ADVERTISEMENT ACADEMY AWARD® 6 NOMINATIONS BEST DIRECTOR BONG JOON HO BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BONG JOON HO AND HAN JIN WON BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN LEE HA JUN AND CHO WON WOO BEST FILM EDITING YANG JINMO BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE JANUARY 21, 2020 US $9.99 JAPAN ¥1280 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION CANADA $11.99 CHINA ¥80 UK £ 8 HONG KONG $95 EUROPE €9 RUSSIA 400 AUSTRALIA $14 INDIA 800 SUNDANCE 2020 SNOWFLAKE NOBODY’S NOBODY’S Taylor Swift is no longer ‘polite at all costs.’ In her Sundance doc, ‘Miss Americana,’ the pop superstar finds her (political) voice. By Chris Willman P.4 0 “ LET EVERYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU: BEAUTY AND TERROR. JUST KEEP GOING. NO FEELING IS FINAL.” RAINER MARIA RILKE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN ALL CATEGORIES JojoRabbitFYC.com Untitled-25 1 1/16/20 11:38 AM CONTENTS “I don’t really operate very well as an enigma. It’s not fulfilling to me. ... I think that it makes me feel completely unable to do what I had gotten in this to do, which is to communicate to people.” Taylor Swift, P.40 P.4 0 Why She’s Speaking Now Sundance documentary “Miss Americana” charts Taylor Swift’s evolution as a political activist. By CHRIS WILLMAN P.4 8 A Road Less Traveled Director Julie Taymor tweaks the rules of biopics with “The Glorias,” her film about Gloria Steinem. By MATT DONNELLY P.5 2 A Difficult Choice Eliza Hittman’s “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” takes on the polarizing topic of abortion. By BRENT LANG CASSELL/SWA; MAKEUP: LORRIE TURK; HAIR: JEMMA MURADIAN/THE WALL GROUP; SET DESIGN: SHAWN PATRICK/ACME BROOKLYN PATRICK/ACME SET DESIGN: SHAWN GROUP; JEMMA MURADIAN/THE HAIR: WALL TURK; LORRIE MAKEUP: CASSELL/SWA; P.5 5 Contenders: Best Picture Variety looks at what each of the Oscar hopefuls has in its favor and what might trip it up with voters. By JENELLE RILEY (COVER AND THIS PAGE) PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARY ELLEN MATTHEWS; STYLING: JOSEPH JOSEPH STYLING: ELLEN MATTHEWS; MARY BY PHOTOGRAPHS AND THIS PAGE) (COVER VARIETY 3 CONTENTS P.7 1 Kitty Green directed TOP BILLING the Sundance-bound “The Assistant,” one of several #MeToo-related 17 COOLING TREND? projects at the fest. Will buyers be more cautious at Sundance on the heels of last year’s spending spree? 19 PEACOCK PREENS NBCUniversal’s streaming offering is getting raves from Wall Street 20 PRESS PLAY The New York Times is expanding its reach by making documentary films 22 STREAMING SPOTLIGHT Oscar-winning helmer Tom McCarthy switches gears with a Disney Plus kids movie ALSO INSIDE EXPOSURE 10 29 PARTIES FIELD NOTES “Star Trek: Picard,” “Troop Musings Zero,” “Bad Boys for Life” on hot topics premieres; TCA events 12 36 DIRT PLUGGED IN Larry King gets $15.5 million What’s trending for his Beverly Hills mansion at Variety.com 102 FACETIME FOCUS St. Vincent and Carrie Brownstein 82 SLAMDANCE FILM FEST Event continues to grow after 26 years, with its focus on P.3 6 nurturing emerging talents ERSTOCK Snowboarder Shaun White puts Malibu ARTISANS property up for sale 93 DEAD RECKONING Production crew of WWI pic “1917” had to find creative ways to depict corpses 94 HEIGHTENED TAKE British class system played a role in the look of Guy Ritchie crime drama “The Gentlemen” 96 SUNDANCE SCOOP P.9 9 Production pros talk about their work in films bound for “The Goop Lab” the Park City festival review REVIEWS “When I entered this business, I did not enter it with awards in mind. I entered it to be a storyteller and to 99 TV be an artist, and I think that’s what “The Goop Lab” we need to focus on.” Viola Davis, at the Los Angeles premiere of 100 FILM “Troop Zero,” reacting to the lack of diversity “Bad Boys for Life” among this year’s Oscar nominees P.31 GREEN: SUNDANCE INSTITUTE; WHITE’S HOUSE: MATTHEW MOMBERGER/MIKE HELFRICH; GOOP LAB: ADAM ROSE/NETFLIX; DAVIS: MEDIAPUNCH/SHUTT DAVIS: ROSE/NETFLIX; HELFRICH; GOOP LAB: ADAM MOMBERGER/MIKE HOUSE: MATTHEW WHITE’S INSTITUTE; GREEN: SUNDANCE 4 VARIETY Untitled-25 1 1/16/20 4:16 PM Lovingly hand-made by , the st “Missing Link deserves to be a frontrunner for Animated Feature. A masterpiece One of the most ambitious animated films ever created.” -AWARDS DAILY Untitled-31 1 1/17/20 10:09 AM udio that created AND For more on this extraordinary film and a schedule of where you can see it go to missinglinkguilds.com. 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