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Directing daughter Maya Hawke in his portrait of Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor, Hawke interrogates why he makes art.
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Flesh and Blood
Humane director Caitlin Cronenberg reflects on following her famous father into genre filmmaking, confronting fears of mortality, and finding just the right amount of blood.
ByIsaac Feldberg
The Inverse Interview
“The Hardy Boys on Acid”: Inside Netflix’s New YA Mystery Show
Dead Boy Detectives is Supernatural meets X-Files wrapped in the Sandman universe.
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I Saw Spider-Man 2 in Theaters Again — And I Told Sam Raimi About It
“I really appreciate the crowd liking the movies.”
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Zack Snyder Aims for the Stars
“People have never accused me of exploiting the male form, though I probably do that quite a bit.”
ByBrandon Streussnig
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An X-Men ‘97 feature film could be “Spider-Verse” meets “Akira.”
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Artificial intelligence is an unstoppable force in Veena Sud’s The Stranger.
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Gone Squatchin'
Life Among the Sasquatches
The brother directors behind Sasquatch Sunset reveal how their bizarre indie hit came to be.
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Alex Garland Takes the Fight to Us
“People keep saying the film is not political. I think they're just missing the point.”
ByHoai-Tran Bui
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Amazon’s Fallout Comes Out of the Vault
Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s video game adaptation is just the beginning.
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“I had a specific idea that felt like a story worth telling.”
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Love Across Multiple Lives
The Beast director Bertrand Bonello talks love, desire, and AI in his cosmic sci-fi romance.
ByEdward Frumkin
The Inverse Interview
Colin Farrell Cracks the Case in Sugar
The Apple TV+ series made a hardboiled noir without a hardboiled detective at the center.
ByHoai-Tran Bui
The Inverse Interview
Invincible Showrunner Breaks Down Season 2’s Wild Ending — And Teases Season 3 Plans
“We have some really, really great stuff.”
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Babylon 5 Creator Gives a Promising Update on the Reboot
The road home keeps going.
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“Discovery Was First in the Door.” The Most Divisive, and Important, Star Trek Show Comes to an End
The long and winding road of Star Trek: Discovery comes to an end.
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Reviews
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Tales of the Empire Never Gives Itself Room to be Great
Star Wars supports women’s wrongs and women’s rights.
ByDais Johnston
Review
Dark Matter Injects Bold New Life Into the Multiverse Story
The most daring series of the moment is also the most grounded.
ByRyan Britt
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Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Wastes Its Killer Potential
The best vampire show of the decade is back — but its second season lacks real bite.
ByLyvie Scott
Movies
In Challengers, Love is a Game But Sex is Not
Zendaya’s sexy tennis movie is about more than just sex.
ByHoai-Tran Bui
Review
Boy Kills World is a Gnarly Dose of Bone-Crunching Mayhem
The most juvenile revenge thriller of the year has arrived.
ByAlex Welch
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Dead Boy Detectives Is A Spooky, Sweet Addition To The Sandman Universe
The new spinoff is anything but dead on arrival.
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Knuckles Is Exactly What a Direct-to-Streaming Spinoff Should Be
The Paramount+ miniseries channels Sonic’s delirious fun into episodic format.
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Abigail is a Bloody Good Time
She’s a ballerina vampire!
ByHoai-Tran Bui
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Zack Snyder delivers the second half of his sci-fi epic... but something’s still missing.
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The Oscar-nominated actress elevates a familiar true-crime story.
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Brilliantly Brings Guy Ritchie Back to Basics
The British director returns with another remix of his greatest hits: this time, with Nazis.
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The sci-fi horror could have really benefited from Cage’s burden of massive talent.
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Time travel is metaphor for grief — and music is the key to unlocking it — in this lo-fi romantic drama.
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Fallout Is Everything a Video Game Show Should Be
Prestige TV finally mutates into something greater.
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The Pulitzer Prize winning book gets a deliciously deranged adaptation.
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The Power of Christ compels you to the multiplex.
The Inverse Interview
“We Don’t Just Fall Down.”
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The stuntmen of The Fall Guy talk about their Guinness World Record, and what it means for stuntwork to get more recognition.
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The greatest of all Evils.
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Let’s not let this get out of hand.
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Shocked, prepare to be.
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'X-Men ‘97' Fans Can Soon Stay In the X-Mansion — But There’s a Catch
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Airbnb is making honorary X-Men out of a group of lucky guests.
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For Ethan Hawke, Making 'Wildcat' Was an “Act of Faith”
ByIsaac Feldberg
In Hawke’s portrait of Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor, starring daughter Maya Hawke in the lead role, “human creativity is an act of faith,” he tells Inverse.
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'Furiosa' Looks Awesome, But We Don’t Need Even More Prequels
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The Mad Max saga is suffering from prequel mania.
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Prince Adam did what?
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'Tales of the Empire' Never Gives Itself Room to be Great
ByDais Johnston
Star Wars supports women’s wrongs and women’s rights.
