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By Ben Travers

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New on Physical Media

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Best of 2025

The Best 2025 Movies Already Streaming

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Best of 2025

25 Great Indie Movies Overlooked in 2025

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Happy 2026!

The Best New Year’s Eve Movies to Ring in 2026

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Stream It

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Say Goodbye to ‘Stranger Things’

Farewell, Hawkins and your motley crew of heroes and baddies.

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It’s Not “The Godfather”

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Interview

How ‘Stranger Things’ Lured Director Frank Darabont Out of Retirement

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Strange Indeed

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IndieWire’s Craft Roundtables

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Craft Roundtables

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Craft Roundtables

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Film and TV Reviews

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‘Marty Supreme’ Review: An Exhilarating American Epic About the True Cost of Greatness

Josh Safdie’s massive ping-pong masterpiece makes “Uncut Gems” feel like a warm-up rally.

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TV review

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The IndieWire Interview

Timothée Chalamet at A24's 'Marty Supreme' New York Premiere on December 16, 2025 in New York, New York.

Thompson on Hollywood

For Timothée Chalamet, the ‘Marty Supreme’ Press Tour Is Part of the Performance

We tracked down the movie star in New York to talk about his bravura Oscar-bound performance as a ’50s table tennis champ, and his unconventional approach to Oscar campaigning.

By Anne Thompson

Interview

James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver on Their 40-Year Collaboration

By Jim Hemphill

Rian Johnson at The 16th Governors Awards held at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on November 16, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

Filmmaker Interview

Rian Johnson on Why Daniel Craig Almost Wasn’t Benoit Blanc and Why He Will Never Be Recast

By Mike Ryan

Alia Shawkat and Hailey Gates at the "Atropia" New York Premiere After Party held at the IFC Center on December 08, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images)

Interview

Hailey Gates and Alia Shawkat Know Their Satire ‘Atropia’ Isn’t for Everyone

By Kate Erbland

Awards Season Is Here

Dwayne Johnson at the 2025 ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration held at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills on November 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Consider This

Dwayne Johnson: ‘My Relationship with Success’ Is ‘Not a Number’

The Golden Globes-nominated actor talks to IndieWire about the “banging on my rib cage” telling him to make the unconventional A24 sports biopic with director Benny Safdie.

By Marcus Jones

Michael B. Jordan at The 16th Governors Awards held at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on November 16, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Consider This

Michael B. Jordan Shares How He and Director Ryan Coogler Became ‘Something People Can Count On’

By Marcus Jones

22 September 2025, Berlin: Emily Blunt comes to the Zoo Palast for the German premiere of "The smashing machine". Photo: Annette Riedl/dpa (Photo by Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Consider This

A Chance Encounter on ‘Oppenheimer’ Made ‘The Smashing Machine’ a Reality

By Kate Erbland

Raphael Saadiq at the 39th American Cinematheque Awards held at The Beverly Hilton on November 20, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Consider This

Raphael Saadiq: ‘Sinners’ Director Ryan Coogler Is ‘Visionary’ Inspiring His Best Work

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Top of the Line

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Fill in the Blanc

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Who What Where

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Dance All Night

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Videos

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Evgenia Alexandrova, Taylor Joy Mason, Kira Kelly, Pamela Martin and Shunika Terry pose for a portrait at the 28th SCAD Savannah Film Festival on October 27, 2025 in Savannah, Georgia. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for SCAD)

You Don’t Have to Be a Hollywood Artisan to Take Their Best Advice to Heart

At this year’s SCAD Savannah Film Festival, some of Hollywood’s brightest craftspeople spoke with IndieWire at one of their signature “Behind Their Lens” panels about salient advice that extends way beyond the industry.