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Commentary
'CITY OF HOPE', Vincent Spano, Todd Graff, Jace Alexander, 1991, (c)Samuel Goldwyn Films/courtesy Everett Collection
Interview
In a wide-ranging interview with IndieWire, John Sayles discusses the Blu-ray re-release of his inner-city epic "City of Hope" and the lasting impact it has on cinematic culture.
all four main actors from Max's 'Girls on the Bus' gather around a bar table with laptop in Season 1 finale episodic
Season 2?
Max's "Girls on the Bus" Season 1 ended with a big confrontation. Co-creator Amy Chozick and showrunner Rina Mimoun tell IndieWire all about what's next.
Tom Brady, Nikki Glaser, Sam Jay, Andrew Schulz at G.R.O.A.T. The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady for the Netflix is a Joke Festival at the Kia Forum on Sunday, May 5, 2024 in Inglewood, CA. Cr. Adam Rose/Netflix © 2024
A Joke
And Kevin Hart probably shouldn’t have hosted it.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, Bernard Hill, 2003, (c) New Line/courtesy Everett Collection
Tribute
No actor who's ever screamed "death!" at the top of his lungs while leading a massive army into battle on horseback ever gave a quieter, more heartfelt performance.
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MAY 05: (L-R) Tom Brady and Bill Belichick speak onstage during G.R.O.A.T The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady for the Netflix is a Joke Festival at The Kia Forum on May 05, 2024 in Inglewood, California.  (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Netflix)
Netflix's roast of Tom Brady featured the obligatory assortment of off-color jokes, but onstage reunions between Brady, Bill Belichick, and Robert Kraft felt like a coda to years of dynasty relitigation.
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. (L to R) Sanjeeda Sheikh as Waheeda, Richa Chadha as Lajjo, Manisha Koirala as Mallikajaan, Aditi Rao Hydari as Bibbo in 'Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar'
Opinion
With the arrival of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Heeramandi" on Netflix, it seems that a certain type of female performer has gone extinct in the Hindi film industry.
Fred Durst in 'I Saw the TV Glow'
The nu metal legend showcases his knack for drama and comedy with roles in A24's "I Saw the TV Glow" and "Y2K."
'THE STUNT MAN', Steve Railsback, 1980, TM & Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp./courtesy Everett Collection
Like This? Watch That.
This weekend's big release reminds us of another ode to the unsung heroes of filmmaking that didn't get the love it deserved when it came out over 40 years ago.
Anne Hathaway, Fiona Apple
The Idea of You
Michael Showalter tells IndieWire how Apple's 1999 banger ended up in the movie — and it's not the first time a male comedy auteur has relied on her music to tell stories of women in romantic freefall.
"The Idea of You"
Spoilers
Spoilers: The Michael Showalter film, starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine, scores a more romantic ending in its on-screen iteration.
Under The Bridge -- “Looking Glass” - Episode 101 -- In 1997, on a quiet island in BC, fourteen-year-old Reena Virk attends a party and never returns home. Her disappearance intrigues a novelist returning to her hometown, who finds herself drawn into the hidden world of the teen suspects… Reena (Vritika Gupta), shown. (Photo by: Bettina Strauss/Hulu)
"We wanted to get inside the home and feel what Reena's home life must have been because there was a reason that she sought refuge in these girls," showrunner Samir Mehta tells IndieWire about the Hulu miniseries.
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