In the spirit of us both being fans of Japanese anime, specifically the shōnen genre that filled Cartoon Network and Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block, like “Dragon Ball Z” and “My Hero Academia,” I ask Critics Choice and Golden Globe Award nominee Michael B. Jordan what arc his career is currently in. As we sit…
The formula for stable government, according to Britain’s constitution, is a big parliamentary majority and divided opposition. Sir Keir Starmer’s predicament proves that those conditions are not sufficient. The prime minister’s inability to convince voters that he has an agenda for national renewal, and the demoralising effect that has had on the Labour party, make…
Khalil Joseph’s “BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions” is a singular film that required its own unique process. Loosely adapted from an ongoing museum installation about a fictional news channel documenting the Black experience in America, the acclaimed video essay encompasses the work of multiple artists and a massive amount of archival footage from every corner of…
The UK pushed hard to secure the release of Jimmy Lai, the newspaper publisher and British citizen who was a leading light in Hong Kong’s brutally suppressed pro-democracy movement. So, too, did press freedom and human rights campaigners. But the Beijing-appointed high court judges in the former colony convicted him anyway, finding Lai guilty last…
The “Avatar” franchise is beloved for several reasons, from its incredible action to its pioneering use of 3D special effects. But if there’s a main appeal to James Cameron’s mega blockbuster series, it’s stepping into the world of Pandora and the culture of the Na’vi, which is brought to life in part by production design….
“Fallout” Season 2 debuts on Prime Video this Wednesday, December 17, and with it comes 2025’s final chance to live up to the long-promised “big moment for video game adaptations.” That’s a lot of pressure to put on series star Ella Purnell, but someone has to do something at a time when the Warner Bros….
For Tory grandees licking their wounds and plotting their return after their disastrous 2024 general election performance, the opulent, fire-lit rooms of the exclusive club 5 Hertford Street are a sanctuary. But in recent weeks, their long lunches have been rudely interrupted by Liz Truss, who has been accused of wandering the premises in search…
Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) has announced filmmaker Jessica Sanders as the recipient of the 2025 Lynn Shelton Of a Certain Age Grant, as IndieWire shares exclusively. Co-founded by Duplass Brothers Productions (DBP) with NWFF, the grant is now in its sixth year. It awards $25,000 to a U.S.-based woman, nonbinary, or transgender filmmaker, age 39…
Nigel Farage is storing up trouble by welcoming yet another tranche of Conservative defectors to Reform UK’s ranks. I should know. When I was chief whip, nothing united a party quite as much as a defection. Old enemies call a truce from their daily hostilities to turn all the available ire on the traitor in…