Serielizados Unveils Lineup with ‘Celeste’ Season 2, Hagai Levi, Diane Morgan and the Sánchez-Cabezudo Brothers Series in Competition (EXCLUSIVE)
Varietyby John Hopewell·8 Sept 2026
Serielizados, Spain’s second largest audience-driven film/TV festival after San Sebastián, has unwrapped its main competition programs at this year’s edition, set to unspool onsite over Oct.
French President Emmanuel Macron Calls on YouTube to Finance Content and Warns of Growing Threat to Cultural Model (EXCLUSIVE)
Varietyby Elskes·7 Sept 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron said the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, which he co-chaired with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday, was deliberately held at a moment of...
‘No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman’ Review: Iraq’s Oscar Submission Offers a Patriotic Anthem to the Kurdish Peshmerga’s Fight Against Islamic State
Varietyby Alissasimon·7 Sept 2026
The trope of the lone action hero with near-superhuman strength gets a gender switch in “No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman,” a visually impressive drama about a resourceful female Peshmerga...
‘Elsinore’ Director Simon Stone, Basking in Telluride’s Glow, on Making a Movie About Love of the Theater, the Peak AIDS Era, and Being ‘100% in the Service of Andrew Scott’
Varietyby Chris Willman·7 Sept 2026
The Telluride Film Festival casts a wide net, as almost all festivals of its ilk do, but if it has had any speciality that stands out among many, it might be the well-earned tearjerker.
MPA Signs Two Lumiere Summit Declarations, Joins Roundtables With Presidents Macron and Lee
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran·7 Sept 2026
The Motion Picture Association signed two declarations at the Lumière Summit on Monday, adding its name alongside those of governments and private sector organizations worldwide to the Lumière...
‘Look Back’ Review: Once Past the Over- Preciousness of a Child’s World, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Manga Adaptation Becomes a Moving Tribute to Friendship
Varietyby Guy Lodge·7 Sept 2026
There’s barely an adult in sight in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back,” where anyone out of school age is marginalized practically to the point of superfluidity.
Summer Box Office Breaks All-Time Record With $4.67 Billion
Varietyby Rebecca Rubin·7 Sept 2026
Need proof the movies are really, truly back? The summer box office was already the biggest since COVID upended the industry in 2020 — and now the season has become the highest-grossing of all...
‘Alpha Gang’ Review: Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine and an All-Star Cast Play Space Aliens in David and Nathan Zellner’s Endearingly Goofy Sci-Fi Spoof
Varietyby Tomilaffly·7 Sept 2026
Among the greatest cinematic mysteries of our time, when it’s harder than ever to make movies, is the fact that David and NathanZellner continue to realize their uncompromisingly DIY, endearingly...
‘The Spiral’ Review: Paolo Strippoli’s Lurid Faustian Tragedy Shores Up His Reputation as Italy’s New Horror Virtuoso
Varietyby Guy Lodge·7 Sept 2026
We don’t get a close enough look to see if the Devil actually wears Prada, but regardless, in Paolo Strippoli‘s new horror romp “The Spiral,” she’s very chicly turned out indeed: Cool, crisp and...
Luca Guadagnino on Casting Hollywood A-Listers in Subversive Roles: ‘I Have Worked With Some of the Finest’
Varietyby Nvivarelli·7 Sept 2026
Luca Guadagnino discussed his warm rapport with Hollywood movie stars on Monday at the Venice Film Festival, one year after being on the Lido with his Julia Roberts-starrer “After the Hunt.” During...
‘South Park’ Mocks Trump While Celebrating Emmy Win for Outstanding Animated Program
Varietyby Jack Dunn·7 Sept 2026
“South Park” threw one final jab at President Donald Trump Sunday night as the show celebrated its Emmy win for Outstanding Animated Program.
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s Elizabeth Holmes Doc ‘You Can See Everything’ Detonates the Oscar Race — and Has A24 Chasing a 90-Year Record
Varietyby Clayton Davis·7 Sept 2026
For three days, the Telluride Film Festival ran on a single unknown rumor. By Sunday night, the line outside the Werner Herzog Theatre had swelled into the longest of the weekend, phones were...
Betty Gilpin Jabs at Sam Altman During ‘Manic Poem’ Acceptance Speech at the Emmys
Varietyby Varietyschneider·7 Sept 2026
“Widow’s Bay” guest star Betty Gilpin accepted her Emmy win for outstanding guest actress in a comedy by reading a poem she had written in jest — and very much in the unique style of the show.
Film Industry Leaders Demand Structural Fix for Gender Gap at Lumiere Summit
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran·7 Sept 2026
Women held 17% of key behind-camera roles when the Celluloid Ceiling study began tracking the figure in 1998. Last year, that number stood at 23%. Six points in 27 years.
BBC News Anchor Maryam Moshiri Reveals Blood Cancer Diagnosis
Varietyby K.J. Yossman·7 Sept 2026
BBC News anchor Maryam Moshiri has revealed she has been diagnosed with incurable blood cancer. The anchor, who joined the BBC in 2003, has covered events ranging from the Pope’s funeral to the...
Ellen Burstyn Cries as She Gets Venice Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: ‘It’s One Thing to Win an Oscar, Tony or Emmy — All of Which I’ve Won. But This Is a Lot’
Varietyby Rebecca Rubin·7 Sept 2026
Maggie Gyllenhaal delivered a message on behalf of Ellen Burstyn before the 93-year-old acting legend took the stage at the Venice Film Festival to receive the prestigious Golden Lion for Lifetime...
‘Imperium’ Review: Sergei Loznitsa Brings Together Nearly Three Hours of Italian Footage From the Early 1970s Covering the Vastness of the USSR
Varietyby Guy Lodge·7 Sept 2026
In the early 1970s, Italian film crews spread out across the USSR, capturing a vast, multicultural empire few had ever seen in such diversity.
Festival Leaders Confront Growing Political Pressure at Lumiere Summit: ‘We Don’t Judge Artists by Their Passport’
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran·7 Sept 2026
Political pressure on film and television festivals emerged as a defining theme of a panel discussion Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, with Séries Mania general director...
‘Plaza Catedral’ Director Abner Benaim, Chile’s Daniela Vega and Alfredo Castro Board Fiction Series ‘School of the Americas’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Varietyby Anna Marie de la Fuente·7 Sept 2026
Panama’s Abner Benaim has boarded as a co-director of the fiction series “School of the Americas” (“Escuela de las Américas”), which will star two of Chile’s most internationally renowned...
Studio TF1 Smashes Doc Records With ‘Leon Marchand: Beyond Gold,’ Rolls Out ‘Surface’
Varietyby Emeza805·7 Sept 2026
Studio TF1 is celebrating recent successes at home and abroad with Sacha Vucinic and Xavier Marchand’s sports documentary “Leon Marchand: Beyond Gold” and Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun’s mystery drama...
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