If the government’s long-awaited child poverty strategy, launched on Friday, was a bit of a damp squib, that is because the best bit had been absorbed by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, in last month’s budget. The decision to remove the two-child limit, which prevented parents from claiming child-linked benefits for third or subsequent children, is…
At the 2025 IndieWire Honors ceremony, German actress Nina Hoss reminded the room why she’s one of the most quietly radical performers working today. Known for her thunderous turn as Cate Blanchett’s suffering wife in “Tár,” Hoss has re-emerged in director Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda” with a role so striking it cemented her as this year’s…
Will you be seeing a pantomime this year? Birmingham’s got Gok Wan and Biggins in Robin Hood, Bradford has Sinitta in Snow White, while Bromley landed Su Pollard for Beauty and the Beast. And at the end of YouTube’s infinite pier, there’s The Liz Truss Show, starring She’s-Behind-You herself. Curtain up on that one is…
Wagner Moura, star of the new film “The Secret Agent,” was presented with IndieWire Honors‘ Performance Award during a December 4 ceremony at Nya West in Los Angeles. While accepting the award, the Brazilian actor was both playful — dancing a samba as he walked up to the stage — and serious, giving a speech…
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With the release date of Oscar-winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” adaptation growing nearer, it should be a great time for Emily Brontë fans. But instead, every new piece of intel about the film, which stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Cathy and Heathcliff, leaves serious bibliophiles feeling left out in the cold. The rift began with the “Promising Young Woman” director’s choice of Robbie and Elordi as…
Bad pizza is still pizza, and for die-hard fans of Scott Cawthon’s viral horror video games, “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” should be satisfying enough. Still, swapping empty calories for real artistic fuel (something the film industry desperately needs right now), Blumhouse’s fine-enough follow-up to its hit adaptation from 2023 looks and feels like a…