The 'Megalopolis' Art Department Fallout Has a Lesson for Every Director

Production designer Beth Mickle got an email from Francis Ford Coppola and was so stunned, she immediately took a photo of her laptop screen to send to her parents.

"Nobody could believe it," she says in _Megadoc_ , Mike Figgis' behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of _Megalopolis_.

Mickle, whose credits include _Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3_ , _The Suicide Squad_ , and…

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The Most Patriotic Movie Scenes to Rewatch on Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day! Today is about grief, sacrifice, and honor. Cinema has always been good at using these elements to tell compelling stories.

If you're celebrating, it's a good time to reflect on the sacrifices of American heroes, and one way to do it is to revisit some of the most patriotic movie scenes.

Here are six of our favorites.

__Patton

The opening…

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El tráiler de "Wildwood" de Laika Studios consigue 200 millones de visualizaciones en dos días

Luego de siete años sin una nueva película, el estudio de animación de stop-motion regresa a la pantalla grande con una adaptación de la exitosa serie de novelas deColin Meroy , yla respuesta del público ya la posicionan como uno de los eventos cinematográficos más importantes del año.

Un artículo de IndieWire indica que el tráiler fue obtuvo115 millones de visualizaciones

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The Most Infamous Cannes Standing Ovations

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival is underway right now, which means the annual ritual is upon us: journalists stationed in the Grand Théâtre Lumière with stopwatches, clocking the exact minute-and-second duration of every standing ovation.

And typically, at this fest, the ovations are long. Like, really long. Comically long. The record (according to Deadline) is 22 minutes for _Pan's…

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Indie Film Has An Architecture Problem

This essay was originally published in IndieWire as the first in a series of columns, "A Producer's Path." It's been lightly adapted for republication here.

I realized how broken the indie film model was when we released a good film — made on a disciplined budget, that premiered at a festival and was picked up for distribution — but the investor stood to lose money from that release, the…

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Reed Hastings ผู้ร่วมก่อตั้ง Netflix ประกาศลงจากตำแหน่งประธานบอร์ด

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Reed Hastings ผู้ร่วมก่อตั้ง Netflix ลงจากตำแหน่งซีอีโอเมื่อปี 2023 และก้าวขึ้นไปรับตำแหน่งประธานบอร์ดของบริษัทแทน ล่าสุดเขาประกาศลงจากตำแหน่งประธานบอร์ดเมื่อครบเทอมในเดือนมิถุนายนนี้

การออกจากตำแหน่งประธานบอร์ดครั้งนี้เท่ากับว่า Hastings จะไม่เหลือบทบาทใน Netflix อีกแล้ว หลังจากนี้เขาจะไปทำงานการกุศลแทน ส่วน Netflix…

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How You Can Use an 800-Year-Old Musical Motif Like 'Project Hail Mary' Does

If I’m anything, I’m a huge nerd, and I love when there’s a confluence of interests like what I’ve had with _Project Hail Mary_ , which features space, Ryan Gosling, science, creative cinematography, emotional sci-fi storytelling, and music. It’s an incredibly thoughtful film on so many levels.

Which is why I mention music. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve picked up my clarinet, but I still…

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The Twist in 'Project Hail Mary' That Almost Didn’t Make It (and What Writers Can Learn)

_Project Hail Mary_ has become a box-office behemoth, not to mention an online and fandom hit, with inspired creators making edit after edit of the hopeful scientist and his alien companion. The film has been perfectly timed to the zeitgeist, too, with the emotional Artemis II moon mission uniting space lovers around the world.

Adapting the popular book by Andy Weir, screenwriter Drew…

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How Drew Goddard Adapted 'Project Hail Mary' by Embracing Every Screenwriter's Nightmare

I have to say up top that Drew Goddard (_The Martian_ , _Bad Times at the El Royale, Buffy, Lost, etc_) is one of my screenwriting idols. He feels like he can get anything onto the page. He started in TV and is now the scribe behind some of the best movies of the last decade.

It feels like there's no job he can't handle. Take the upcoming _Project Hail Mary,_ which was a beloved science…

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