The Brutalist Report

Variety

• Park Chan-Wook’s Twisted Thriller ‘No Other Choice’ Embraced at Venice With 6-Minute Standing Ovation [18d]
• ‘My Life With the Walter Boys’ Love Triangle on Team Alex v. Team Cole — ‘She Does Truly Love Both!’ — and That Massive Cliffhanger [18d]
• Why ‘Ballad of a Small Player’ Director Edward Berger Wanted to Create a ‘Pop Opera Full of Humor, Drama and Contradictions’ [18d]
• Paul Mescal, Jeremy Allen White, Elle Fanning Kick Off Telluride With Splendor and Schmoozing on the Mountain [18d]
• Questlove’s ‘The Aristocats’ Live-Action Film Tabled by Disney: ‘There’s Over 20 Projects That I Could Get To Do’ [18d]
• Meta’s Unauthorized AI Chatbots for Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Others Made ‘Sexual Advances,’ Sent Pics Showing Celebs ‘Dressed in Lingerie,’ Report Says [18d]
• ‘SNL’: Every Cast Member Leaving Ahead of Season 51 [18d]
• ‘The Toxic Avenger’ Director on Concerns It Would Get Shelved, Luring A-List Talent Into an Unrated Splatterfest and Sequel Hopes [18d]
• Channing Tatum, Oscar Isaac, Zazie Beetz Starring in Crime Drama ‘Kockroach’ [18d]
• Greenlandic Filmmaker Inuk Silis Høegh Readies Feature Documentary ‘Orsoq,’ About Life in Solitude at the World’s Edge [18d]
• Julia Roberts Wipes Away Tears, Blows Kisses and Hugs Luca Guadagnino During 6-Minute Venice Standing Ovation for ‘After the Hunt’ [18d]
• ‘No Other Choice’ Review: Park Chan-wook’s Dazzling Murder Comedy is a Masterclass in Controlled Chaos [18d]
• Best Hisense TV Deals for Labor Day: Save Up to 50% on Massive 100-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart TVs Online [18d]
• ‘The Ivy’ Director Talks Venice Premiere, Upcoming Drama ‘Amapola,’ About Sex Trafficking Victims Trying to Rebuild Their Lives [18d]
• Venice Gap-Financing Market Casts Wide Net With Diverse Crop of Talents Looking for Completion Funds [18d]
• Slovak Director Tereza Nvotová Shocks with ‘Father’ Inspired by ‘Hundreds of Cases All Around the World’: ‘This Happens to Good People’ [18d]
• Chicken & Egg Film’s $450,000 Research and Development Grant Awarded to 29 Doc Filmmakers (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• Variety’s 10 Assistants to Watch Class of 2025 Honored at Universal Studios [18d]
• How Regina King Found Support in ‘Caught Stealing’ Co-Star Austin Butler: ‘I Was Grateful to Have Someone Understand the Depth of Grief‘ [18d]
• Metallica Shreds Tiny Hamptons Show for David Zaslav, Sylvester Stallone and Dozens of Die-Hard Fans: Concert Review [18d]
• Could Gen Alpha Save Movie Theaters? New Survey Shows Why ‘Minecraft’ and ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Had Huge Success With Kids [18d]
• ‘La Vie en Rose’ Producer Alain Goldman on His Venice Film ‘At Work’ and Next Projects With Lazslo Nemes’ and ‘Shtisel’ Creative Team [18d]
• Sabrina Carpenter on Her Favorite ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Songs and Overcoming Self Doubt: ‘B—-es Wish They Were You’ [18d]
• Moroccan Director Maryam Touzani Wanted to Challenge ‘Society’s View on Aging’ and Sexuality With ‘Calle Málaga’ — Watch Exclusive Clip [18d]
• Devon Walker Responds to Fan Support After ‘SNL’ Exit: ‘Y’all Acting Like We Died’ [18d]
• ‘At Work’ Review: A Writer Is Both Inspired and Exploited by the Gig Economy in Valérie Donzelli’s Perceptive Character Study [18d]
• ‘After the Hunt’ Review: Luca Guadagnino’s Sexual-Accusation Drama Plays Like a Muddled ‘Tár,’ With Julia Roberts as a Scheming Professor [18d]
• As ‘My Life With the Walter Boys’ Returns for Season 2, Wattpad Boss Reveals How the Writing Platform Became a Hollywood Hit Maker [18d]
• AI-Themed Animated Anthology ‘AI: Love & Hate’ Gets Three-Studio Team (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• Venice Documentary ‘Do You Love Me,’ a ‘Love Letter’ to Beirut, Picked Up by Light Dox as Clip Debuts (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Final Episodes Trailer: Belly Makes Some New Friends in Paris — And Gets a Letter From Conrad [18d]
• The Trade Desk’s Matthew Henick Talks Ventura, the OS Looking to Change the Smart TV Game [18d]
• Alan Ritchson on His ‘Super-Unique’ Dialogue-Free Revenge Thriller ‘Motor City,’ Making ‘Action Better Than Anybody’ and the Conversation He Had With James Gunn About Playing Batman [18d]
• Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes Creates a Chill Masterpiece With ‘Essex Honey’: Album Review [18d]
