Devo and Filmmaker Chris Smith on Their Sundance Doc: How the Band’s ‘Transgressive, Naughty’ Performance Art Infiltrated the Pop Mainstream

“BS!” exclaims Bryce Dallas Howard’s spy novelist Elly Conway when she learns the real identity of the titular secret agent in “Argylle.” For once in the film, her character’s savant-like gift for understanding exactly what the audience should feel tracks. Here, that’s disbelief tinged with disappointment.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has landed the Sundance Film Festival buzz title documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story. The film premiered January 18 at The Ray Theatre.

Media representation of disabled people is challenging to get right — too saccharine, and you’re veering towards inspiration porn, too maudlin, and you’re implying that a disabled life might not be a life worth living. “Ibelin,” the newest documentary from “The Painter and the Thief” filmmaker Benjamin Ree, strikes a poignant balance, acknowledging the ways that physical disability can limit a life while showing how one complex man expanded his world nonetheless.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor The 53rd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, taking place between Jan. 25 – Feb.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic I will never forget the first time I saw Devo. It was October 14, 1978, and my college roommates and I were watching “Saturday Night Live.” The band, which I had never heard of (I would guess that was true of 98 percent of the people watching the show), came on in their yellow jumpsuits, stiff and mechanical, swiveling like angry androids as they performed their brutalist robo version of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” When the song ended, one of the band members shot up his hand in what looked kind of like a Hitler salute.

The 2024 Academy Awards nominations for Best Original Score and Best Original Song have been announced. The 96th Academy Awards ceremony will take place on March 10 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

EXCLUSIVE: There’s a famous line from the Spanish poet Antonio Machado that is familiar to most Spaniards: “Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar,” which translates as “Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking.” 

Henry Cavill and Bryce Dallas Howard are promoting their new movie Argylle!

Angelique Jackson When basketball legend Sue Bird decided to let a team of filmmakers capture her final season after playing 21 years in the WNBA, she wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from watching her career be contextualized on film, but it turned out to be wonderful. “You play such a long time — so many different moments, so many different memories — and to have it now, in this one film is amazing,” Bird said, visiting the Variety Studio presented by Audible at the Sundance Film Festival.

“This documentary is just to try and get some of the information down on film somewhere, before it’ll scatters away,” admits Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh of the documentary about the band that premieres at the Sundance Film Festival tonight. “I just like the idea that this information is being collected,” the front man adds.

Emily Longeretta SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the first four episodes of “The Traitors,” now streaming on Peacock. Ever since both the BBC and Peacock adapted the Dutch series “De Verraders” into “The Traitors,” it’s been a hit. Both produced by Studio Lambert, the U.K. version premiered on the BBC in November 2022, with the U.S.

Love Island is back on our screens, and each night at 9pm we’re here for the drama, romance and – of course – the outfits. Ever since Molly Smith headed back into the All Stars villa as a bombshell, we’ve been officially obsessed with her style, including her gold chainmail mini dress from Oh Polly which has, of course, sold out.

Gregg Goldstein When you’ve spent the most memorable years of your career battling gods and single-handedly defeating an army, what’s left for a warrior to do? For “Xena: Warrior Princess” star Lucy Lawless, the answer was making her directorial debut with a doc about a fellow New Zealand icon, daredevil CNN war camerawoman Margaret Moth. Her spellbinding feature, “Never Look Away,” which premieres Jan. 18 at Sundance, was selected for the fest’s World Cinema Documentary Competition.

The Repair Shop's new season is back every Wednesday, with more visitors seeking the experts' help.The BBC series sees Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch form a team who breathe new life into old teddy bears and toys. Julie and Amanda have been on The Repair Shop since it started in 2017. Although they're always seen together, they're not related but are close friends who love restoring toys.They also spend a lot of time together outside work as they run a business together.They caught the attention of BBC bosses for The Repair Shop because of their workshop, Bear It In Mind.The Southampton-based business, which they started in 2006, repairs and cares for needy toys.

Things are beginning to heat up in the Love Island: All Stars villa, with a new teaser showing Chris Taylor making his move on bombshell Molly Smith, as her ex-boyfriend Callum Jones watches on. A preview of Wednesday's (17 January) episode shows Chris and Molly enjoying a chat on the daybeds, before he then offers her a massage.

Love Island is back on our screens this time with an 'All Star' lineup, and things are certainly hotting up in the villa. We're not just talking about the bikini-clad contestants re-coupling either, it's the style choices we've got our eyes on as we look to bring you all the outfit breakdowns... In the first shock twist of the series Molly Smith who was previously a contestant on Love Island series 6 returned to the villa wearing a gold chainmail dress from online fashion retailer Oh Polly.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The husband-and-wife duo the War and Treaty will have a big presence during Grammy week, parlaying their nomination for best new artist into multiple performances on- and off-screen throughout the days leading up to and including the telecast. But the Grammys were destined not to be the only awards show this season that would afford them a high profile.

Love Island favourites Chris Taylor and Maura Higgins are one of the exceptional exes that are still great pals. Having originally encountered each other in the 2019 summer series, the duo were never considered potential partners, with the now-33-year-old taking Curtis Pritchard off Amy Hart in ruthless fashion.They ended up being in the final four, while Chris, 33, never truly connected with any of the girls. A year after their stint in the reality TV villa, though, the show's fanbase were thrust into delirium as reports circulated that Chris and Maura had emerged as an unlikely couple out in the real world, having grown incredibly close.The timeline of their relationship follows.

Outlander began in 2014, shocking fans when Claire Randall travelled through the stones and found herself in 1743 and loyal fans will know, she's not the only time-traveller.

New details are emerging about the death of Queen Elizabeth and why Princess Catherine (aka Kate Middleton) was not present.