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Two days after Rupert Grint’s candid, and possibly sarcastic, declaration — “Obviously I’m against (fascism)” — reverberated across Potsdamer Platz and became a meme, Berlin Film Festival…
Carlos Ponce has joined the cast of the upcoming indie dramedy “Hurricane Seasons,” which is currently in post-production after wrapping filming in New York and Puerto Rico. Ponce joins…
Indie beauty is growing faster in fragrance than in any other category. A new indie beauty report from NIQ shows that in 2025, indie fragrance sales grew 46.3 percent versus the year…
Lewis Horwitz, the American film executive and producer dubbed Hollywood’s “King of Indie Film Finance,” died on Dec. 19. He was 90. Horwitz began his career as a bank teller in Los…
Filmmaker Judy Lei has assembled an ensemble cast for her comedy-driven drama “Biz of Viz.” Yao (“Sinners“) and Emmy winner Jodi Long (“Dash & Lily,” “Sullivan & Son”) lead the cast…
Greta Lee has just indulged in her first few days off in seven weeks, and she has the stains to prove it. “I have to show you,” she says, reaching into her bag to pull out her phone. Soon…
The Jokers Films has acquired French distribution rights to Barunson E&A’s “The World of Love,” the top-grossing independent Korean film at the 2025 local box office. The acquisition deal…
With gold prices hitting new highs, and poised to climb further in 2026, independent fine jewelers have been getting even more creative in the way they design and how they do business.…
We’re now in the thick of the fall movie season, but you wouldn’t know it from how skimpy the box office is, or how muted the chatter. Simply put: Where have all the indie hits gone? Not…
Alexandre O. Philippe has made films about Lynch, Hitchcock or William Friedkin. But there’s one that got away. At least for now. “Nicolas Roeg. He holds more mysteries to me than any…
For Milan-based producer Massimo Fabbro, the upcoming U.S. release of “Trifole” — which he calls “this tiny film from a tiny corner of Italy” — marks a feat on a par with scoring the…
There’s a scene in Netflix’s “Too Much” in which the heroine, an American transplant in London, listens to a playlist curated by her new British paramour. (Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe…
Henry Jaglom, the indie filmmaker who directed films including “Always” (1985), “New Year’s Day” (1989), “Last Summer in the Hamptons” (1995) and “Déjà Vu” (1997), has died, according to…
Principal photography has started this week on “Actual Bodies,” writer and director Alex Wyse’s indie dramedy starring “Grease” star Didi Conn and Austin P. McKenzie. The official…
It felt like a moment from “Severance.” That’s how Fifth Season co-CEOs Chris Rice and Graham Taylor described waking up in July to the news that the company’s Apple TV+ drama was top of…
As an executive who once supervised CBS News, Wendy McMahon made frequent appearances in “Status,” the media-industry newsletter written by Oliver Darcy and published via the platform…
A film editor friend of mine makes the same complaint every time I see him: “No one makes movies about the way people live now.” It’s not incorrect. The “slice of life” genre doesn’t…
Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall make quite the pair in “Tuner.” Hoffman’s character, veteran piano technician Harry Horowitz, is losing his hearing, while his people-shy apprentice (played…
Poland’s American Film Festival is ready to celebrate its Sweet Sixteen in November. Its industry strand US in Progress is accepting submissions until Sept. 10, looking for narrative…
Boutique creator management company Project15 has been acquired by indie agency UnderCurrent Talent. Founded in 2019 by CEO Eric Bogard and partners Adam Bogard and Aaron Hoffman,…
The growth in studio space across the U.K. looks set to continue with the announcement of a new facility in the north-east of England. Turnover Studios is the latest initiative of Turnover…
Steve Madden is ringing in the upcoming fall season with a new four-part campaign series, “Everyone Has Something to Say About Shoes,” inspired by indie cinema. These witty vignettes, in…
Mickey Rourke, Mekhi Phifer and Udo Kier are teaming to lead “Mascots,” an independent thriller beginning production in Southern California in the fall. Written and directed by Kerry…
To be in the know when it comes to fashion can vary from person to person, but the usual tell-tale signs are that brands like Khaite and Toteme are in their vocabulary. And presumably…
