Business
Inside the World-Conquering Rise of the Micro-Drama
The regretful colonel in “Silent Ex-Wife” is played by Ben Whalen, a thirty-eight-year-old actor from New York. In the fall of 2023, after…
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Style
“Euphoria” Has Become a Thrilling, Disturbing Horror Show
In between the high drama and extreme situations that these often-numbed-out kids found their way into—rough sex, vicious girl fights,…
Culture
“The Drama” Struggles to Justify Its Combustible Premise
Does the movie itself know who she is? I’m not so sure. Emma is a literary editor, though the specifics are awfully vague—a late subplot…
Lifestyle
9 of the Biggest Footwear Legal Dramas in 2025
There was no shortage of legal issues affecting the footwear industry in 2025. While trademark complaints made up the bulk of the legal…
Culture
Tallinn Black Nights Festival Awards: Family Dramas ‘The Good Daughter’ and ‘The Well’ Win Big at a Still Growing Event
Two weeks after a triumphal opening to the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival with “They Will be Dust,” Catalan cinema, honored by a Focus…
Business
“Erupcja” Starts Charli XCX’s Acting Career on a High Note
One of the key works of the modern cinema, Roberto Rossellini’s “Voyage to Italy,” from 1954—starring Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders as…
Culture
LISTEN: Chris McGurk and Jana Winograde on Cineverse’s Big Plans for Micro Dramas; How AI is Fueling Product Placement in TV and Film
Chris McGurk and Jana Winograde were ready for the question. As the industry veterans join forces to launch an ambitious short-form…
Culture
Korean Dramas Drive Southeast Asia Streaming Boom as Netflix Holds Lead With 12.8 Million Subscribers, Report Finds
Southeast Asia’s premium video-on-demand landscape is heating up, with the region adding more than 1.5 million net new subscribers in Q2…
Business
Associates of Singapore-listed GHY in tie-ups with iQIYI to jointly produce two short-form dramas
GHY Culture & Media has tied up with leading Chinese online entertainment service provider iQIYI to produce two short-form dramas, in “a…
Business
Associates of Singapore-listed GHY in tie-up with iQIYI to jointly produce two short-form dramas
GHY Culture & Media has tied up with leading Chinese online entertainment service provider iQIYI to produce two short-form dramas, in “a…
Celebrity
Israel’s First Micro Dramas Platform Gets Launched by ‘Red Skies’ Maker Yoav Gross Productions (EXCLUSIVE)
Yoav Gross Productions, the prolific Israeli scripted television company behind “The Good Cop” and “Red Skies,” is launching a new…
Style
The Everyday Dramas of Manhattan Rush Hour
Salacuse is the kind of person who always seems to have a project or five under way. I first met him in 2000, and we’ve been friends ever…
Culture
The Dreamlike Journeys of “Việt and Nam” and “Grand Tour”
Every good film is, to some degree, a transporting experience—a dissolution of boundaries between here and there, then and now. See enough…
Culture
Family Dramas, Queer, Horror Themes Among Spanish Pics at Berlinale’s Co-Production Market Underscore the Breadth of Spanish Filmmaking
In its extensive coverage of Spain at Berlin, its European Film Market Country in Focus, Variety looks back at the country’s presence at…
News
The Old-School Heroics of “The Pitt”
On paper, Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center’s emergency room—the setting of the new Max drama “The Pitt”—is the kind of place you wouldn’t…