‘Predators’ Interview: How the ‘To Catch a Predator’ Series Delighted ‘in the Pain of Other People’
Director David Osit talks about how Chris Hansen’s NBC series has spawned a universe of copycats and how it contributed to creating a less empathetic world.
‘Bunnylovr’ Interview: Katarina Zhu Talks Creating a Character ‘More Authentic’ to Her Experiences
Writing, directing, and starring in her debut feature, Zhu wanted “Bunnylovr” to reflect all of her unique nuances.
NBC’s ‘The Hunting Party’ Is a Dark New Drama — So Its Makeup Department Prioritized Happiness
Makeup department head Paige Gatzka tells IndieWire about letting makeup deteriorate and keeping things light on set.
‘Dead Lover’ Interview: Grace Glowicki and Team Share Their Embrace of ‘Feelings and Stink’
Glowicki serves as co-writer, director, and star of her sophomore feature, which has her leading as a lovelorn gravedigger in need of a shower.
‘Train Dreams’ Review: Joel Edgerton Is a Ruminating Logger in a Surreal and Tragic Pacific Northwest Fever Dream
Sundance: A quietly hardened but kind-eyed Edgerton anchors director Clint Bentley’s rugged and philosophical Denis Johnson adaptation.
‘Coexistence, My Ass!’ Review: Political Activist and Comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi’s Biodoc Questions Whether Peace Can Be Achieved Through Laughter
Sundance: Amber Fares’ doc provides a compelling front row seat to a country on the brink of implosion, with Eliassi’s humor and insights acting as a melancholic elegy for a peace that might not ever come.
‘Two Women’ Review: A Too-Retro Sex Comedy
Sundance: Chloé Robichaud’s comedy remake, both fun and retrograde, would make Neil Simon proud.
‘Bunnylovr’ Review: An Empathetic but Aimless NYC Indie About an Alienated Camgirl
Sundance: Writer/director Katarina Zhu also stars in her feature debut as young woman facing a somewhat unique quarter-life crisis.
For Cooper Raiff to Build a Market for Indie TV, He Needed to Make ‘Hal & Harper’ ‘Undeniable’
Sundance: The “Cha Cha Real Smooth” director tells IndieWire how he crafted his dramedy series to set a precedent for selling independent TV shows at film festivals.
‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Review: A Riveting Look Inside an Increasingly Totalitarian Russia
Sundance: Director David Borenstein assembles a powerful story built entirely around the footage taken by a Russian educator who had to flee the country.