at the annual Record...
Sylvester Stallone’s First R-Rated Leading Role Was in This Urban Thriller That Kicked Off His Epic Action Hero Career
Sylvester Stallone will go down as one of the greatest action stars in Hollywood history. Yet, the legendary star’s path to escaping being a one-hit wonder with Rocky was...
Lady Gaga Outdoes Herself With a Coachella Spectacular That’s Equal Parts Freaky and Hearty
Never let it be said that Lady Gaga doesn’t play three-dimensional chess. She did that, quite literally, in one of a boundless series of production numbers during her Friday...
Women Make Movies’ Debra Zimmerman Slams U.S. Grant Cuts at Visions du Réel
U.S.-based non-profit Women Make Movies is one of thousands of organizations hit by President Donald Trump’s cuts to federal humanities grants. Variety spoke to executive director Debra Zimmerman at...
‘Sacramento’ Review: Michael Cera in a Smart and Fluky Road Comedy About the Agony of Adulting
American movies overflow with arrested-development cases. (There’s something very American about that.) Yet it’s not every day that you see an engaging indie comedy about “adulting” — that is,...
WGA Seeks to Discipline Four Writers for Breaking Guild Rules During 2023 Strike
The Writers Guild of America asked members on Friday to uphold disciplinary actions against four of their brethren who are accused of violating guild rules during the 2023 strike....
Prime Video’s Korean Rom-Com ‘The Divorce Insurance’ Stars Make the Case for Life After Heartbreak: ‘Choices That We Make to Become Happier’
Prime Video is diving into uncharted waters with its new Korean rom-com series “The Divorce Insurance,” which introduces the provocative concept of insuring against marital dissolution. The series poses...