London-based Chilean-Indian director Shalini Adnani’s debut feature, “Our Share of Sand,” about a 12-year-old girl named Maya who returns to rural India to reconnect with her estranged father, is among the featured entries in the upcoming Venice Film Festival Critics’ Week. The section, dedicated to debut films from around the world, also includes two titles
Netflix’s upcoming drama “The Roman” has added five new members to the cast. Variety has learned. The show, which takes place in the casino world of Las Vegas, has cast Vincent D’Onofrio (“Daredevil: Born Again,” “The Beauty”) and Kate Mara (“A Teacher,” “Imperfect Women”) in regular roles. Clancy Brown (“I Will Find You,” “The Penguin”)
“Plastic Beauty,” Netflix’s upcoming Japanese drama set in the country’s growing cosmetic surgery industry, will premiere on September 17, the streamer announced along with 23 additional cast members joining stars Mayu Matsuoka and Riisa Naka. Yuki Saito, who previously directed “Unmet: A Neurosurgeon’s Diary,” is directing the series from a script by Junya Ikegami (“The
Drugs, sex and murder are the backdrop for “The Shards,” Ryan Murphy’s upcoming drama series based on the thriller novel by Bret Easton Ellis. FX released a trailer for the show, which premieres with two episodes on August 5 on the cable channel and Hulu. “The Shards” follows a group of wealthy teenagers who indulge
Searchlight Pictures has released the trailer for “Behemoth!”, a new drama film from Tony Gilroy about a family of Los Angeles musicians. The film’s tagline reads: “A talented cellist, Alex Serian, returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. Music, which has been the constant and all-consuming river of his life, begins
The construction of the glass box where Hillary Clinton would eventually concede the 2016 election may not seem like the stuff of riveting television. And sure enough, it’s not, at least in “The Westies,” the MGM+ drama about how the top Irish gang worked to profit from the construction of the Javits Center on the