The cast and producers of Boots Riley and Keke Palmer's new crime comedy praise the "bold and unapologetic" vision of the film at its SXSW premiere.

Also starring Don Cheadle, Taylour Paige and Naomi Ackie, the SXSW-premiering comedy follows a band of Bay Area shoplifters who get swept up in a larger global scheme.

SXSW was in its traditional wild form on opening night with Boots Riley’s upcoming NEON movie I Love Boosters, a psychedelic, absurdist caper about a group of fashionista shoplifters who steal from a fashion icon only to sell her line on discount. Plenty of laughs, some standing ovation — it’s everything a studio craves when […]

From the new mind-bending comedy from Boots Riley to docs on Charley Crockett and the Red Hot Chili Peppers — your must-see guide for this year's SXSW

“Sorry to Bother You” filmmaker Boots Riley’s latest feature film, “I Love Boosters,” is set to premiere on the West Coast as the Centerpiece of the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival.

Keke Palmer and Demi Moore's new science fiction crime thriller debuts with undivided critical response after its SXSW premiere.

Boots Riley's ode to crime and the class struggle opens SXSW with a bang, a lotta laughs, and a flipped bird to brand-name fashion capitalists

“I Love Boosters” might have had the makings of a more conventional commercial comedy, but the way Riley works it's like a deliberately ticky-tacky version of “The Devil Wears Prada” meets “Set It…

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety’s Selome Hailu details her profile of actor Keke Palmer, star of “I Love Boosters,” the Boots Riley comedy that is…

The André Øvredal directed horror pic Passenger will now go on May 22, over Memorial Day weekend instead of May 29. The Melissa Leo-Jacob Scipio-Lou Llobell starring movie will now join the competitive, yet heavily traffic-ed weekend, against Disney/Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian & Grogu, NEON’s Boots Riley comedy I Love Boosters which world premiered last night […]

Boots Riley approaches his newest film with righteous anger, bizarre comedy, and a love for the women fighting for the possibility of a change.

Variety will host an exclusive cover party at SXSW, presented by Neon, on Thursday, March 12, celebrating its latest cover star, Keke Palmer, alongside filmmaker Boots Riley and the cast of their…

Keke Palmer harbors a touch of jealousy toward her 3-year-old son. Leodis Jackson leads a charmed little life.