DECEMBER 19, 2022

The Best Cinematography of 2022 From the cockpit to the stage, in subterranean tunnels and miraculously lit stop-motion, there were no more arresting moving images than the … By Chris O'Falt, Bill Desowitz, Sarah Shachat and Jim Hemphill

'Babylon': Damien Chazelle Answers Questions About His Costly Early Hollywood Epic “Babylon” has left early audiences befuddled. We got the the Oscar-winning “La La Land” director to tell us what the … By Anne Thompson	'Avatar: The Way of Water': When Savior Films Aren't Enough to Save the Box Office James Cameron's film accounted for nearly 90 percent of all gross, but one big picture doesn't change the big picture.  By Tom Brueggemann

Noah Centineo Deserves Better Than 'The Recruit' The new Netflix drama is the latest forgettable project for the promising star. What should he do next?  By Proma Khosla	Inside the Tulkun: Designing the New 'Avatar' Scene-Stealer Production designer Dylan Cole tells IndieWire how Payakan became a wondrous design challenge.  By Bill Desowitz

	Remember When Content Was King? 2022 Was the Year Streaming Dreams Died This past year had such promise for the soaring streaming industry — until everything changed on April 19.  By Tony Maglio
	'George and Tammy': What's Actually True in Showtime's Series? The story sounds too wild to be true. Is it?  By Kristen Lopez
	13 Years Passed Between 'Avatar's Because James Cameron Had to 'Future-Proof' for the Next Four Sequels Cameron told IndieWire that follow-ups to "The Way of Water" will arrive at a quicker pace because "we don't have to stop and retool at each … By Jim Hemphill
	Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren Watched 'Some' of 'Yellowstone' Before Making '1923' "I admire it...but this is a different period in time, so it is a very different feel," Ford tells IndieWire about "Yellowstone" comparisons … By Kristen Lopez
	'Avatar: The Way of Water' Should Inspire a Revolution in Low-Budget FX - No, Really (Column) With a budget that would cover less than a second of “Avatar” screen time, filmmakers can tap into the same mo-cap creativity.  By Eric Kohn