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How Sony Pictures Classics Picked Up Four Pictures at Sundance

‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ ‘The Martian’ and ‘The Revenant’ Take Art Directors Guild Honors

Oscars: Evaluating the Best Editing Nominees

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Screen Actors Guild Awards Winners

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Seizes VFX Oscar Momentum

Sumner Redstone Has Finally Resigned from CBS Corp. and Viacom, Replaced by CBS Chief Les Moonves and Viacom’s Philippe Dauman

Sundance Doc Audience Award Winner ‘Jim: The James Foley Story’ Paints Harrowing Portrait of ISIS Captive

Sundance Video: How Screenwriter and Hollywood Exec James Schamus Made his Directing Debut with ‘Indignation’

SXSW Adds World Premieres from Alumni Mike Birbiglia and Ti West to 2016 Lineup

Top 10 Takeaways: ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ Boosts Box Office

Universal Rejiggers Its Specialty Division Again

WATCH: Josh Brolin on His ‘Christ-Like’ Character in the Coen Brothers’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Why George Miller Should Win DGA Award and Directing Oscar for ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’

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‘Portlandia’ Star Carrie Brownstein on How ‘Six Feet Under’ Inspired Her To Take Risks on TV — Turn It On Podcast

Also: The story behind her favorite “Portlandia” episode of all time, “The Story of Toni and Candace,” and whether she and Fred Armisen will ever revisit the show.

Emmys: Will ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Triumph Over ‘Game of Thrones,’ and ‘Atlanta’ Over ‘Mrs. Maisel’? — Screen Talk Emmy Edition

Episode 13: The outstanding drama, comedy, and limited series Emmy races may appear to have their frontrunners, but surprises are possible at next month’s ceremony.

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There are many exciting movies around the corner, but we already have much to celebrate.

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Producer Bruce Miller On How the ‘ER’ Pilot Changed the Way He Writes — Turn It On Podcast

The Emmy-nominated showrunner discusses how 1994’s two-hour “ER” premiere “24 Hours” changed TV. Plus: His favorite “The Handmaid’s Tale” episode.

Criterion’s ‘The Tree of Life’ Is Not a Director’s Cut, but a New Movie From Terrence Malick

Malick says that the new, 188-minute edit of his 2011 drama starring Brad Pitt is another version altogether.

Spike Lee’s Longtime Editor: ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Was His Quickest Cut Since ‘Do the Right Thing’

Barry Alexander Brown tells IndieWire about the pair's long-time working relationship, the important lesson he took from “Malcolm X,” and discovering that the actual David Duke was in Charlottesville.

‘Madeline’s Madeline’: Why the Dreamy Movie’s Surreal Imagery Took Six Years and Many Experiments to Get Right

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