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Backrooms" and Obsession" Aren"t the Year"s Only Box Office Horror Hits
5+ hour, 5+ min ago (288+ words) Everyone in the horror-loving world has been talking about "Backrooms" and "Obsession" for what feels like forever. The two breakout hits, from twenty-something filmmakers Kane Parsons and Curry Barker, dominated box office conversation in Q2 " cutting through a panicked entertainment landscape…...
Fantasia's 30th Edition Will Open with Nicolas Winding Refn's "Her Private Hell' " Final Lineup
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (340+ words) Thirty years since their respective foundings, it feels especially fitting that Indie Wire be the outlet to exclusively unveil the final wave of titles for Fantasia's landmark anniversary edition. Running July 16 through August 2 in Montreal, Canada, this year's festival reflects…...
Silo" Exits Its Titular Location, as Season 3 Turns Into a Riveting Political Thriller with a Brand New Timeline
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (1404+ words) Season 2 left heroic engineer Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) and her antagonist Bernard (Tim Robbins) in dire circumstances, possibly getting flash-fried while the titular Silo " an underground bunker 300 or so years in the future, populated by 10, 000 people who have never seen the…...
The Australian Gothic Costumes of "Leviticus" Deliver Yearning as Vast as the Outback
20+ hour, 2+ min ago (241+ words) But Castellano sees horror as the genre space wherein we can actually come face to face with the monstrous forces making the world so unsafe for queer people, and come out the other side " costumes, especially specifically chosen contemporary clothing,…...
What's a CAA? Vid Con, Cannes Lions, and Hard Questions
20+ hour, 5+ min ago (725+ words) Some 6, 000 miles away, Cannes Lions was on day four of its extraordinary transition from annual advertising boondoggle into a full-on creators-go-Hollywood takeover. (That's still a work in progress. Although CAA showed up at Lions for the first time with a…...
Indie Specialized Box Office Chart: Olivia Wilde's "The Invite' Outpaces Other A24 Platform Openings
1+ day, 29+ min ago (373+ words) Indie Wire each week exclusively shares a'box office'chart via Rentrak looking at the top 10 releases in specialized release, presented in full with added commentary. Last week, John Early's "Maddie's Secret" grossed $58, 206 from a single screen, and this week, Olivia Wilde's…...
Minions & Monsters" Review: Illumination"s Mascots Prove Surprisingly Charming in a Golden Age of Hollywood-Inspired Throwback
22+ hour, 5+ min ago (1220+ words) Indie Wire "Minions & Monsters" Review: Illumination"s Mascots Prove Surprisingly Charming in a Golden Age of Hollywood-Inspired Throwback When Tik Tok feeds were flooded with videos of hordes of teen and college-aged boys wearing formal suits to screenings of "Minions:…...
The Best New 4 K and Blu-ray Releases in July 2026
22+ hour, 35+ min ago (226+ words) Summer movie season's heating up, and if you're not enthused by what's at the multiplex, stay indoors, enjoy the AC, and kick back with some classics on home video. Indie Wire's July picks include a couple of first-of-their-kind releases, from…...
Alamo Drafthouse to Release Undistributed Festival Films, Starting with Butthole Surfers Documentary
23+ hour, 35+ min ago (524+ words) Indie Wire Alamo Drafthouse to Release Undistributed Festival Films, Starting with Butthole Surfers Documentary We were thrilled to see Letterboxd get in on the distribution game with digital rentals of some under-seen and even un-released films being available through their…...
Why "Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia" Could Be 2026"s Most Fascinating Historical Anime
1+ day, 35+ min ago (505+ words) While fantasy anime is getting a lot of attention thanks to shows like "Witch Hat Atelier," "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End," and "Delicious in Dungeon," historical anime is also having a bit of a moment. In 2025, Netflix released "Orb: On the…...