The Oscar winner and Telluride devotee appeared onstage both as a producer on the film and to moderate a conversation between writer/director Charlotte Wells and star Paul Mescal, but first admitted, “I didn’t want to watch this, man, because I haven’t seen it in a while.” “Aftersun” is Wells’ fictional yet deeply personal film about a woman named Sophie (Celia Rowlson-Hall) reflecting on a vacation she took with her father 20 years ago that signified how there was a part of him she did not know....

“For those of us who love seeing films on the big screen these are worrying times, as the threat of the theatrical window cracking comes closer and closer,” Augustin said. “However, we think theatrical exhibition should be fought for. Old-school as we are, we are planning Pedro’s next feature for the theatrical circuit despite several offers for it to be original content from streamers.” The script for “Parallel Mothers” is finished and the Almodóvar brothers are currently “completing the technical crew and rest of the cast” ahead of the March 2021 production start....

The 90-minute documentary, an investigative collaboration between Frontline, ProPublica, and the UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program, follows journalist A.C. Thompson as he reports on some of the nation’s most violent incidents over the last several years and interviews a variety of right-wing extremists, former government officials, and various counter-terrorism experts. Thompson’s reporting begins at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, where white nationalists and neo-Nazis assaulted peaceful protestors while the police looked on....

In this uniquely captured musical celebration set in a dreamworld of Byrne’s creation, his band of 11 musical artists from around the world perform hits from across his career, including songs from his 2018 album of the same name and classics like “This Must Be the Place” and “Everybody’s Coming To My House.” Also featured is a cover of Janelle Monáe’s “Hell You Talmbout.” As Byrne and company sing and dance across a glittering stage, the show preaches a world of unity, openness, optimism, faith in humanity, and social justice — surely all things most people could use right about now....

Disney+ series “Andor” premieres August 31 on the streamer, and stars Diego Luna as the titular Cassian Andor who served as a Rebel spy and helped deliver Death Star received by Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) in “A New Hope.” Set five years before “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” the series is billed by showrunner Tony Gilroy as a “spy thriller.” The series ensemble cast includes Stellan Skarsgård, Adria Arjona, and Fiona Shaw....

But here’s the thing: None of the actors were ever in the same room together. Unlike countless Zoom-based projects or others shot outside to maintain COVID protocols, “There There” is a bold technical gamble from a master of American minimalism. “This is the wild experiment of the movie,” Bujalski said by phone ahead of the movie’s premiere at the Tribeca Festival. “Nobody is anywhere near each other. It’s like making a green screen movie without the green screen....

“The Staircase” helmer Antonio Campos is set to direct the upcoming spinoff show of Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” about Gotham City mental institute Arkham Asylum. Campos will also serve as showrunner and executive producer. Variety reported the news. IndieWire has reached out to representatives at HBO Max for comment. In addition to directing, show-running, and executive-producing HBO Max’s “The Staircase” with Maggie Cohn, Campos previously directed films including “The Devil All the Time” for Netflix, plus indies “Simon Killer” and “Christine....