Indiewire Articles

2013 Emmy Award Predictions

Indiewire will provide regular updates of our predictions for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be handed out September 22, 2013 with nominations coming July 18th. The nominations will come from an extremely competitive batch of options, from drama ("Mad Men," "Breaking Bad," "Home...

Project of the Day: 'Councilwoman Castillo' Cleans Hotel Rooms in the Day

Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Councilwoman Castillo" Tweetable Logline:

Ang Lee Won't Direct the Pilot for FX's 'Tyrant' After All

"Tyrant," the FX drama from "Homeland" producers Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff, managed a serious coup when it landed Ang Lee as the director of its pilot. The announcement was made in March, less than a month after Lee won the Oscar for Best Director for "Life of Pi," and it was set to be Lee's fir...

Not at Cannes? Celebrate Films About Films & Filmmakers with Indiewire @ Hulu Docs

Kristin Scott Thomas Talks 'Only God Forgives' at Cannes: 'This kind of film is really not my thing'

"She has no problem turning on the bitch switch," said Nicolas Winding Refn of Kristin Scott Thomas in Cannes today. No kidding. In the writer-director's ultra-violent Palme d'Or contender "Only God Forgives" (he won Best Director at the festival in 2011), Scott Thomas does deviates from the upper c...

Cannes: Robert Redford's Strangest Role of His Career Is In J.C. Chandor's 'All Is Lost'

J.C. Chandor's flashy directorial debut "Margin Call" contained a complicated plot involving financial turmoil, an ensemble of name actors and numerous locations. His followup, "All Is Lost," takes place at the complete opposite end of the production scale: Robert Redford spends its entire duration ...

Watch Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke (Via iPhone) Discuss The Highly Anticipated 'Before Midnight'

Five months after it was one of the most discussed and acclaimed films of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Richard Linklater's "Before Midnight" hits theaters this Friday via Sony Pictures Classics. The film -- as you're certainly aware by now -- brings Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy back into their...

Cannes: Guillaume Canet's 'Blood Ties' Starring Marion Cotillard and Clive Owen Coming to Theaters Via Roadside Attractions

Guillaume Canet's Cannes thriller (and English language debut following "Tell No One" and "Little White Lies") "Blood Thriller" has landed with Lionsgate. The studio will release it through its sister company Roadside Attractions.

Strand Buys Sexy Un Certain Regard Hit 'Stranger By the Lake'