OCTOBER 23, 2024

Edward Berger Elevates Papal Potboiler 'Conclave' Into an Oscar Contender - Here's How Speaking to IndieWire, the Oscar winner explains how he executed Robert Harris' bestselling thriller with able support from Ralph Fiennes, S … By Anne Thompson

'Passenger' Is This Year's Wildest Genre Mash-Up Actor-turned-screenwriter Andrew Buchan goes for broke in a super-meta supernatural tale.    By Jon O'Brien	How 'What We Do in the Shadows' Created a Monster That Is Definitely, Legally Distinct from the Frankenstein One Mary Shelley who?  By Sarah Shachat

Dick Pope, Cinematographer Known for His Collaboration with Mike Leigh, Dead at 77 The two-time Oscar nominee was best known for his work on Leigh masterpieces like "Naked" and "Mr. Turner."  By Jim Hemphill	The 30 Best Movies of 2024 (So Far) From fall festival favorites to genre films that challenged and excited us, here are IndieWire's favorite movies of 2024 so far.  By Ryan Lattanzio, David Ehrlich and Kate Erbland

	2024 Fall Festival Movie Sales: 'The Friend' Starring Naomi Watts and a Great Dane Lands at Bleecker Street Scott McGehee and David Siegel wrote and directed the film based on Sigrid Nunez's book that will be released theatrically in 2025.  By Brian Welk
	'A Traveler's Needs' Trailer: Isabelle Huppert Boozes Her Way Through Seoul in Hong Sangsoo's Latest Exclusive: Huppert's third film with Hong is a delicate comedy of a French tourist adrift in Korea, opening from Cinema Guild next month.  By Ryan Lattanzio
	'Only Murders in the Building': Everything to Remember Ahead of the Season 4 Finale The Hulu comedy starring Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Selena Gomez prepares to solve the murder of Sazz Pataki (Jane Lynch) in Season 4.  By Proma Khosla
	'Say Nothing' Trailer: Powerful FX Production Tackles Rise of IRA and The Troubles The latest powerhouse FX series is based on non-fiction bestseller by Patrick Radden Keefe.  By Erin Strecker
	With Just Three Months Before Kickoff, It's Time to Start Planning Your Sundance Now You read that correctly: three months.  By Kate Erbland