Canned Film Festival Director Thierry Frémaux and Tarak Ben Ammar attend the Variety Welcome to Cannes Party. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Variety via Getty Images) Variety via Getty Images ...

Film critic Fionnuala Halligan has been appointed director of international programs at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival.. Fionnuala, who has long been chief critic for the U.K.’s Screen ...

The Red Sea Film Foundation has named Faisal Baltyuor as its new CEO. The veteran Saudi film producer and industry pioneer, who begins his new role on June 1, will officially succeed Mohammed Al ...

Saudi film industry pioneer and founder of CineWaves Faisal Baltyuor has been appointed CEO Of the Red Sea Film Foundation.He will take over from Acting CEO Mohammed Asseri effective June 1st, 2025.

EXCLUSIVE: The 2025 edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness strand will open with the world premiere screening of BULK, a new secretly shot feature from Ben Wheatley.

2 Chainz is making a foray into cinema with the announcement of his short film “Red Clay,” which he co-wrote with actor Omar Epps. The film, announced exclusively on Variety, is slated to ...

A new short film from 2 Chainz is on the way. On Friday, the rapper revealed that he teamed up with actor Omar Epps to co-write Red Clay, which is set to premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival on ...

In “The Accountant 2,” Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) struck out at speed dating and failed to make a permanent addition to his life. But director Gavin O'Connor, who has always envisioned the ...

Ben Affleck says his kids are "tough critics" of his movies and particularly disliked this one film. The actor shares his three kids – Samuel, 13, Seraphina, 16, and Violet, 19 — with ex-wife ...

Paul Ben-Victor has been added to the cast of Lanterns as an angry alien villain. Could he be our first live-action Red Lantern?

Ben Affleck says California needs to do more to keep productions filming in the state. California "came to take this industry for granted a little bit," the filmmaker and actor said. Film ...

Ben Affleck has criticized California for not doing more to keep Hollywood the “center” of the TV and film industry, which is increasingly drawn to other states and countries offering better ...