Director Joshua Oppenheimer talked about his new documentary, “The Look of Silence,” and how he knew more than ten years ago that he needed to make both this film and its companion, “The Act of Killing,” when he stopped by Variety Studio.
“Eighth Grade” writer/director Bo Burnham and star Elsie Fisher discussed portraying the ambivalence of the internet in their new film. “This is a good portrayal of what the internet is. It’s not always smiles or obsessing on emojis. It’s its own thing. It’s not bad or good; it’s both,” Fisher said at the Variety Studio [...]
Paul Rudd seriously injured his arm on the set of “Catcher Was a Spy” while catching 80-mile-per-hour baseballs with an old-fashioned baseball mitt from the World War II era. “I wound up having to go to the hospital (with) tendonitis. My whole arm was in a cast for like two months,” he recalled at the [...]
“We made this for Trump, as I said,” director Silas Howard joked about his film “A Kid Like Jake.” “I see this movie not as a trans film, it’s really about a kid figuring out.” Howard stopped by the Variety Studio presented by AT&T at the Sundance Film Festival with stars Octavia Spencer, Jim Parsons, [...]
“As I look out at this room of hundreds of women, I can’t help but feel inspired and totally safe knowing that this is Mike Pence’s personal hell.”
Viola Davis’ full Power of Women speech praised the work of #MeToo founder Tarana Burke.
Power of Women honoree Alicia Keys addressed Grammy president Neil Portnow’s controversial “step up” comment and deemed women “agents of change” for their impact on current global movements during Variety‘s Power of Women luncheon Friday.
