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James Gray Predicts ‘Obscene’ AI Push Will Fail and Shooting on Film Will Have a ‘Vinyl’ Comeback

Gray returned to celluloid and embraced vintage tools on “Paper Tiger,” telling IndieWire he is “trying to get at a humanity” he believes is getting lost with new technology.

Better Call ABQ: Why Shooting in New Mexico Keeps the Ambition of ‘Pluribus’ Grounded

Showrunner Vince Gilligan tells IndieWire about finding more ways to make Albuquerque look enchanting, even as his team crafts a world-spanning story.

About That ‘Super Bowl Moment’ in the Middle of ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’

Writer and director Jane Schoenbrun tells IndieWire about the hours of prep (and Counting Crows) that went into the slasher sequence in the middle of their latest film.

‘House of the Dragon’ Only Wants to Get More Unhinged from Here

Series co-creator and showrunner Ryan Condal tells IndieWire about closing the door and/or window on older parts of the show and opening new ones.

Why Do Most Biopics Stink? ‘Tony’ and ‘BlackBerry’ Director Matt Johnson Explains

Filmmaker Matt Johnson tells IndieWire the three ways he avoided the biopic trap with his new film about Anthony Bourdain.

‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Is Bloodthirsty for Artifice

Writer and director Jane Schoenbrun tells IndieWire about pushing their latest film to boldly go to places that look artificial and feel real.

How Faithful Is ‘Tony’ to Anthony Bourdain’s Life?

Director Matt Johnson on Bourdain’s self-mythologizing in “Kitchen Confindential” and where he took poetic license in telling the story his Provincetown kitchen days.

At 66, Gregg Araki Is Still Indie Film’s Youthful Rebel

The director of "I Want Your Sex" tells IndieWire about how he's changed while still adhering to the DIY ethos of early punk rock classics like "The Doom Generation."

Gregg Araki Made His Reputation Directing Sex in the Age Before Intimacy Coordinators — Did Using One Change His Process?

Araki talks about working with Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, and intimacy coordinator Yehuda Duenyas to craft the sex scenes in "I Want Your Sex."

Nick Antosca Made ‘Cape Fear’ His Own with Scorsese and Spielberg’s Blessing — and Their Notes

The showrunner of Apple's hit series tells the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast about working with Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg as producers, finding a worthy Max Cady in Javier Bardem, and why the finale deviated from the ending of Scorsese's 1991 film.