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Nathan Fielder in front of an LED wall of flames in 'The Rehearsal'
Cruising Altitude
Some of the most impressive sets in Season 2 of Nathan Fielder's HBO show aren't its typical recreations.
Denise Gough and Kyle Soller in 'Andor' Season 2, standing next to each other but not looking at each other in a very white apartment.
Spiced Tea, Anyone?
It's not just the banality of evil but the evil of banality.
Beau Geste
Robert A. Harris and James Mockoski tell IndieWire about their restoration of the 1926 spectacle "Beau Geste," world-premiering at TCM Fest on Sunday, April 27.
John Goodman as Eli Gemstones wearing dark sunglasses, a black hat, standing in front of a gator mural in 'The Righteous Gemstones'
Country Pretty
Makeup designer Leigh Ann Yandle tells IndieWire about leaving all the looks of the HBO show out on the field in its final season.
Gabriel Luna as Tommy in 'The Last of Us'
The Dogs of War
What's worse than being surrounded by zombies? Being besieged by an army of smart zombies.
'Sinners,' Ryan Coogler
Nothing But the Blues
Göransson found a 1932 Dobro Cyclops, which became the hero slide guitar for the surreal musical tribute to the blues, which was shot live as a oner IMAX 65mm.
Black and white photo of cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw with IMAX camera on 'Sinners'
Bigger Is Better
The cinematographer tells IndieWire about her first time shooting in IMAX 65mm and the extremely wide Ultra Panavision 70 for Ryan Coogler's bluesy vampire spectacle.
SINNERS, Miles Caton (center), 2025. © Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection
Magic What We Do
Writer/director Ryan Coogler, cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw, and composer Ludwig Göransson tell IndieWire about traveling across space and time in one virtuoso live performance.
GRASSLAND, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, 2024. © Gravitas Ventures /Courtesy Everett Collection
The Music of God's Country
First-time feature composer Zach Nicita talks with IndieWire about creating minimalist music to yield maximum emotional impact in the powerful indie drama.
STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE, Liam Neeson, Jar Jar Binks, 1999
VFX Innovator
Jar Jar was a landmark CG character in "Phantom Menace," but was the animation test at ILM rigged in favor of all-CG?
John Hamm in a casual suit standing in a public garden in 'Your Friends and Neighbors'
Finding The Joneses
"Your Friends and Neighbors" composer Dominic Lewis and The Walkmen singer Hamilton Leithauser tell IndieWire about jamming in the studio and finding the right notes for the Jon Hamm series.
Bradley Cooper in 'The Righteous Gemstones'
Not-So-Old Glory
Stunt coordinator Cory DeMeyers breaks down the elaborate Civil War battle — which all takes place in one unbroken shot — that opened this season of "The Righteous Gemstones."
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