To say Call of Duty is an important piece of video game history would be an understatement. It’s hard to think of first-person shooters (or action games in general) without mentioning this series, ...

Today in History for Dec. 10: In 1520, in Wittenberg, northeast of Leipzig in present-day eastern Germany, religious reformer Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict demanding that he recant or ...

I’m not going to lie: 2025 was not a year that’s easy to put a rosy spin on, even in the introductory blurb to a list of the ...

Real events have cast a shadow over this film, said Clarisse Loughrey in The Independent: while promoting it abroad, Panahi ...

With Oscar buzz building, Neon has released Jafar Panahi's Covid-era short film, 'Life,' as a standalone work.

Sam Asghari is Playgirl’s latest cover star, posing shirtless — and, at times, pantsless — for a racy spread in the ...

Iran is escalating its repression of Baha’is, with a recent series of harsh prison sentences and asset confiscations.

This was a cinematic year of vampires, clones, restless mothers, maybe-ETs and Leonardo DiCaprio struggling to remember complex revolutionary passwords. Clarisse Loughrey has counted down the very bes ...

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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. One of the biggest movies of the summer is now available to ...

YouTube’s lineup of free movies tends to drastically change from month to month, and December is no exception. However, there are times when YouTube is given access to some of the very best movies ...

Googoosh’s love songs are both banned and beloved in her homeland. Her new memoir reveals a life as rich and painful as ...