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Feb152026 by cineverseNo Comments

‘Blue Moon’ Screenwriter Robert Kaplow on His First Oscar Nomination, and Why Ethan Hawke Deserves to Win

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By Clayton Davis According To The variety For more than four decades, Robert Kaplow has built an unconventional writing career. A novelist, longtime English teacher, radio essayist and East Coast lifer, Kaplow has spent his creative life obsessed with language — not just what words say, but how they sound, fade and linger. That obsession has now earned him his first Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay for “Blue Moon,” a wry, intimate biographical dramedy directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke as legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart. With it comes a permanent new prefix: Academy Award nominee. “It’s nice,” Kaplow says on the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast. “I feel like those words are going to be welded to my name forever. That is...

Feb152026 by cineverseNo Comments

Charli xcx’s Takashi Miike Horror Project Takes Shape as Milly Alcock, Norman Reedus Join Cast; Plot Unveiled

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By Alex Ritman According To The variety Fresh of the back of taking Sundance by storm with “The Moment,” Charli xcx appears to be gearing up with another hot film project. Variety has learned that her upcoming movie with Japanese horror maestro Takashi Miike — which Variety announced last year and in which she’ll star and produce — is taking shape, with additional cast and a plot unveiled, plus a sales company coming on board. Milly Alcock, the “House of the Dragon” breakout soon to be seen in “Supergirl,” will join Charli on screen, as will Sho Kasamatsu (“Tokyo Vice”) and Kiko Mizuhara (“Ride or Die”). Norman Reedus has also joined the cast. As for the plot, the film — written by Ross Evans and currently known as “Un...

Feb32026 by cineverseNo Comments

Rotterdam Competition Title ‘Roid’ Boarded by Awedacious Originals (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Awedacious Originals has boarded Bangladeshi filmmaker Mejbaur Rahman Sumon’s “Roid” as executive producer. The film is in the Tiger competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. International Emmy Award-winning producer Apoorva Bakshi of Awedacious is executive producing the feature, which marks Sumon’s sophomore effort following his 2022 breakout “Hawa,” Bangladesh’s Academy Award submission that became the first Bangladeshi film to chart on U.S. box office rankings. The film examines desire and attachment through the story of a couple living in near isolation in rural Bangladesh. A shy man repeatedly attempts to abandon his volatile wife in unfamiliar places, only to have her return each time a fruit...

Feb32026 by cineverseNo Comments

Jessica Chastain and Chris Pine to Lead Drama ‘This Is Pleasure’ for ‘American Splendor’ Directors, Adapted From Mary Gaitskill’s #MeToo Novella (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Alex Ritman According To The variety Oscar winner Jessica Chastain and Chris Pine are teaming for a prestige project launching at the upcoming European Film Market. “This Is Pleasure,” based on Mary Gaitskill’s novella, will be directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, the married filmmaking duo who earned an Oscar nomination for 2003 comedy drama “American Splendor” and directed episodes of “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” “Succession” and “Only Murders in the Building.” The film follows Margot (Chastain) as accusations of misconduct unravel the career of her closest friend, the charming publisher Quin (Pine). Margot must decide whether loyalty, forgiveness or truth will define the end of their long, heady friendship. Nina Raine adapted the ...

Feb22026 by cineverseNo Comments

Jay-Z, Harvey Weinstein and Pusha T Mentioned in Latest Epstein File Release

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By Jack Dunn According To The variety The Department of Justice on Friday released 3 million documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files, along with 2,000 videos and roughly 180,000 images. The latest batch included mention of celebrities like Jay-Z, Pusha T and Harvey Weinstein. Mentions of the trio did not come from Epstein’s personal records nor reports corroborated by law enforcement. The two rappers and the disgraced Hollywood mogul were named in a tip to the FBI, which was archived as part of the Epstein investigation. The tip itself does not imply these individuals were investigated, nor does it in any way imply guilt for the accusations posed. According to an FBI crisis intake report included in the latest Epstein release, an anonymous victim, wh...

Feb22026 by cineverseNo Comments

‘How to Divorce During the War’ Review: A Droll, Perceptive Look at Handling Personal Crises Amid Political Ones

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By Guy Lodge According To The variety On the face of it, for a comfortable middle-class couple in Lithuania, getting divorced has absolutely nothing to do with the war in Ukraine. Why would it? But when their separation happens to coincide with the Russian invasion two countries away, these two very differently scaled crises wind up jointly defining a disorienting phase of family life for high-flying media exec Marija (Žygimantė Elena Jakštaitė) and slacking screenwriter Vytas (Marius Repšys). And while a whole country’s anguish may put their problems in perspective, that doesn’t necessarily make those problems easier to solve. A drily witty, subtly searing comedy from writer-director Andrius Blaževičius, “How to Divorce During the War” is both empathetic and surgical as it examine...

Jan312026 by cineverseNo Comments

Sony Pictures Classics Lands Stephanie Ahn’s ‘Bedford Park,’ Sundance Prize Winner for Debut Feature

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By Angelique Jackson According To The variety Sony Pictures Classics has landed rights to Stephanie Ahn‘s feature debut “Bedford Park,” following its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film, starring Moon Choi and Son Sukku, also won the U.S. dramatic special jury award for debut feature earlier Friday. The deal marks Sony Pictures Classics’ second major win out of the festival following “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!,” which Variety announced exclusively. In a statement announcing the acquisition, the studio praised Ahn for making “a riveting drama exuding the confidence of a master.” “‘Bedford Park’ gives us a complete world, full of rich character and incident, steeped in the history of our current intercultural moment,” ...