Film

Lillian Crawford reflects on Jonathan Glazer's 'The Zone of Interest,' exploring what makes it an ethical portrayal of the Holocaust, and where other films have failed.

The entrepreneurial landlord of Mee’s Pub in Kilkerrin, Galway, has bought and relocated the set of the iconic pub JJ Devines in Martin McDonagh’s 'The Banshees of Inisherin'. As he returns to his Irish roots, Sam Murphy visits the pub, and finds Taylor Swift rumours, miniature donkeys and a very good pint of Guinness.

A man with a cardboard box over his head wanders the streets of Tokyo. This is the premise of Gakuryu Ishii's Box Man, an enigmatic drama about life through the peephole.

The top films to see at Europe's biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival, running from 13th March until Sunday 24th March.

The acclaimed make-up artist talks working on Killers Of The Flower Moon, Avatar: The Way of Water, and his long working relationship with Jeff Bridges.

Eight moments of iconic Oscar's drama, brought to you by Variety contributor Ben Croll. Illustrations by Orfeo Tagiuri.

Exploring the real life story of teenage girls radicalised by extremists, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters merges documentary with re-enactment to create an intimate analysis of their past and present. 

Adapted for screen by Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things, Alasdair Gray’s 1992 steampunk novel, references La Salpêtrière, the famous hysteria hospital of late 19th century Paris. Does its heroine Bella Baxter, a 25 year-old woman with the brain of a baby, epitomise the notion of the ‘wandering womb’?

Shona Heath has long been one of the most in-demand production designers around. Luke Georgiades caught up with Heath to discuss her collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos and how she and James Price breathed life into the world of Poor Things.

Hong Sang Soo’s third film with Isabelle Huppert is a rhythmically structured drama that explores the performance and perambulations of the everyday.