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'Fatherland' Director Pawel Pawlikowski Oct 28, 2026

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With his newest film "Fatherland" staring Sandra Hüller, director Pawel Pawlikowski completes his unofficial trilogy of films looking at the historic past. Listen to hear how the style and themes from "Ida" and "Cold War" evolved in this third film, crafting a contemplative roadtrip, and what Pavel thinks of his own homeland.

Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/AWVJvyfRvKc

Read our review of "Fatherland" - https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/fatherland-review-sandra-huller-pawel-pawlikowski-1235193023/

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'Making Marie Antoinette' Producer Sofia Coppola Oct 23, 2026

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During the making of her boundary breaking period drama "Marie Antoinette," Sofia Coppola's mother Eleanor shot hundreds of hours of behind the scenes footage. Sofia and her long time editor Aaron Mathews assembled it into a feature length documentary, with the aid of Diane Lane reading the late Eleanor's journals from the set. She opened up with IndieWire's Chris O'Falt about the intimate access a filmmaker grants their own mother, working under the shadow of her father's reputation for grandeur, and her pride in her mother's art.

Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/hoolI1MqOO4

Read our full review of "Making Marie Antoinette" - https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/making-marie-antoinette-documentary-movie-review-1235214956/

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'You Can See Everything' & 'Primetime' Director Lance Oppenheim Oct 19, 2026

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Lance Oppenheim is a favorite guest on the Filmmaker Toolkit; a director who loves dissecting his process. Lance has two films in theaters that demand this kind of breakdown more than any this year. First, we dig into the Elizabeth Holmes documentary he co-directed with Nathan Fielder, 'You Can See Everything.' Lance explains the web of confusion and falsehoods they were drawn into by Holmes, often disagreeing about the nature of what they had just captured on camera.

Then we cover Lance's first scripted feature 'Primetime,' including how he got Robert Pattinson on board and how his brand of narrative documentary adapted to fiction filmmaking. (33:18)

Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/-9_2sAeltZw

Read the breakdown of how 'Primetime' shot on 12 formats - https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/primetime-cinematography-explained-colonoscopy-camera-robert-pattinson-1235219102/

More on A24's unique marketing plan for 'You Can See Everything' - https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/you-can-see-everything-a24-hopes-preserve-secrets-elizabeth-holmes-1235222048/

Read our full review of 'You Can See Everything' - https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/you-can-see-everything-review-nathan-fielder-1235215268/

and 'Primetime' - https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/a24-primetime-movie-review-robert-pattinson-chris-hansen-1235215068/

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'Fjord' Director Cristian Mungiu Oct 14, 2026

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Director Cristian Mungiu ("4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days") uses his films to challenge audience's morals and sense of justice. In his newest film, the Palme d'Or winning "Fjord," Mungiu follows an immigrant Romanian family targeted by Norwegian child protective services for their conservative beliefs. Our challenging conversation digs into the messy morality of a progressive nation enforcing its beliefs with authoritarian practices, and how Mungiu writes his films to place the viewer in the role of jurist.

Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/tBK4KDuGRE4

Read our full review of "Fjord" - https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/fjord-movie-review-sebastian-stan-renate-reinsve-1235194645/

Read our interview with 'Fjord' star Sebastian Stan - https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/sebastian-stan-fjord-politics-batman-part-ii-bald-1235221322/

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'The Social Reckoning' Director Aaron Sorkin Oct 10, 2026

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The legendary screenwriter returns to the subject that won him an Oscar for "The Social Network," this time in the director's chair. Hear Sorkin explain how he tried to get David Fincher to direct, replacing Jesse Eisenberg with Jeremy Strong's intense transformation into the Facebook founder, and why America's growing political extremism made him change his mind about "not wanting to jump up and down" on Zuckerberg. We also explore the making of the 2010 original film, and even touch a bit on 'The West Wing.'

Watch this conversation on IndieWire's YouTube page - https://youtu.be/oALqrCNI2pk

Read our profile of Sorkin's collaboration with casting director Francine Maisler - https://www.indiewire.com/influencers/aaron-sorkin-francine-maisler/

Mikey Maddison on why she was drawn to this more 'restrained' role - https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/mikey-madison-the-social-reckoning-after-anora-1235220304/

Production Designer Jon Hutman breaks down building Meta HQ - https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/the-social-reckoning-facebook-shooting-locations-vancouver-1235221151/

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'Misty Green' Director Chris Rock Oct 09, 2026

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In his fourth film as writer and director, Chris Rock is coming out as a cinephile. In this conversation with IndieWire's Chris O'Falt, Rock shares his love for independent filmmakers like Alexander Payne and Noah Baumbach, and how he is trying to be taken seriously as a director of personal, dramatic films. We also discuss casting and collaborating with the film's star Rosalind Eleazar, and stumble into some fun anecdotes from Rock's comedy past.

Watch this conversation on IndieWire's YouTube page - https://youtu.be/jiBbivUZA3E

Watch the trailer for "Misty Green" - https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/chris-rock-misty-green-trailer-hollywood-drama-a24-1235206552/

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'48HRS' Director Walter Hill Oct 01, 2026

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In a live edition of Filmmaker Toolkit, writer-director Walter Hill joins IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill at the American Cinematheque for a post-screening discussion of his action-comedy classic “48HRS.” Hill discusses casting Eddie Murphy, designing one of the great long takes of the 1980s, and what he thinks his imitators got wrong in the buddy films that came later.

Read Walter Hill reflect on the making of another of his classics, "The Warriors" - https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/walter-hill-interview-warriors-1235142531/

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'Heart of the Beast' Director David Ayer Sep 24, 2026

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Through films like "Fury," "End of Watch" and "The Beekeeper" David Ayer has proven himself an auteur of visceral action and male emotion. His newest has him re-teaming with Brad Pitt to show off a side of the star (and himself) that we have not seen on screen before. Hear Ayer share how his time on a nuclear submarine helped him as a director, his philosophy of violence on screen, and how having a dog on set can make even the longest shoot days possible.

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'The History of Concrete' Director John Wilson Sep 17, 2026

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For his feature documentary debut, director John Wilson takes us into (and far, far beyond) the history of a substance that forms the foundation of the modern world. He sat down with IndieWire's Sarah Shachat to discuss the difference in audience interaction from TV to film, file management, the drone photography epidemic, starting a micro-cinema, filming Kylie Jenner at a party, and much more.

Watch the trailer for "The History of Concrete" - https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/john-wilson-the-history-of-concrete-trailer-1235213146/

And read our full review - https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-history-of-concrete-movie-review-john-wilson-1235174386/

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'Hope' Director Na Hong-jin Sep 11, 2026

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After creating one of the biggest waves of any film to ever hit the Cannes Film Festival, Director Na Hong-jin is bringing his genre defying spectacle "Hope" to theaters. IndieWire's Chris O'Falt could not wait to dive into the incredible world building, audacious motion capture CGI, and some of the most spectacular action filmmaking we've seen in in a while.

Skip to 27:16 to hear Director Na Hong-jin's full answers in Korean.

Watch the trailer for "Hope'" - https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/hope-trailer-na-hong-jin-1235204304/

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