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What to Expect from the SAG-AFTRA 2026 Contract Negotiations: AI, Residuals, Health and Pension Plans, and When to Expect a Deal SAG-AFTRA begins talks with the AMPTP on February 9. Here's what to expect from negotiations.

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The Academy Gets Back Into the Content Business, Led by a Familiar Face The Academy has created production arm Academy Studios, led by Jennifer Davidson, now its Chief Marketing, Communications and Content Officer.

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Hollywood Still Needs That Sundance Energy At the final days of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, the festival's enduring power never felt more clear.

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The 17 Best Films of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival Goodbye, Park City, and hello to an assortment of new narrative features, documentaries, and rising stars to celebrate (and get to know better).

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Sundance 2026: Predicting the 12 Films Headed for an Oscar Run IndieWire determines which Sundance 2026 films will become Oscar contenders, including 'Josephine', 'Nuisance Bear', and 'The Invite'.

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Sundance 2026 Movies Sold So Far: Stephanie Ahn’s ‘Bedford Park’ Sells to Sony Pictures Classics All the movies acquired by distributors out of the Sundance Film Festival 2026, updated as they come in.

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Another Messy Awards Season? How the California Post’s Safdies Cover Story Could Impact ‘Marty Supreme’ Oscar Chances Screen Talk hosts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio parse potential impact of a story about the Safdie brothers in the California Post.

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Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema Goes Back to Its Porno Roots This February The revival theater returns to its roots as The Eros with erotic selections by Russ Meyer, Wes Craven, and Radley Metzger — as well as Ingmar Bergman!

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How I Shot That: The Cameras and Lenses Behind 2026 Sundance Documentaries 27 cinematographers tell IndieWire how they captured their stories at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

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2026 WGA Awards Nominations: ‘Weapons,’ ‘Black Bag,’ and More Recognized Alongside Oscar Contenders 'Weapons,' 'Sinners,' 'Hamnet,' 'The Pitt,' and more are among the 2026 WGA Awards nominees. The ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 8.

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Roadside Attractions to Release the 2026 Oscar Nominated Shorts, Presented by Taika Waititi Roadside Attractions will release the 2026 Oscar Nominated Shorts in theaters on 2026, with a presentation by Academy Award winner Taika Waititi.

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‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ Lead 2026 BAFTA Nominations 'One Battle After Another' leads the 2026 BAFTA Film Award nominations with 14. See the full list.

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2026 ACE Eddie Award Nominees Include ‘F1,’ ‘Sinners,’ and ‘Weapons’ Nominees for best editing include "F1," "Sinners," "Weapons," and "Hamnet."

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The 30 Most Important Sundance Films of All Time The best Sundance movies of all time: Past Lives, American Psycho, Get Out, Hereditary, Call Me By Your Name, Whiplash, The Big Lebowski, and more.

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‘Send Help’ Review: Sam Raimi Manages the Hell Out of Rachel McAdams’ Best Comedy Since ‘Mean Girls’ Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien kill it in Sam Raimi's "Send Help," a hilarious horror comedy about a crash landing and C-suite cruelty. Review.

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‘Zi’ Review: Kogonada Rediscovers His Voice with a Micro-Budget Hong Kong Experiment Starring Michelle Mao and Haley Lu Richardson Following a tough foray into studio filmmaking, the "Columbus" director rebounds with a DIY curio about a wayward artist's journey back to herself.

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Kogonada Asked Six Friends to Fly Themselves to Hong Kong. Three Weeks Later, They Left with a Movie FIRST INTERVIEW: Kogonada and his team discuss collaborating on the new film 'Zi,' which is premiering at Sundance.

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‘The History of Concrete’ Review: John Wilson Illustrates How to Get Over a Beloved TV Show with a Moving and Hilarious Meditation on Death DMX, Hallmark movies, Kim Kardashian, and public diarrhea are just some of the countless things mixed into John Wilson's excellent debut feature.

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At the Oscar Nominations Ceremony, ‘Sinners’ Was the People’s Champion Inside the 2026 Oscar nomination ceremony, and the nominations — like 'Sinners,' 'Sirat,' and Kate Hudson for 'Song Sung Blue' — that got reactions.

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Now You Can Help Acquire and Release Movies Out of Festivals Like Sundance Equity crowdfunding company Legion M launched a film fund that lets fans invest directly into a movie's marketing and distribution.

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‘Rosebush Pruning’ with Riley Keough, ‘At the Sea’ with Amy Adams Among 22 Films in Berlinale Competition See the lineups for the Competition and Perspectives sections at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival.

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How ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Brings Back the Franchise’s Most Enduring Character Spoilers: The way Cillian Murphy shows up in '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' may surprise some. Director Nia DaCosta on the return of Jim.

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‘The Bride’ Trailer: Maggie Gyllenhaal Unveils Her Punk Rock Take on One of Cinema’s Misunderstood Monsters Watch Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale in the trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride.'

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After the 2026 Golden Globes, Count on International Oscar Love, from Stellan Skarsgård to ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ The 2026 Golden Globes anticipate much international Oscar love, from Stellan Skarsgard to 'KPop Demon Hunters.'

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Oliver Laxe (Sirat) at the BAFTA tea party. He is taking it slow on figuring out his next movie.

Franklin Leonard and Wagner Moura at the BAFTA tea party.

Sinners star Michael B. Jordan at BAFTA party.

The Annual AFI Awards Lunch Allows Rivals to Chill With no winners and losers, there's more friendly networking and companionship at the AFI Awards lunch.

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Ethan Hawke and George Clooney at AFI Awards. One of the most fun chill events of the season.