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  Top Agencies and Producers Want Laws Forcing Studios to Devote Half Their Budgets to Indie TV and Movies

  A coalition of top agencies and production companies are pushing for legislation to require companies to devote half their budgets to indie TV.

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  ‘La Bola Negra’: Before Netflix’s Gay Epic Became an Oscar Frontrunner, It Had to Survive the Breakup of Its Directors

  "Los Javis" are still creating films together, even after their 13-year romance died. "There's a political statement behind creating a big, bold, gay, period, epic drama," Javier Ambrossi told IndieWire.

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  How ‘The Diplomat’ Pulled Off Its Shocking Season 4 Premiere: ‘We Talked a Lot About How Quiet the [SPOILER] Is’

  Creator Debora Cahn tells IndieWire why she started the season with an event that would “reset the relationship between the U.S. and the U.K.,” and why the show has avoided the royal family.

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  ‘The Diplomat’ Review: Season 4 Can’t Talk Its Way Out of One Bad Decision After Another

  From a desperate opening twist to a maddeningly subservient Kate Wyler (Keri Russell), the latest season of Debora Cahn's elevated chamber drama inadvertently dilutes its power by chasing more.

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  Bleecker Street Acquired by Outerlight Entertainment, Formerly First Look

  CEO Kent Sanderson will continue to lead the indie distribution label independently.

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  ‘Street Fighter’ Review: An Arcade Classic Gets a Messy, Maximalist Reboot Destined for Cult Status

  Kitao Sakurai directs an eclectic cast in a blockbuster that makes no sense but never fails to entertain. Read our ‘Street Fighter’ review.

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  ‘La Bola Negra’ Review: Los Javis’ Era-Spanning Monument to Gay Storytellers Is a Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

  Cannes: Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi blend real and imaginary people in this Lorca-inspired ode to love stories buried by Spanish history.

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  Why One Indie Producer Is Refusing to Let Her Latest Film Disappear on Streaming

  Longtime producer and president of the Board of New York Women in Film & Television, Kim Jackson is used to fighting hard for her projects. Her latest, “The Plea,” follows twelve sharply divided jurors deliberating a controversial case. Ahead, Jackson explains why she won’t let this one “disappear into the blackhole of the streamerverse.”

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  Brian Duffield Made a Realistic Movie About Surviving Inside a Sperm Whale

  The co-writer and director of "Whalefall" tells IndieWire about his approach to making his fantastical new thriller as absorbing and terrifying as possible.

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  Why Georgia Oakley Didn’t Want to Modernize Jane Austen for Her New Film of ‘Sense and Sensibility’

  Oakley tells IndieWire about putting the Dashwood sisters (Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles) first — and the range of inspirations for her new Austen adaptation, from "Barry Lyndon" to "Days of Heaven."

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  Zendaya to Star in Alex Garland’s New Sci-Fi Movie at A24

  Garland wrapped A24's "Elden Ring" movie earlier this year, and previously directed "Ex Machina," "Civil War," "Warfare," and "Men" for the company.

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