18+ hour, 12+ min ago   (841+ words) Given its premise — a post-stroke retiree derives sexual pleasure from his daughter-in-law — the perverse qualities of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s classic “Diary of a Mad Old Man” are plentiful. But by the standards of contemporary mores, the 1961 novel isn’t particularly explicit; in…...

21+ hour, 23+ min ago   (993+ words) Across the harrowing financial realities of late capitalism, an indisputable global fact is the injustices faced by countless workers who deliver everything we have come to rely on, from food orders to Amazon purchases. Despite their hard work under unideal,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (382+ words) Seven years after “Moving On,” Korean filmmaker Yoon Dan-bi returns with “The World Before,” a coming-of-age film about desire and first love. Speaking with Variety ahead of the film’s Toronto Film Festival Platform world premiere, Yoon discusses how capturing the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (595+ words) ‘'Idda' is how people in Sicily refer to Mount Etna. It is almost a character in its own right, with a maternal, primordial and simultaneously unpredictable dimension,' says director Irene Dionisio Reaping upbeat initial reviews, Italian film “Idda” had its…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (197+ words) Rafael Manuel’s “Filipiñana” has been chosen as the official entry from the Philippines in the international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards. It was selected from a shortlist of 8 films. The film is written and directed by Manuel and is…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (458+ words) Onstage, Eleazar explained why she fell in love with Misty and was “really desperate” to play the part. “The moment I read the script in London, I was desperate to do this part. So I did whatever I could,” Eleazar…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1032+ words) As delightfully plain-spoken as Hynde is when you get her to sit down and talk, she can be to get into that chair, as a naturally camera-shy personality, so Crowley’s film is particularly useful in further immortalizing a subject who…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (789+ words) Mia Wasikowska fills out the screen in Kuba Dorabialski’s “Agata the Writer.” Metaphorically and figuratively, as one especially arresting sequence shows her in close-up looking directly at the audience and recounting the rest of the story. “I was so curious…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (653+ words) When it comes to “ Up Against It,” a TIFF title premiering Sept. 12, director Trudie Styler says, “I know this story like the back of my hand.”... Antonio Banderas, Trudie Styler and Eva Birthistle on the Sorrow and Joy of TIFF…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (422+ words) Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés (“Totém”) has wrapped production on her next feature film, “Cábula,” and shared an exclusive first-look image with Variety. The director presented the film during the Venice Gap-Financing Market, which took place from Sept. 4 – 6. Written by Avilés…...