The Academy Gala Went on a Chicken Shop Date: Notes on the New Hollywood

YouTube’s Amelia Dimoldenberg hosted the Academy Gala as analysts pointed to a future where social-first creators reshape ...

‘Rental Family’ Ties ‘Hamnet’ for Top Honor at Middleburg, Proving Excitement for Film Outside NY/LA Bubble

Rental Family' and 'Hamnet' tied for the Audience Award for Narrative Feature at the 2025 Middleburg Film Festival, outside ...

Can Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Reach the Same Box Office Heights as Neon’s Other Palme d’Or Winners?

With $115,000 in five days of release, the distributor has ambitions for Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just an Accident' on par with 'Anatomy of a Fall.' ...

So Much for Secrets: That ‘Wicked: For Good’ Cowardly Lion Voice Casting Has Already Been Revealed

The much-anticipated sequel follows the events of the beloved musical’s second act (with some necessary expansions), as ...

‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Is Coming for That Best Documentary Oscar

When the film won the Sundance 2025 U.S. Documentary Directing Award, editor-turned-director Geeta Gandbhir knew “there was ...

Mark Pellington Revisits His Youth, and the Beginning of a New Information Age, in ‘This Is Buzz’

Buzz' co-creator Mark Pellington discusses the groundbreaking 1990 news show and his new documentary on its history and ...

Getting Out of Oregon Gave Kelly Reichardt the Best Filmmaking Experience of Her Life

The "Mastermind" auteur tells IndieWire about Josh O'Connor's "timeless face" and why living in stressful times has not ...

‘No Other Land’ Actually Did Have a Distribution Offer, but Its Filmmakers Rejected a Deal from MUBI

The Oscar-winning Palestinian documentary 'No Other Land' rejected a distribution deal from MUBI over the Sequoia Capital ...

To Stop Misuses of Sora, Estates Are Using AI to Fight Back Against AI

Following OpenAI pausing depictions of Martin Luther King Jr. in its video model Sora, talent management firms are finding ...

How ‘The Twits’ Adapted Roald Dahl’s Dark Comedy — and Changed Its Macabre Ending

The Twits' director Phil Johnston spoke to IndieWire about why the Netflix animated movie 'The Twits' changed the ending to ...

Other Israel Film Festival Announces 2025 Lineup, Featuring Work by Israeli and Palestinian Filmmakers

The Other Israel Film Festival has announced its 2025 lineup, which will feature films from Israeli and Palestinian ...

How ‘Frankenstein’ Helped Invent the Modern Studio Horror Movie in 1931

Boris Karloff and James Whale created the template for a hundred years of horror movies to follow with 'Frankenstein' at ...