
The indie cinema revival is turning moviegoing back into a community habit
Independent cinemas have grown 38% since the pandemic, with Gen Z leading the queue — proof that curation and community will help shape film's future.
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Independent cinemas have grown 38% since the pandemic, with Gen Z leading the queue — proof that curation and community will help shape film's future.

Wroclaw's 17th Tauron American Film Festival and its U.S. in Progress strand show how regional festivals now double as finishing schools for indie film.

A reported research partnership between A24 and Google DeepMind has stirred fan backlash and sharpened questions about how prestige studios should handle AI tools.

Speaking at the Nantucket Film Festival, the filmmaker used an industry honour to argue that artificial intelligence cannot replace lived experience in storytelling.

Music and celebrity biopics may frustrate critics, but estate-approved versions of famous lives are proving increasingly useful to studios hunting reliable box office.