Kate Erbland
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‘The Wrath of Becky’ Review: Righteously Angry Teen Returns to Take Out More Fascists
SXSW: Two years after a neo-Nazi played by Kevin James ruined young Becky’s life, she’s back to take out more white trash racists, now led by Seann William Scott. → Read More
‘Flamin’ Hot’ Review: Eva Longoria’s Portrait of a Snack Food Creator Barely Satisfies
SXSW: The story of snack food and marketing genius Richard Montañez is tasty enough, but it’s hardly a meal. → Read More
Tessa Thompson Knew She Had to Work with Jonathan Majors After Seeing His Sundance Debut
Like many film fans, Thompson was blown away by her “Creed III” costar’s role in “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.” Four years later, she’s still hitting the… → Read More
When Hong Chau Wanted to Take a Break from Acting, Darren Aronofsky Had Other Plans
The Oscar-nominated star of “The Whale” has been through this whole awards season thing before — this time, she tells IndieWire, is different. So is she. → Read More
What Kind of Director Does Tessa Thompson Want to Be? Probably One Like Michael B. Jordan
As the actress readies to move into the director’s chair, she tells IndieWire what inspired her about watching her long-time co-star take over directing the boxing franchise. → Read More
How ‘Ant-Man’ Star Corey Stoll Rejoined the Franchise in ‘Most Bizarre Way Imaginable’
The baddie from the first “Ant-Man” gets a new (and very weird) lease on life in the latest film. Director Peyton Reed tells IndieWire how it came together. → Read More
Think It’s Totally Insane ‘Cocaine Bear’ Got Made? So Does Its Screenwriter Jimmy Warden
“I mean, Jesus Christ. I can’t stress it enough, I never thought this movie was getting made,” he tells IndieWire of his wild, crazy, gory, and extremely funny movie. → Read More
‘Creed III’ Review: Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors Duke It Out in Cluttered Sequel
The “Creed” star takes over directing duties for a franchise outing with high stakes, great casting, brutal fights, and way too much going on for it to really land a punch. → Read More
Sarah Polley Just Wants Everyone to Talk More (A Lot More)
The Oscar nominee tells IndieWire about the conversations, the characters, and the choices that resulted in "Women Talking," and more. → Read More
Don’t Put Filmmaker Christopher Landon Into a Box (Scary or Otherwise)
Film fans know Landon for his horror offerings, from “Paranormal Activity” to “Happy Death Day,” but as he tells IndieWire, he’s all about scaring up something new. → Read More
‘Inside’ Review: Willem Dafoe Is Trapped in World’s Most Pretentious Penthouse
Berlin: It’s “Buried” meets “Velvet Buzzsaw” in a one-hander that only works because Dafoe does. → Read More
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Doesn’t Have Some Crazy Director’s Cut, Peyton Reed Promises
The director tells IndieWire that, while most edits only snipped parts of scenes, there was at least one sequence (starring Bill Murray) that was totally cut from the final version. → Read More
‘She Came to Me’ Review: Peter Dinklage and Marisa Tomei Find Love and Madness on a Tugboat
Berlin: Rebecca Miller’s latest romantic provocation is another subversive, star-studded spin on what movie-ready love looks like. → Read More
When Liam Neeson Looks Back at His Career, He Has a Few (but Not Many) Regrets
On the occasion of his 100th film role, the Oscar nominee talks to IndieWire about everything from his favorite films, what he’s watching now, and the crazy role he’s taking on next. → Read More
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Review: Jonathan Majors Towers Over a Tiny MCU Movie
Tasked with introducing the franchise’s next big bad, Peyton Reed’s otherwise fun family adventure crumbles under the weight of expectations. → Read More
Why Charlie Kaufman Made a Short About Human Connection on a Cell Phone
The filmmaker tells IndieWire how he came to re-team with poet Eva H.D. after their "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" collaboration. → Read More
‘Sharper’ Review: Remember When the Whodunit Was Mean? (And Maybe a Little Dumb?)
Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith, and a breakout Briana Middleton star in a handsomely mounted — and often predictable — con artist drama. → Read More
‘Knock at the Cabin’: Did M. Night Shyamalan’s Latest Big Twist Work?
Spoilers: The master of the twist makes some major changes to his latest film’s source material, but do they actually pay off? → Read More
6 of Our Favorite Black Filmmakers Name the Films and Directors Everyone Should Know
We asked Gina Prince-Bythewood, Mariama Diallo, Adamma Ebo, Rashaad Ernesto Green, Carey Williams, and A.V. Rockwell to name their favorites. The result: a fresh curriculum for hungry cinephiles. → Read More
Read Our 15 Most Popular Sundance 2023 Stories, and Feel Like You Were at the Festival
As the annual festival returned to Park City in force, readers were more eager than ever to get a sense of what was happening on the ground. → Read More