“Loudermilk” just got a whole lot louder. In December 2023 on Amazon Prime Video, the Peter Farrelly (“There’s Something About Mary,” “Dumb & Dumber”) comedy starring Ron Livingston (who plays the titular Loudermilk), Will Sasso, and Anja Savcic ranked 828th among all streaming shows, according to Reelgood. Now on Netflix, it’s ninth. Even “Suits” could get jealous of that bump. …
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Werner Herzog didn’t make it through all of “Barbie,” though it doesn’t sound like he loved the bits he did see. On the “Piers Morgan: Uncensored” TV show, Morgan asked the legendary filmmaker if he’s on Team Barbie or Team Oppenheimer. The answer was neither, though each was out for very different reasons. “I have not seen ‘Oppenheimer’ yet, but …
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Christopher Nolan‘s films are always immersive cinematic experiences, but “Oppenheimer” is an extraordinary piece of work even by the standards of the director who made “The Dark Knight,” “Inception,” and “Interstellar.” From its opening moments, the movie hardwires the audience’s synapses to the emotional experiences of its two lead characters, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his nemesis, Lewis Strauss, as …
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[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Season 23, Episode 4 of “Law & Order.”] Among Sam Waterston’s last words as Jack McCoy was “integrity.” The film and television actor walked away from “Law & Order” for good Thursday night, February 22, ending his 30-year stint as Dick Wolf’s most recognizable Manhattan D.A. in a mixed bag of an episode. …
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On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age. First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing. Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation. The Pitch: In Defense of Female Hysteria …
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Wes Anderson is driving through the Spanish countryside with his eight-year-old daughter, Freya; it’s her school holiday. At the end of our half-hour phone conversation, he reaches Barcelona. He has always loved making shorts, clocking a dozen since his career launched with 1993 Sundance entry “Bottle Rocket,” the short that inspired his eventual debut feature of the same name, when …
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Destin Daniel Cretton is leaving the world of superheroes and comic books behind for a land of ninjas and manga. The “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” director will write a live-action adaptation of “Naruto,” one of the most popular manga series of all time, IndieWire has confirmed. Created by mangaka Masashi Kishimoto, “Naruto” is set in an …
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The César Awards are always the biggest night of the year for French cinema, but the massive award season impact of “Anatomy of a Fall” ensured that this year’s event took on additional importance for Oscar watchers around the globe. When the 49th César Awards took place in Paris on Friday night, all eyes were on Justine Triet and her …
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The 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards are almost here. The 2024 ceremony will be hosted by “SNL” alum and “Shrill” creator Aidy Bryant, who follows past Spirit Awards hosts including Hasan Minhaj, Megan Mullaly and Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, Kate McKinnon, and Sarah Silverman. The 39th annual ceremony will take place this Sunday, February 25, …
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In 2017, the venerable “Star Trek” science fiction franchise had gone a full twelve years without a new series, after UPN aired the series finale of “Enterprise” in 2005. That changed when Paramount released “Star Trek: Discovery” on their CBS All Access (since rebranded to Paramount+) streamer, kicking off a new era for the IP. Now, seven years later, the …
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