The Primal Terror of Robert Eggers: Inside the Making of ‘Werwulf’
Raul Delapena Setiawan
As the autumn leaves begin to turn and the chill of the coming winter settles over the Northern Hemisphere, the cinematic landscape prepares for a descent into the macabre. For…
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Taylor Swift’s Cinematic Ambitions: From Music Video Auteur to Oscar Contender
Jia Lissa
The eyes—and ears—of the entertainment industry are once again fixed firmly on Taylor Swift. With the highly anticipated release of her latest studio album, The Life of a Showgirl: The…
The Kubrick Renaissance: Why the Master of Cinema Still Defines the Modern Era
Lina Hope
It is a perpetual state of affairs for film enthusiasts to find themselves in “Stanley Kubrick season,” but as we move through the autumn of 2026, the cultural obsession with…
The Unfiltered Lens: Revisiting the Intimate Brilliance of ‘Unzipped’ 30 Years Later
Pevita Pearce
For journalists and documentarians, the ethical boundary between observer and participant is often treated as a firewall. To enter into a romantic entanglement with one’s subject is to invite a…
The Midnight Architecture of Anxiety: Celebrating 25 Years of Adult Swim’s Surrealist Legacy
Ammar Sabilarrohman
On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark honors the fringes of cinema and television, exploring the weird, the cult, and the transgressive. This week, we turn our gaze toward a cultural…
The Invisible Architect: Paula González-Nasser’s ‘The Scout’ Explores the Quiet Desperation of New York’s Film Industry
Lina Irawan
In the ecosystem of New York City filmmaking, the location scout is a ghost. They are the heralds of production, the ones who infiltrate the private sanctuaries of strangers—brownstones in…
The Apocalyptic Gamble: Inside the Polarizing World of Iñárritu’s ‘Digger’
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The global cinematic landscape is currently braced for impact. Following a series of high-profile press screenings across New York, Los Angeles, and London, the early consensus on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s…
The Bard Through a Dark Lens: Robert Eggers to Tackle ‘Romeo and Juliet’
In a cinematic landscape often saturated with iterative sequels and safe, broad-market reboots, the announcement that auteur Robert Eggers is set to helm a new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo…
The Myth and the Muddle: Richie Mehta’s ‘Phoolan’ Grapples with an Icon
The life of Phoolan Devi—the "Bandit Queen" of India—remains one of the most polarizing and potent narratives in the history of post-independence India. An outlaw, a victim of systemic caste-based…
The $111 Billion Gamble: Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery Seal Historic Merger After Antitrust Breakthrough
Dwi Wanna
In a move that promises to redefine the landscape of global media, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) are on the cusp of finalizing a historic $111 billion merger. This…
