Film News 2026-08-22

• Michael Wright, ‘The Five Heartbeats’ and ‘Oz’ Star, Dies at 70
  Indie Wire
• Nearly a Century Later, Sci-Fi Western Film Serial ‘The Phantom Empire’ Still Feels Like the Future
  Indie Wire
• Why ‘The End of Oak Street’ Deserved Better at the Box Office
  Indie Wire
• Top of the Line: Why Vince Gilligan Isn’t Stressed About Streaming
  Indie Wire
• ‘Niu Lai,’ the $200 Chinese Animated Film Taking Social Media by Storm, Might Be ‘The Room’ for a New Generation
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• What the Hell Is Indie Slop? How the Video Game Insult Found Indie Film
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• How ‘Beef’ Director Jake Schreier Builds a Oner for Maximum Anxiety
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• Inside Letterboxd’s Unlikely Distribution Pipeline: How ‘It Ends’ and Other Gems Found Their Way to a Deal
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• The Production Design of ‘Widow’s Bay’ Is Also Cursed (Complimentary)
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• ‘The Pitt’ Season 3 First Look: Even Dr. Robby Didn’t Know His First Day Back Would Be This Hard
  Indie Wire
• From SCAD to Cannes: Students Gain Career-Launching Access at the World’s Most Influential Film Festival
  Indie Wire
• ‘How to Divorce During the War’ Review: Lithuanian Sundance Winner Turns a Marriage Crisis Into a Darkly Funny War Drama
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