Needless to say, that’s no easy task for Leroy Logan (John Boyega), who doesn’t exactly find a welcoming crowd when he becomes the sole Black officer in the Metropolitan Police Force circa 1983, and “Red, White and Blue” finds him at constant odds with his idealism. McQueen’s gripping true-life drama compensates for some of its more heavy-handed beats thanks to Boyega’s staggering, career-best performance and the fiery tone that surrounds it at every turn....

Register here to join Hernandez as a special guest for a live recording of IndieWire’s Screen Talk podcast this Thursday, September 17, at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific). Hernandez will join his former colleagues, Screen Talk hosts Eric Kohn and Anne Thompson, to discuss the unusual challenges he faced in organizing the festival in the midst of the pandemic. He will also speak to the broader efforts underway to preserve the venues and community of Film at Lincoln Center, which has hosted the festival for over 50 years....

In the hard-boiled spirit of the noir genre — the affectations of which this movie wears like an ill-fitting suit — “Reminiscence” is stitched together with some voiceover narration so briny with regret that it sounds like it was just poured out of a bottle that was fished off the ocean floor. “The past can haunt a man,” Nick Bannister (Jackman) grumbles as the camera drifts into shore, “but maybe it’s us who haunt the past....

Hemsworth recalled feeling hesitant about improvising an emotional scene as Thor, coping with loss post-Thanos. “Yeah, you’re always like, ‘Is this going to work,’ you know? I mean, I remember that scene [in ‘Avengers: Endgame]’ where I sort of start breaking down, pitching everyone the mission, and talking about my family, and who died, and so on…just little moments like that in your career where just everything lines up, and there was a bit of improv, and so on,” Hemsworth recalled during the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast....

Titled “Don’t Move,” the horror-thriller will be co-directed by “50 States of Fright” anthology series helmers Adam Schindler and Brian Netto. T.J. Cimfel and David White (“Intruders”) wrote the script, marking a reunion with Schindler. Per the official synopsis, “Don’t Move” follows a seasoned killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent. She must run, fight, and hide before her body completely shuts down. Casting is currently underway....

“I had seen ‘Iron Man,’ the first ‘Avengers,’ ‘Black Panther,’ and ‘Doctor Strange,’ and little clips of the other movies,” Raimi told Fandango. “They’ve made 28 movies. I’ve only really seen four or five.” But Raimi was a lifelong “giant fan” of the Marvel comic books, especially from the 1970s through 1990s. “I was super familiar with the characters, and their stories, and their interactions,” Raimi added. “That’s what the Marvel movies are based on....

IndieWire is exclusively premiering a clip from the upcoming “Full Frontal” episode, which will air on TBS tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET. In the video, Bee sits down for an interview with four individuals who were previously arrested for protesting various issues on Capitol Hill and compares their arrests to the treatment of the pro-Donald Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in January. This is Bee’s first reporting in the field since she started doing “Full Frontal” remotely last year as a result of the pandemic....

The festival’s big winner was Georgian writer/director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s debut feature “Beginning,” taking four of the jury prizes including Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actress, and the Golden Shell for Best Film. A psychological portrait of the effects of an extremist attack on a rural place of worship, “Beginning” was originally slotted for a Cannes competition premiere, and also played the Toronto International Film Festival. Next, it will head to the ongoing New York Film Festival....

When A-list celebrities fail to impress, one can always bank on sex to draw some eyeballs. Thankfully, Quibi’s latest attempt is tastefully done and seems to have the right intent. “Sex Next Door,” which recently premiered on the platform, is an 8-part docuseries following four sex workers living and working in Seattle. While the form is far from groundbreaking or even very compelling, its heart is in the right place....

Per an official press release, the festival said today that “preparations are in full swing with a large numbers of films being viewed by the selection committee. The Festival will have the opportunity to outline in more details the 74th edition in the coming weeks.” Added Pierre Lescure, President of the festival, “Throughout the months of uncertainty we’ve just been through, Spike Lee has never stopped encouraging us. This support is finally coming to fruition and we could not have hoped for a more powerful personality to chart our troubled times....

