Three Films, and a Second Oscar? How Penélope Cruz Could Dominate Awards Season With ‘La Bola Negra,’ ‘The Invite’ and ‘Bunker’
Varietyby Clayton Davis·5 Sept 2026
Penélope Cruz became an Oscar winner when 2008’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” made her the first Spanish actress to win an acting Oscar.
‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger’ Review: An Uncharacteristically Polite and Sentimental Portrait of a Raucous Band and Phenomenon
Varietyby Guy Lodge·5 Sept 2026
The 2016 documentary “Supersonic,” focused on Oasis’ beginnings and incredibly fast rise to superstardom, made no mention of what was then the most salient fact about the Gallagher brothers: that...
Hey, Oscars: No Sympathy Required to Give Mike Leigh’s ‘Tender Loving Care’ the Consideration It Deserves
Varietyby Clayton Davis·5 Sept 2026
Let’s dispense with the suspense. Mike Leigh has been nominated for an Academy Award seven times and has won it zero times. That seems wrong.
‘Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes’ Review: The Legendary Rocker Gets a Lively Doc That Asks: Who Are You? And Doesn’t Fully Answer It
Varietyby Owen Gleiberman·5 Sept 2026
Every rock god has his ultimate gesture of power, and for Pete Townshend it was not the way he liked to smash his guitar (though that came close).
Andrew Scott Has Waited His Whole Career for a Role Like ‘Elsinore.’ Can Focus and the Bard Anoint Him With an Oscar?
Varietyby Clayton Davis·5 Sept 2026
Andrew Scott is the prince of Telluride. There are performances that feel like a reckoning, and performances that feel like a resurrection.
Original ‘Practical Magic’ Star Alexandra Artrip Addresses ‘Negativity’ Over Recasting in Sequel: They ‘Did What They Thought Was Best to Be Successful’
Varietyby Jordan Moreau·5 Sept 2026
Alexandra Artrip, who played the youngest daughter of Sandra Bullock’s character Sally Owens in 1998’s “Practical Magic,” has weighed in on the sequel’s decision to recast her and fellow original...
Mandy Moore on Hilary Duff’s Musical Comeback and Playing an ‘Absolute Bitch’ in Dan Fogelman’s NFL Family Drama ‘The Land’: It’s ‘”Friday Night Lights” and “Succession” All Rolled Into One’
Varietyby Marcmalkin·5 Sept 2026
Mandy Moore knows how to travel with her kids. She hands them a tablet for some screen time. Not that the children have carte blanche on what they could watch.
Telluride Toasts Andrew Haigh as ‘A Long Winter’ Hands Fred Hechinger and Caitríona Balfe Awards-Worthy Roles
Varietyby Clayton Davis·5 Sept 2026
Andrew Haigh has built a career watching people at the precise moment their lives come apart — and finding, in the wreckage, something close to grace.
Kid Cudi Defends Kanye West After Ending Feud: Kanye ‘Apologized and It Was Sincere’ After Antisemitic Outbursts
Varietyby Jordan Moreau·5 Sept 2026
After feuding for the past few years, Kanye West and Kid Cudi have made up and reunited during West’s Chicago concert on Friday night.
‘Evil Dead’ Star Bruce Campbell Says He Has 5 Years to Live After Incurable Cancer Diagnosis: I’m ‘Dying’ but ‘I’m Moving On’
Varietyby Jordan Moreau·5 Sept 2026
“Evil Dead” star Bruce Campbell is opening up about his battle with cancer, revealing that he’s been given about five years to live.
Robert Pattinson Kisses Suki Waterhouse as ‘Primetime’ Rocks Venice With 7-Minute Standing Ovation
Varietyby Rebecca Rubin·5 Sept 2026
“Primetime,” a thriller starring Robert Pattinson as “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen, made its debut at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday to an enthusiastic seven-minute ovation.
‘It Will Happen Tonight’ Review: Louis Garrel and Jasmine Trinca Follow Each Other Through the Years In a Light and Predictable Romcom
Varietyby Guy Lodge·5 Sept 2026
Not everything labeled “old-fashioned” needs to carry negative connotations. A handwritten letter, your grandma’s rice pudding, the cocktail — all nice old-fashioned things.
Mexico’s Venice Queer Lion Contender ‘Tijuana, Todavía’ Trains a Spotlight on the Plight of a Gay Refugee Fleeing Persecution
Varietyby Anna Marie de la Fuente·5 Sept 2026
Nothing sharpens the mind like working within constraints. Made on a shoestring production grant of €200,000 ($234,000) and given three weeks to write a screenplay and outline a production...
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Is Fastest Film to Cross $900 Million at Domestic Box Office
Varietyby Jack Dunn·5 Sept 2026
Two action flicks, Paramount’s “By Any Means” and A24’s “Onslaught,” arrived in theaters on Friday. But neither could dethrone “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” which remains No.
How Maggie Gyllenhaal Used Dakota Johnson and Ellen Burstyn to Reimagine Marilyn Monroe at 100 in Venice Short ‘Flesh Impact’
Varietyby Clayton Davis·5 Sept 2026
Marilyn Monroe would have turned 100 this year. So when Maggie Gyllenhaal was approached to make a movie about her, she asked for a weekend to daydream about what that milestone might look like.
Teens Seek to Heal Wounds Through Macabre Rituals in Jannis Lenz’s ‘Oasis,’ With Hints of the Influence of Jessica Hausner, Michael Haneke
Varietyby Leo Barraclough·5 Sept 2026
Three teenagers, unclothed, stand close to one another in a forest, gently caressing the wounds they have inflicted on one another.
‘Primetime’ Review: Robert Pattinson Leads a Dazzling Cast in a Lurid Horror-Movie Portrait of a ‘Predator’-Hunter’s Predatory Instinct
Varietyby Jessica Kiang·5 Sept 2026
“Can you get tighter in on him?” Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson) demands of the technician editing his latest “To Catch a Predator” segment.
‘Chronovisor’ Review: An Eerie, Fiendishly Clever Mystery for Lovers of Libraries and the Storied Smell of Old Books
Varietyby Guy Lodge·5 Sept 2026
For anyone whose happy place is an old-school library reading room, all aged dark wood and green-and-gold reading lamps casting warm islands of light in the velvety murk, “Chronovisor” will be a...
Al Pacino Sends Video Message to Venice After Missing Press Conference for ‘Father Joe’: ‘I Wish I Was There, I Really Do’
Varietyby Rebecca Rubin·5 Sept 2026
Al Pacino didn’t travel to the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of “Father Joe,” but he sent a video message with well wishes to his collaborators on the movie.
Louis Garrel Jokes About ‘Moretti Method’ Acting at Press Conference for Nanni Moretti’s ‘It Will Happen Tonight’
Varietyby Nvivarelli·5 Sept 2026
Veteran auteur Nanni Moretti – who has had nine movies in competition at Cannes — is back in Venice after 37 years with “It Will Happen Tonight,” a romantic drama toplining French star Louis Garrel...
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