FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Mary Parent Knows How to Produce Big, Artful Movies Like Oscar Contender 'Dune: Part Two' The producer of movies for Iñárritu, Del Toro, and more, explains how Hollywood is flying blind.  By Anne Thompson

'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' Review: Jacob Elordi Is a Prisoner of War and Love in Justin Kurzel's Violent, Sensuous Epic Berlin: Odessa Young co-stars in the extraordinary first two episodes of Kurzel's Australian miniseries adaptation of Richard Flanagan's nov … By Ryan Lattanzio	The Indie Film Business Needs to Change - and Filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford Has Plenty of Ideas How It Can Berlin: As the "Test Pattern" filmmaker takes sophomore film "Dreams in Nightmares" to the European market, Ford tells IndieWire about the p … By Kate Erbland

'Blue Moon' Review: Ethan Hawke Shines as a Famous but Desperate Songwriter in Richard Linklater's Vibrant Chamber Piece Berlin: Linklater returns to "Me and Orson Welles" mode for a small but razor-sharp biopic about Richard Rodgers' pre-"Oklahoma!" collaborat … By David Opie	'The White Lotus' Returns with Top-Tier Performances: Episode 1 Review Mike White's HBO drama moves to Thailand and expertly introduces a stacked new cast in Season 3, Episode 1.  By Proma Khosla

	At Last, 'Hundreds of Beavers' Is Ready to Rampage Through Theaters on 35MM Producer Kurt Ravenwood and publicist Justin Cook tell IndieWire about controlling the film's distribution and giving it a joyful new life o … By Sarah Shachat
	'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy' Put Leo Woodall in a Wet White Shirt - and the Costume Team Spent a Full Day Testing for the Perfect One The fourth installment in the beloved rom-com series finds Renée Zellweger back in Bridget's skirts and tights while introducing some … By Mark Peikert
	'SNL50' Review: 'Saturday Night Live's' 50th Was a So-So Show That Wasn't Really for Us With lots of breaking, montages, missed cues, and recycled bits, "Saturday Night Live's" 50th anniversary special was too messy to be memora … By Ben Travers
	4 Oscar-Nominated Production Designers Analyze Pivotal Scenes from Their Films The production designers of "The Brutalist," "Conclave," "Dune: Part Two," and "Wicked" explain the work behind the scenes that mattered mos … By Bill Desowitz
	Universal Shifts Untitled Steven Spielberg Event Film Away from 'Avengers' and 'Mandalorian' Movies The shuffle gives more time for the Daniels to get their own untitled event film together, IndieWire is told.  By Tony Maglio