Sondheim’s many works also included “Follies” (1971), “A Little Night Music” (1973), “Pacific Overtures” (1976), “Sweeney Todd” (1979), “Merrily We Roll Along” (1981), and “Sunday in the Park With George” (1984). Sondheim won Tony Awards for Best Original Score for “Company,” “Follies,” “A Little Night Music,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Into the Woods,” and “Passion,” as well as Best Lyrics for “Company.” He also won eight Grammys throughout his life, as well as the Best Original Song Oscar for “Sooner or Later (I Always Gets My Man)” from Warren Beatty’s film “Dick Tracy....

The iconic comedian has been in Hollywood for over 60 years, but Martin said that after his beloved Hulu whodunnit series “Only Murders in the Building” ends, he’s ready to step away from the screen. “When this television show is done, I’m not going to seek others,” Martin told The Hollywood Reporter. “I’m not going to seek other movies. I don’t want to do cameos. This is, weirdly, it.” However, Martin assured he will still be in the public eye....

Whether or not Steve-O getting paralyzed makes it into the actual theatrical cut of “Jackass 4” remains to be seen, but it’s clearly one of the wildest decisions the stunt comedian has ever made. Steve-O also informed fans that he was in the early stages of “getting ready to do a world record highest belly flop ever performed into pure piss,” adding, “That’s why I have 190 gallons of piss in my front yard at home....

Steve-O said he was “in shock” when he heard that Knoxville was planning on a fourth “Jackass” movie after a 10-year hiatus. In the years since 2011’s “Jackass 3.5,” Steve-O focused on touring as a stand-up comedian and building a popular YouTube channel. As a result, he felt entitled to more compensation for a return to his “Jackass” roots. “You know, frankly, I felt that over the last 10 years that I’d really worked extremely hard to build momentum for myself as a brand in my own right....

“Alex,” the filmmaker said, looking into his screen. “Are you available to me?” Winter chuckled. “Steven,” he said, “I will always be available to you.” For all his dexterity behind the camera over the years, Soderbergh has maintained a foothold in the industry by supporting other projects that jibe with his sensibilities, building out his network as he moves along. The surreal antics of “Bill and Ted” might seem a bit broader than most of Soderbergh’s work, but that’s also why the filmmaker chose to help push the project along, rather than directing it himself....

While a lauded feature film debut can launch a career, showing a short film at Sundance is often a place for up and coming filmmakers to get a foot in the door. Taika Waititi, Dee Rees, the Duplass Brothers, and Andrea Arnold all showed shorts at Sundance before making their feature debuts. This year’s slate may herald the arrival of the next great cinematic voice. Due to the smaller festival, this year’s shorts slate comprises 50 films, down from the festival’s typical 70 to 80....

Back in August, the festival began to firm up plans for the 2021 edition. Set for January 28 to February 3, the upcoming festival will be truncated to seven days compared to the typical 10. Earlier in the summer, newly installed festival director Tabitha Jackson said the festival is planning for a range of scenarios to adapt to the pandemic. As press and industry pass applications became available Thursday, it’s clear that Sundance is hedging its bets on a largely online experience....

The festival virtually screened 75 features, 84 shorts and music videos, 11 episodic selections, 20 virtual cinema projects, 14 title design entries, and 34 special events. Fifteen juries — which included IndieWire’s own Kate Erbland, plus industry heavy-hitters like Jason Blum and Sheila Nevins — bestowed awards to over three dozen titles. The all-virtual festival wraps Saturday at 11:59 p.m. CT; Audience Award voting continues for 24 hours after that....

After previously telling The Independent that certain topless scenes weren’t “necessary” for her HBO character, Sweeney revealed to Teen Vogue that some of her comments were taken out of context. “I never asked [‘Euphoria’ showrunner Sam Levinson] to cut any scenes,” Sweeney said, referring to headlines that misconstrued the story. “It got twisted and turned and it became its own beast, and I was like, ‘Oh, my God.’” Now, the “White Lotus” star clarified that she wanted to emphasize the boundaries that Levinson facilitated on the record-breaking HBO series....

In a new interview with The New York Times to promote his role on “Black Bird,” Egerton revealed that he has met with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige about potentially joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And while it appears that nothing concrete came out of the meeting, the actor is making it very clear that there’s one Marvel hero he would love to play: Wolverine. “I don’t think it would be wrong to say that,” Egerton said when asked if he is interested in taking over Hugh Jackman’s iconic character....