Fireworks, Franks, Festivities: Americans Mark July Fourth

More than 500 years after his death, the works of Leonardo da Vinci have never been more ubiquitous. “Mona Lisa” just got her own Lego set, and recently played a central role in Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” A controversial allusion to his famed “The Last Supper” during this summer’s Paris Olympics […]

To describe “The Merry Gentlemen” as “The Full Monty” meets a Christmas-themed Hallmark movie might be overselling the goods. However, that’s essentially the elevator pitch for this feature, in which a big-city dancer returns to her small town to save her parents’ concert venue by having hunks go shirtless on stage.

The new Netflix drama series “Zero Day” starring Robert De Niro has set its official premiere date. The conspiracy thriller series will debut on the streamer on Feb. 20. Variety exclusively reported the series was in the works back in 2022. The six-episode series also stars Angela Bassett, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Connie […]

After spending billions to snare control of the massive media portfolio known as NBCUniversal, parent company Comcast now plans to break it up. The Philadelphia media giant will move forward with an effort to spin off the bulk of its cable assets, which include MSNBC, CNBC, Universal Kids, USA, E!, Oxygen and Syfy, according to […]

Top figures in the cinematography world took on what they described as “a really critical issue that we all know about in our industry” on Tuesday, sharing war stories from the ongoing fight for greater diversity and inclusion. The broader film industry and cinematography in particular are still woefully out of step with diverse filmmaking […]

The scream that pierces through the opening of “Semmelweis” sets the tone for the 19th century-set drama from Lajos Koltai, about the groundbreaking Hungarian obstetrician Ignaz Semmelweis, immediately showing its concern for a very pregnant young woman desperately roaming the streets for a proper place to give birth. Loath to check in to local clinics […]