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Tributes

Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman, and More Pay Tribute to Robert Redford

Fall Festivals

The 15 Best New Films That Premiered at the Fall Festivals

Recommendations

The Best Movies New to Every Major Streaming Platform in September 2025

ALL IS LOST, Robert Redford, 2013. ph: Daniel Daza/©Lionsgate/Courtesy Everett Collection

Tributes

The 15 Greatest Robert Redford Performances

From his exceptional comedic skill to conveying existential angst to playing Western heroes for the ages, Redford could do it all.

By Christian Blauvelt, Wilson Chapman

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Film Review

‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ Review: Kogonada’s Big Bore Is Neither Bold Nor Beautiful

By Ryan Lattanzio

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 26: (L-R) Chris Loud, Nick Loud, Chelsi Johnston, Marcus Patterson, Ruth Araujo, Brian Steckler, Sierra Falconer, Emma Skeet, Jacob Brodsky and Grant Ellison attend the "Sunfish (& Other Stories On Green Lake)" Premiere during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival at Ray Theatre on January 26, 2025 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

Filmmaker Interview

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By Kate Erbland

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Obituary

Robert Redford, Activist, Actor, Director, and Sundance Leader, Dead at 89

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In Development

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Fall Festivals

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Opinion

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Remembering Robert Redford

Journey back into the IW archives to honor the iconic actor and Sundance leader.

Sundance

Sundance’s Last Year in Park City Will Honor Robert Redford and the Festival’s Longtime Utah Home

Directing Fellow Frances Bodomo and DP Pedro Gomez Millan on the "Afronauts" set.

The Directors Lab

Inside the Sundance Directors Lab: Why It’s So Valuable to Workshop Scenes

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 27: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Honoree Robert Redford speaks onstage at 42nd Chaplin Award Gala at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on April 27, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Redford’s 2015 Chaplin Award

7 Great Things Said About Robert Redford at Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Gala

Robert Redford and Director David Lowery on the set of THE OLD MAN & THE GUN. Photo by Eric Zachanowich. © 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved

Building One of his Final Roles

‘The Old Man & the Gun’: How David Lowery Brought ’70s Cinema Back for Robert Redford

Inside the Emmys

We were on the scene at the Peacock Theater. Come with us!

Chris Brinker, Al Pacino, Harrison Ford at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Emmys

Which Part of Hannah Einbinder’s Speech Was Bleeped, and Other Things They Didn’t Show on TV

Seth Rogen accepts the Emmy award for Outstanding Comedy Series for “The Studio” at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Emmys

Seth Rogen Addresses Why He and ‘The Studio’ Team Never Thanked Sal Saperstein

Dan Erickson at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Emmys

‘Severance’ Creator Dan Erickson on Season 3: ‘We Know the End,’ but We’re ‘Playing Jazz a Little Bit’

Emmys

‘Hacks’ Will End with Upcoming Season 5, as Emmy Winner Hannah Einbinder Revealed

TIFF 2025 Winners

Read our reviews of some of the big winners of this year’s festival.

4238_D045_00238_R Jessie Buckley stars as Agnes and Joe Alwyn as Bartholomew in director Chloé Zhao’s HAMNET, a Focus Features release. Credit: Agata Grzybowska / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC

TIFF

‘Hamnet’ Review: Chloé Zhao’s Unspeakably Devastating Shakespeare Fanfic

TIFF

‘No Other Choice’ Review: Park Chan-wook’s Brilliant, Bloody, and Bleakly Hilarious Capitalism Satire

Tiff

‘Blue Heron’ Review: Sophy Romvari’s Outstanding Debut Feature Explores the Imperfections of Memories

Tiff

‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ Review: A Glorious Copyright Nightmare

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Film and TV Reviews

THE LONG WALK, from left: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Tut Nyuot, Ben Wang, 2025. ph: Murray Close / © Lionsgate / Courtesy Everett Collection

Film Review

‘The Long Walk’ Review: They Shoot Slowpokes, Don’t They, in Your Basic Totalitarian Nightmare

Kudos to director Francis Lawrence and scriptwriter JT Mollner for downing Stephen King’s dark-hearted material without a dose of saccharine hope.

By Ryan Lattanzio

Tv review

‘The Girlfriend’ Review: Olivia Cooke and Robin Wright Wage War in This Psychological Thriller

By Proma Khosla

Film Review

‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ Review: A Half-Funny Mocku-Sequel High on Its Own Supply

By Ryan Lattanzio

'Only Murders in the Building' Season 5 stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, shown here crouching behind a bar

TV review

‘Only Murders in the Building’ and the Benefits of TV That Comes Out Every Year, Without Fail

By Ben Travers

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interview

You’ve Never Seen Saoirse Ronan Quite Like This Before

In Jonatan Etzler’s darkly funny “Bad Apples,” the actress plays a harried teacher who does something really crazy to a naughty student. As the pair explain to IndieWire, that’s not the wildest part.

By Kate Erbland

Chloé Zhao attends the premiere of 'Hamnet' during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival

Thompson on Hollywood

Chloé Zhao Knows How to Make You Cry: The ‘Hamnet’ Director on Her Surefire Oscar Contender

By Anne Thompson

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TIFF

You Won’t Watch John Candy Movies the Same Way After Seeing Colin Hanks’ New Doc

By Mike Ryan

BIARRITZ, FRANCE - JULY 01: Chandler Levack attends the closing ceremony during the 1st "Nouvelles vagues" International Biarritz Film Festival on July 01, 2023 in Biarritz, France. (Photo by Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images)

TIFF

We Want Filmmaker Chandler Levack to Be Our New Best Friend

By Kate Erbland

Top of the Line

Milchek (Trammel Tillman) conducting a marching band in Season 2 of 'Severance'

Sounds Good

The Best TV Scores of the Year, According to Our Composers Survey

By Sarah Shachat

THE ROSES, from left: Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, 2025. ph: Jaap Buitendijk / © Searchlight Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

Dressed for War

‘The Roses’ Costumes Are Giving Resentment

By Jim Hemphill

Finding the Spark

‘Chief of War’ Demonstrates the Fine Art of Lighting Things on Fire

By Sarah Shachat

A man in a suit holding a lightsaber prop in gloved hands against a black background.

Join the Dark Side

The Force Can Be with You — for 1 to 3 Million Dollars

By Sarah Shachat

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Emma Stone stars as Michelle in director Yorgos Lanthimos' BUGONIA, a Focus Features release.
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Screen Talk: Digging Into This Year’s Telluride Lineup, from ‘Hamnet’ to ‘Bugonia’ and More

By Anne Thompson, David Ehrlich

Screen Talk: ‘Splitsville’ Creators Michael Covino and Kyle Marvin on ‘Splitsville’

By Anne Thompson

NEW JACK CITY, Russell Wong, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson, Ice-T, 1991, (c)Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection

Filmmaker Toolkit: Mario Van Peebles on Creating a Gangster Classic with ‘New Jack City’

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Videos

‘SNL’ Cast and Crew on ‘Weird Dance’ It Takes to Make Each Show Happen

Cast member Chloe Fineman, director Liz Patrick, Hair Department Head Jodi Mancuso, and Makeup Department Head Louie Zakarian talk to IndieWire about the everyday challenges of working on NBC’s late night staple.