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The longtime Pixar creative and director on shows such as "Obi-Wan Kenobi" and "For All Mankind" selected Peter Bogdanovich's "Paper Moon," Terry Gilliam's "Brazil," and more

"I've experienced a lot of men sitting in high chairs with North Face jackets, eating pizzas while I was crawling around like a turtle on my back. And I hated that feeling," the actress-turned-filmmaker tells IndieWire.

Shyer was known for his work on "Smokey and the Bandit," as well as writing and directing the "Father of the Bride" films from the 1990s.

Hussey earned wide acclaim for her performances in Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet" and the slasher film "Black Christmas."

Production designer Chae Kyoung-Sun tells IndieWire about crafting new games and more sinister spaces for Season 2 of the Netflix series.

Before we send 2024 packing, it’d be good karma to acknowledge some offbeat screen experiences don’t fit a typical best-of-the-year list. And we’ll also get to the worst movies of the year, guaranteed to undo that karma in a flash. So. Goodbye, year. And hats off to Chicago’s cinema workers, archivists, educators, theater managers, projectionists — and to all venues offering real butter on popcorn that didn’t come out of a bag and doesn’t taste like something that fell out of an Amazon packing envelope. Favorite never-again screening experience of 2024: “The Art of the Benshi” at Gene Siskel Film Center, April 16-17.