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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 08: Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne attends the "The Perfect Neighbor" Q&A during the 63rd New York Film Festival at The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theatre on October 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images for FLC)

Former editor Geeta Gandbhir tells IndieWire that her obsessive need to create a timeline for her grieving relatives opened up a new way to make a documentary.

“Emily the Criminal” filmmaker John Patton Ford loosely adapts “Kind Hearts and Coronets” for a star-packed outing hobbled by an oddly dull script and a tone that (unfortunately) matches it.

On the (Awards) Campaign Trail

Sean Baker and Paul Thomas Anderson, winner of the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 'One Battle After Another,' pose in the press room during the 78th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards.

The current predictions for who will win at the 2026 Oscars look a lot like the predictions we were making last summer, before audiences even saw half the contenders.

Take a listen to some of IndieWire’s original podcasts.

Charli xcx at the IndieWire Studio Presented by Dropbox at Sundance on January 24, 2026 in Park City, Utah.

The pop star and director and co-writer Aidan Zamiri stopped by the IndieWire Studio, presented by Dropbox to chat about their wild new mockumentary.