It’s been 40 years since Jim Cartwright’s seminal drama Road premiered, and yet his portrayal of a working-class Lancashire ...

In Alexander Zeldin’s naturalistic adaptation of “Antigone,” Tobias Menzies and Emma D’Arcy star as a feuding uncle and niece ...

The resultant “Bartleby” is being produced in its world premiere at the Old Globe by Fiasco Theater, which previously staged ...

Humility is a virtue that many people admire but far fewer practice. A scholar describes how a professional crisis made him ...

Well, that's a wrap. As I look back on my two-decade tenure at Variety, I'm incredibly proud of the 2,000-plus reviews that the publication (and you, my readers) have entrusted me with. It's the ...

The director and actress discuss the Berlin Competition title, the challenges of communicating through dance and why it was a "personal" project ...

Joan Chen has a resume stacked with lauded performances in the U.S. and China, yet scripts about women her age longing and ...

The $83 million Valentine’s Day hit sparked endless essays and debate, but beneath the glossy Gothic aesthetic, this adaptation strips away the very tension that made Emily Brontë’s novel ...

American playwright Lynn Nottage set Ruined inside a bar in war-torn Congo. She tells the story of women struggling to survive amid the relentless brutality of war and sexual violence. The play ...

A hypnotic thriller whose atmosphere of inexorable doom still doesn’t prepare one for its heart-stopping shocks, Sirât made a splash at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and has been rattling nerves ...

In an era when geopolitics can feel overwhelming and remote, sometimes the best messengers are made of felt and foam.