Alexandros Avranas, who won the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion for best director for the harrowing drama “Miss Violence,” will helm the Greek adaptation of Globoplay’s hit series “The Others.” The project, which is currently in production, follows the format sales agreement signed between Alpha TV and Brazilian media powerhouse Globo in late 2024. Created
The Greek prime minister has called on Andy Burnham to find the “political will” to send the Parthenon sculptures back to Greece. Kyriakos Mitsotakis wrote in the Guardian that returning the classical treasures, also known as the Elgin Marbles in the UK, would “send a powerful signal” but would require “courage”. The sculptures have been
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Isa Briones traded her scrubs for something more ethereal at the 2026 Emmys. The “Pitt” star arrived at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater Monday night in a metallic olive vintage Prada gown from the house’s
There are Greek waves aplenty lapping at the forlorn beachside setting of “Sea of Glass,” though they’re not especially weird ones. Amid a national cinema that has become internationally recognized for perverse plotting and deadpan absurdism, writer-director Alexis Alexiou‘s third feature stands out for its stark storytelling and earnest emotional intensity. There is more than
The man suspected of killing a Scottish aid worker in Greece has appeared in court in Athens. The body of Elisabeth Jane Ross was found in a suitcase at an abandoned building on 18 July, days after she had been reported missing. Sharif Ahmadzai, who is 26 and from Afghanistan, arrived at the Public Prosecutor’s
It’s not a good time to discover you’ve misread your movie ticket, but 3.20am on a Saturday outside the Imax in central London is a particularly bad time. The movie started at 4:15am, not 4am as I had previously thought. It was 15 minutes of sleep I would never get back, on top of the
