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Director Cristian Munju ("4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days") uses his films to challenge audience's morals and sense of justice. In his newest film, the Palme d'Or winning "Fjord," Munjiu follows an immigrant Romanian family targeted by Norwegian child protective services for their conservative beliefs. Our challenging conversation digs into the messy morality of a progressive nation enforcing its beliefs with authoritarian practices, and how Munju writes his films to place the viewer in the role of jurist.

Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/tBK4KDuGRE4

Read our full review of "Fjord" - https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/fjord-movie-review-sebastian-stan-renate-reinsve-1235194645/

Read our interview with 'Fjord' star Sebastian Stan - https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/sebastian-stan-fjord-politics-batman-part-ii-bald-1235221322/
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The legendary screenwriter returns to the subject that won him an Oscar for "The Social Network," this time in the director's chair. Hear Sorkin explain how he tried to get David Fincher to direct, replacing Jesse Eisenberg with Jeremy Strong's intense transformation into the Facebook founder, and why America's growing political extremism made him change his mind about "not wanting to jump up and down" on Zuckerberg. We also explore the making of the 2010 original film, and even touch a bit on 'The West Wing.'

Watch this conversation on IndieWire's YouTube page - https://youtu.be/oALqrCNI2pk

Read our profile of Sorkin's collaboration with casting director Francine Maisler - https://www.indiewire.com/influencers/aaron-sorkin-francine-maisler/

Mikey Maddison on why she was drawn to this more 'restrained' role - https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/mikey-madison-the-social-reckoning-after-anora-1235220304/

Production Designer Jon Hutman breaks down building Meta HQ - https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/the-social-reckoning-facebook-shooting-locations-vancouver-1235221151/
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In his fourth film as writer and director, Chris Rock is coming out as a cinephile. In this conversation with IndieWire's Chris O'Falt, Rock shares his love for independent filmmakers like Alexander Payne and Noah Baumbach, and how he is trying to be taken seriously as a director of personal, dramatic films. We also discuss casting and collaborating with the film's star Rosalind Eleazar, and stumble into some fun anecdotes from Rock's comedy past.

Watch this conversation on IndieWire's YouTube page - https://youtu.be/jiBbivUZA3E

Watch the trailer for "Misty Green" - https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/chris-rock-misty-green-trailer-hollywood-drama-a24-1235206552/
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In a live edition of Filmmaker Toolkit, writer-director Walter Hill joins IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill at the American Cinematheque for a post-screening discussion of his action-comedy classic “48HRS.” Hill discusses casting Eddie Murphy, designing one of the great long takes of the 1980s, and what he thinks his imitators got wrong in the buddy films that came later.

Read Walter Hill reflect on the making of another of his classics, "The Warriors" - https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/walter-hill-interview-warriors-1235142531/

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Through films like "Fury," "End of Watch" and "The Beekeeper" David Ayer has proven himself an auteur of visceral action and male emotion. His newest has him re-teaming with Brad Pitt to show off a side of the star (and himself) that we have not seen on screen before. Hear Ayer share how his time on a nuclear submarine helped him as a director, his philosophy of violence on screen, and how having a dog on set can make even the longest shoot days possible.

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