IndieWire https://www.indiewire.com The Voice of Creative Independence Fri, 22 May 2026 19:11:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.indiewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cropped-iw_favicon.png?w=32 IndieWire https://www.indiewire.com 32 32 112084106 Audiences Expecting an AI Dystopia in ‘Sheep in the Box’ Get Something Much Stranger from Hirokazu Koreeda https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/hirokazu-koreeda-sheep-in-the-box-cannes-interview-1235195862/ Fri, 22 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.indiewire.com/?p=1235195862 1235195862 How Do We Adapt to the Age of AI While ‘Protecting the Soul’ of Cinema? https://www.indiewire.com/news/events/clever-caboose-cannes-american-pavilion-panel-watch-1235195381/ Fri, 22 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.indiewire.com/?p=1235195381 1235195381 The American Pavilion Presented by IndieWire Announces Winners of the 2026 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes https://www.indiewire.com/news/events/american-pavilion-emerging-filmmaker-showcase-winners-2026-1235195798/ Fri, 22 May 2026 18:15:00 +0000 https://www.indiewire.com/?p=1235195798 1235195798 How World-Class Filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev Came Back to Life for ‘Minotaur’ https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/andrey-svyagintsev-cannes-interview-minotaur-1235195741/ Fri, 22 May 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.indiewire.com/?p=1235195741 1235195741 Critic’s Notebook: The Best Films at Cannes 2026 Challenged Us to Redraw Our Relationship to Reality https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/critics-notebook-cannes-2026-1235195784/ Fri, 22 May 2026 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.indiewire.com/?p=1235195784 1235195784 ‘Mating Season’ Review: Nick Kroll’s Animated Netflix Comedy Is Too Much and Too Little Like ‘Big Mouth’ https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/mating-season-review-netflix-animated-series-big-mouth-1235195521/ Fri, 22 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.indiewire.com/?p=1235195521 1235195521 ‘Coward’ Review: Lukas Dhont’s Study of the Gay Yearning Between Beautiful WWI Soldiers Is His Best Film Yet https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/coward-review-lukas-dhont-1235195618/ Fri, 22 May 2026 16:36:43 +0000 https://www.indiewire.com/?p=1235195618 yet another story of queer repression and suffering from the director of "Girl" and "Close," and it's often breathtaking, whether in battle or the bedroom, even if too decorous to really steal your heart away.]]> 1235195618 ‘How We Grieve’ Trailer: PBS Doc Series Produced by Rachel Bloom Preps Us for Our Turn in the Urn https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/how-we-grieve-trailer-rachel-bloom-pbs-documentary-series-1235194736/ Fri, 22 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.indiewire.com/?p=1235194736 1235194736 ‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Second Slow Western Gradually Ebbs Away https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-dreamed-adventure-review-1235195787/ Fri, 22 May 2026 16:25:26 +0000 https://www.indiewire.com/?p=1235195787 1235195787 At 24, John Singleton Became the Youngest Director to Be Nominated for an Oscar — and He Only Got Better https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/john-singleton-hood-trilogy-criterion-release-1235193791/ Fri, 22 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.indiewire.com/?p=1235193791 1235193791 ‘Saccharine’ Review: Natalie Erika James’ Gross-Out Body Horror Is Stuffed with Great Effects and Way Too Many Ideas https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/saccharine-review-natalie-erika-james-body-horror-1235174733/ Fri, 22 May 2026 15:28:42 +0000 https://www.indiewire.com/?p=1235174733 1235174733 Cannes 2026 Movies Sold So Far: ‘Rehearsals for a Revolution,’ L’Oeil d’Or-Winning Documentary, Lands at Sony Pictures Classics https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/cannes-2026-movies-sold-so-far-paper-tiger-minotaur-1235191174/ Fri, 22 May 2026 15:05:50 +0000 https://www.indiewire.com/?p=1235191174 1235191174