• Variety’s Venice Digital Daily, Day 1: Lido Market Lines Up Big Names [18d]
• Watch College Football This Weekend with Sling TV’s New Pass Plans — Prices Start at $4.99 [18d]
• Ridley Scott Is ‘Proud’ He Turned Down $20 Million to Direct ‘Terminator 3’: ‘I Thought “F— Me.” But I Couldn’t Do It. It’s Not My Thing’ [18d]
• Lilly Wachowski-Produced Trans Identity Film ‘Dolls,’ by Geena Rocero, Unveils Trailer (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• ‘How to Shoot a Ghost’ Trailer: Charlie Kaufman’s Short Film Starring Jessie Buckley Follows Two Newly Dead People Wandering Athens (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• ‘No Other Choice’ Director Park Chan-wook on Why It Took 20 Years to Make the Twisted Black Comedy: ‘One Word: Money’ [18d]
• ‘Abbott Elementary’ Reveals Season 5 Episode With the Philadelphia Phillies [18d]
• ‘Abbott Elementary’ Reveals Season 5 Episode With the Philadelphia Phillies [18d]
• Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Is One of the Year’s Best Pop Records — and Almost Certainly the Funniest: Album Review [18d]
• ‘Cover-Up’ Review: Laura Poitras’s Enthralling Portrait of Seymour Hersh Makes You Ask: Where Have All the Investigative Reporters Gone? [18d]
• ‘Heidi’ Fuels 3Doubles’ Pan-Regional Expansion in Spain [18d]
• Disney’s Bob Iger Praises JioStar Partnership at Reliance Annual Meet as Chair Mukesh Ambani Unveils AI Alliances With Google and Meta [19d]
• Marianne Faithfull Doc ‘Broken English’ Acquired by Italy’s I Wonder Pictures Ahead of Venice World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• Julia Roberts Defends Luca Guadagnino’s ‘After the Hunt’ While Fielding Questions About #MeToo in Venice: ‘We’re Kind of Losing the Art of Conversation in Humanity Right Now’ [19d]
• Luca Guadagnino Explains How Woody Allen Inspired Opening Credits of #MeToo-Themed ‘After the Hunt’ [19d]
• Italian Helmer Enrico Maria Artale Honors Jacques Audiard’s Legacy in ‘A Prophet’: ‘Many French Directors Refused to Do the Series’ [19d]
• Bong Joon Ho to Preside Over Marrakech Film Festival Jury [19d]
• Charli xcx Shot Pete Ohs’ ‘Erupcja’ in the Middle of Brat Summer: ‘She’s in a Transitional Period’ [19d]
• Poland’s American Film Festival Welcomes U.S. Indie Filmmakers as Completing Films Internationally Becomes ‘One of the Few Viable Paths Forward’ [19d]
• There’s Magic in Reliving ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Sphere, but the AI Technology Saps Dorothy and Friends of Their Humanity [19d]
• Joachim Trier, Jafar Panahi Films to Bookend Jakarta World Cinema Festival (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• Linkin Park, Playboi Carti to Headline Lollapalooza India 2026 in Mumbai [19d]
• ‘Franco: Spain’s Scorned Memory,’ ‘Achille Lauro’ Among New Docs Presented by Java Films at France’s TV Rendez-Vous (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• ‘Rose of Nevada’ Director Mark Jenkin on Navigating Shifting Time in a Ghostly Fishing Tale (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• Rei Pictures Expands to Spain and Mexico (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• PiperFilm and Playtime Team on New Italian Cinema Sales Company Piperplay With Giulia Casavecchia on Board as International Sales Chief (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• ‘Dexter’ Star David Zayas on That ‘Resurrection’ Game Changer and Why His Nearly 20-Year Run as Angel Is ‘The Best Job I’ve Ever Had’ [19d]
• Sabrina Carpenter’s Sexiest ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Lyrics: Light Rods, Back Doors and ‘Never Getting Laid,’ Oh My! [19d]
• Sabrina Carpenter’s New ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Album Is Here — and So Is Her ‘Tears’ Video Featuring Colman Domingo [19d]
• Amazon Prime Video Shakeup: Jay Marine Takes on U.S. Business Oversight as Albert Cheng Shifts to AI-Focused Role [19d]
• Lady Gaga Announces ‘The Dead Dance’ Single Release Date [19d]
• ‘Love Thy Nader’ Sisters Brooks, Sarah Jane, Grace Ann and Mary Holland on That High-Profile Breakup, Weight-Loss Drugs and Embracing Queerness [19d]
• Kate Winslet Finds Herself in a Christmas Crisis in First Look at Her Directorial Debut ‘Goodbye June’ [19d]
• Venice Film Festival Reviews: ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘La Grazia’ and More [19d]