In Vera Miao's debut feature "Rock Springs," there is a wonderfully creepy doll. It's a nod to classic horror movies that she loves, but in her film, even recognizable elements take on a muc…
For those of us who saw it when we were still in school ourselves, Alexander Payne's "Election" was a startling work, and even a perspective-shifting one " a snarlingly funny introduction to…
Ethan Hawke might not be hanging from skyscrapers or clinging to a flying Airbus à la Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible" adventures, but he was game to do his own stunts in "The Weight,"…
ACLU held a panel at the Sundance Film Festival about the state of freedom of expression and creative freedom in today's America. Moderated by ITVS president and CEO Carrie Lozano, panelists…
"What does it mean to be a storyteller in 2026?" That was the big question posed at Sundance's Variety & Audible Cocktails & Conversations panel. Brent Lang, Variety's Executive Edit…
The temperature may be a few degrees warmer than usual this Sundance, but stars still descended on Park City this week in a variety of rich sweaters, billowing sweaters and textured layers t…
"Saturday Night Live" lightly took on ICE during "Weekend Update," hours after a 37-year-old Minneapolis intensive care nurse was killed by Border Patrol agents. "Vice President J.D. Vance c…
Artists create not because they've been given permission to do so, but simply because they must. This certainty illuminates filmmaking duo Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei's Tehran-set dra…
This week's "Saturday Night Live" featured a surprise cameo from series alum Mike Myers, who returned to the long-running NBC sketch comedy show to once again spoof Elon Musk. The cold open …
Olivia Wilde is at the Sundance Film Festival with two movies, but like most everyone else this weekend, she's concerned with the devastating news that Alex Pretti, a 37-year old nurse, was …
Natasha Lyonne took to X on Friday to reveal she has relapsed. The "Poker Face" star struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol throughout the 2000s. "Took my relapse public more to come,…
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about "The Beauty" Episode 3, now streaming on Hulu. Amelia Gray, the 24-year old model and daughter of Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin, isn't surprise…
Rory Kennedy touched down at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival as the director of the upcoming documentary "Queen of Chess." The film chronicles the 15-year success of Hungarian chess prodigy …
In 2018, Iliza Shlesinger wrote down, "what if high school came back to bite you in the ass?" Over many, many rewrites, as well as several false starts and stops, that germ of an idea culmin…
"Once upon a time, there lived an extraordinary man who connected all of us in this room," Ethan Hawke narrated to kick off the Sundance Institute's annual gala, fittingly a tribute to the f…
"I Want Your Sex," an erotic thriller starring Olivia Wilde as a sexually assured artist who embarks on a sadomasochistic relationship with her gallery assistant, got Sundance's pulse racing…
Laura Adler, a former Casting Society administrator and casting director, died on Thursday in Los Angeles following a brief illness. She was 65 years old. For 16 years, Adler worked as a cas…
The Kennedy Center has lost another one of the few remaining stars on its 2026 schedule, as the legendary soprano Renée Fleming has dropped out of an appearance at the embattled venue previ…
Casper Kelly says his love of analyzing and dissecting pop culture started when he was very young. "Back in the day, they had Mad Magazine, which had movie parodies and would deconstruct the…
Composer Peter Peter is just as surprised by the runaway success of "Heated Rivalry" as everyone else. "It was an honor and it went so fast," the Canadian singer-songwriter and producer …
If life is a contest, the way the folks at Guinness World Records seem to treat it, how exactly does one win? Is it by amassing the most assets? The most wisdom? Some might argue that succes…
"The Wicker Husband," a short story by Ursula Wills-Jones, tells of an isolated, mocked woman who commissions a basket maker to weave her a husband. This wicker man becomes a devoted partner…
Riz Ahmed goes full James Bond, sort of, in Prime Video's upcoming comedy series "Bait," which world premiered on the opening night of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival ahead of its streaming …
If there was a reason for veteran actor Edward James Olmos to resurrect his magnetic role in "Zoot Suit," it's to honor the man behind that landmark work centering the Mexican American exper…
Eline van der Velden is the CEO and founder of AI company Particle6, which is behind AI "actor" Tilly Norwood. The creation became the center of a Hollywood hailstorm in late 2025 after Van …