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Harris Dickinson’s Directing Debut ‘Urchin’ Acquired by 1-2 Special — It’s One of Cannes 2025’s Very Best Films
Cannes 2025 festival-goers put their stamp of approval of Harris Dickinson the filmmaker, with his directing debut “Urchin” ...
The Egyptian Theatre Will Sit Out the Final Sundance Film Festival in Park City — but the Yarrow Theatre Returns
Egyptian Theatre opting out of final Sundance in Park City. The iconic 1920s Utah cinema has been a fixture of the festival ...
Mark Frost: It’s ‘Hard to Imagine’ Making a Fourth Season of ‘Twin Peaks’ Without David Lynch
Twin Peaks' co-creator Mark Frost explained why a fourth season of the series would be difficult without late auteur David ...
AI Can Cut Costs, but It Can’t Spill Tea: What Happens When It’s Not a Really Hard Movie to Make?
Even if AI makes a movie easier to make, it probably can't sell a Hollywood backstory a la how it did Leonardo DiCaprio and ...
The American Film Institute’s AFI DWW+ Directing Workshop Opens Call for Applicants
The American Film Institute's AFI DWW+ directing program has opened its call for class of 2026-2027 applicants.
Stellan Skarsgård Took Pay Cut on ‘Sentimental Value’ to Ensure Crew Got Decent Lunches: It ‘Makes the Film Much Better’
Stellan Skarsgård sees the value in having a good meal, especially while on set. The actor said during the Karlovy Vary Film ...
Indian Film Board Censors ‘Superman’ for Being Too ‘Sensual’
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s yet another censored franchise film. India’s Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has ...
Opinion
That Time Nicolas Cage Was Almost Superman for Tim Burton
When I was but a humble Warner Bros. Studio tour guide in 2012, the entire department was gifted a rare treat: A trip to the studio archives. Shuttled to a nondescript airport hangar, we toured the ...
Peter Jackson Is Working on Three Screenplays: ‘I’m Certainly Not Retired’
Oscar-winning 'The Lord of the Rings' filmmaker Peter Jackson has not directed a feature film in over a decade.
‘The Institute’ Review: A Clunky Stephen King Series About the Clarity of Youth
Mary Louise-Parker runs a mysterious 'Institute' in the outskirts of Maine where kidnapped children with special abilities ...
Superman’s Underwear Returns: A Brief History of the Man of Steel’s Red Trunks
To underwear or not to underwear, or how to underwear, has been a focal point of virtually every Superman production. In the ...
The Opening Title Sequence That Makes ‘Smoke’ Burn with Mystery
The team at Digital Kitchen tells IndieWire how they incorporated elements of the Taron Egerton-Dennis Lehane Apple TV+ series into the fiery credits.