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When the Emmys Sank and ‘The Irishman’ Soared: It’s the IndieWire Weekly Recap
Editor in Chief Dana Harris breaks down the top stories, including 25 hot new TV shows, the start of Oscar season, that ranting racist costumer, and more. → Read More
After Heather Patton’s Racist Rant Goes Viral, a Fellow Costumer Seeks Her Union Expulsion
The LAPD has opened a hate crime investigation, and longtime Ryan Murphy costumer Sarah de Sa Rego wants IATSE Local 705 members to demand her expulsion. → Read More
TIFF Proved ‘Joker’ Is a Major Oscar Contender That Could Go All the Way
Debates over Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix's arthouse superhero movie should continue all the way to the Oscars. → Read More
At TIFF, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer Say Some Movies Don’t Need Wide Release and That’s OK
Small movies at the festival move toward theatrical release while star-driven titles like "Marriage Story" embrace streaming. → Read More
Disney Declares Hollywood’s Future: Big Movies in Theaters, Everything Else Is Streaming
The $170 million loss barely registered as a blip, but Bob Iger's Q3 earnings call will serve as a template for how Hollywood moves forward. → Read More
Tribeca Sale: How Robert De Niro’s Film Festival Became an ‘Attention Economy’ Player
James Murdoch and former Fox executive Joe Marchese are betting the company can shape the future of commerce and culture. → Read More
Bob Berney Is Leaving Amazon Studios, Which Faces a Challenging Future
His decision comes as his contract ends — but Amazon Studios now operates in a world that's very different than it was four years ago. → Read More
MPAA 2018 Entertainment Report: Nontheatrical Thrives As Global Box Office Goes Flat
The revenue gap between entertainment inside and outside theaters has doubled, and more people now subscribe to streamers than to cable. → Read More
Kevin Hart Steps Down From Hosting the Oscars: ‘I Do Not Want To Be A Distraction’
Hosting the Academy Awards is his dream, but not if it means saying he's sorry for homophobic tweets: "I've done it. I've done it." → Read More
Introducing the New IndieWire Homepage: More Awards, Festival Coverage, and Breaking News
IndieWire's new homepage provides a more efficient overview of all our latest coverage. → Read More
‘Ray Donovan’ Season 6 Review: A Move to the Big Apple Means Small Drama
The new season brings us Ray as schlubby Wolverine, stumbling through the streets of Staten Island. It's not a good look. → Read More
Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, and Melissa McCarthy Get Filthy at STX CinemaCon Presentation
Wahlberg can't stop talking about Berg's nipples, while Melissa McCarthy does drugs with Muppets in "The Happytime Murders." → Read More
MPAA Report: Asian and Latino Audiences Love Movies Most, but North American Moviegoing Is in Decline
The MPAA annual report showed Americans now spend 49 percent of their media time on a digital platform. → Read More
Sundance 2018: The 12 Best Movies of This Year’s Festival
From impressive first-timers to reliable talent delivering on expectations, here are the highlights from this year's festival. → Read More
Ben Stiller to Direct Jonah Hill in Adaptation of Sundance-Winning Documentary ‘We Live in Public’ — Sundance 2018
Ondi Timoner announced the project at a panel discussing her career — including "Mapplethorpe," her scripted debut that Sundance accepted but she couldn't screen. → Read More
Sundance 2017 Reality Check: How the Big Deals Did at the Box Office
"The Big Sick," "Patti Cake$," "A Ghost Story," and other big buys of last year's Sundance Film Festival: Some numbers aren't pretty. → Read More
Destroying the Harvey Weinsteins of Hollywood Demands Actions Beyond Twitter — Opinion
Weinstein is ruined, but it would be naive in the extreme to believe that’s enough. → Read More
Harry Knowles to Step Down From Ain’t It Cool News After Sexual Assault Accusations
He founded Ain't It Cool News in 1996, and will spend time on "therapy, detox and getting to a better place." → Read More
Harry Knowles Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Austin Woman Two Decades Ago, and Drafthouse Owners Didn’t Take Action
Jasmine Baker said it took place at a Drafthouse event — but believes positive changes are coming for Tim League's theater chain. → Read More
Devin Faraci Was Rehired After Sexual Assault Allegations: What Was Tim League Thinking?
After it became public that the Alamo Drafthouse founder quietly welcomed Faraci back to his company, the independent film community is left wondering why in the hell he did this. → Read More