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'THE BEAR,' from left: Gillian Jacobs, Abby Elliot, ‘Fishes', (Season 2, ep. 206, aired June 22, 2023). photo: Chuck Hodes / ©FX on Hulu / Courtesy Everett Collection
Never Fried
Hair department head Ally Vickers tells IndieWire about the best ways to make hair work in a flashback and how Lana Del Ray and Monica Vitti both inspired the look for Donna (Jamie Lee Curtis).
Serena Williams in attendance for US OPEN 2011 Tennis Championship - SAT, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing, NY September 10, 2011. Photo By: Rob Rich/Everett Collection
Tournament Play
Cinematographer Ayana Baraka tells IndieWire about expanding the visual language of "In the Arena: Serena Williams" to bring Williams' story to center court.
Emma D'Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen standing on the shore of Dragonstone with two dragons in the background looking ready to burn some Hightowers in 'House of the Dragon.'
Such Viola-lent Delights
Composer Ramin Djawadi tells IndieWire about the themes and variations that make war inevitable on "House of the Dragon."
Best films cores of 2024
From weird little critters to weird little Michael Keatons, the IndieWire Craft team picks the film scores that have moved us most this year.
Moses Ingram in a silver dress with frilled sleeves holding up her hands to a policeman in the left side of the frame in 'Lady in the Lake'
Good Morning, Baltimore
Alma Har'el tells IndieWire about mixing true crime and surrealism to give actors a platform to really push their performances in the Apple TV+ series.
NOSTERATU_FP_00215_R2 Lily-Rose Depp stars as Ellen Hutter in director Robert Eggers’ NOSFERATU, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features / © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
SOMETHING TO PUT STOCK IN
Kodak premieres six movies shot on film at the Venice Film Festival, including Pablo Larraín’s “Maria," Luca Guadagnino’s "Queer," and Brady Corbet’s "The Brutalist."
'Twisters' Universal
'Twist and Shout'
ILM's Ben Snow, who cut his teeth on "Twister," breaks down the six CG tornadoes in "Twisters."
'Dune: Part Two' Warner Bros.
Awards Predictions
"Dune: Part Two" is the early favorite, but the fall offers strong competition from "Wicked," "Gladiator II," and "Blitz."
A man wearing white robes in front of the water; still from 'The Acolyte'
Boldly Going Far, Far Away
Director Hanelle M. Culpepper tells IndieWire about the process of directing in very different galaxies.
(from left) Tyler (Glen Powell) and Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) in Twisters, directed by Lee Isaac Chung.
Editor Terilyn A. Shropshire and director Lee Isaac Chung tell IndieWire about assembling an ambitious adventure film without the benefit of finished footage.
Wookie Jedi Master Kalnacca (Joonas Suotamo) sites on a box in a field fixing machine parts with a speeder bike behind him in Episode 3 of Disney+ series 'The Acolyte'
Creator Leslye Headland tells IndieWire about keeping the DNA of Star Wars intact while taking the Disney+ series back in time.
DUNE: PART TWO, (aka DUNE: PART 2, aka DUNE 2), Austin Butler (right), 2024. © Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection
Awards Predictions
"Dune: Part Two" is the early favorite, up against "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga," with fall competition coming from "Wicked," "Gladiator II," and "Blitz."
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