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Robert Eggers wants you to see his Nosferatu as both a lover and a biter

To get Nosferatu’s nightmarish love triangle right, Robert Eggers looked to Wuthering Heights for inspiration.

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Dune: Prophecy’s showrunner wants you to think beyond the hero / villain binary

Alison Schapker sees Dune: Prophecy as a story about the ebb and flow of institutional power.

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Invincible Fight Girl’s creator wants to keep the dream of serialized animation alive

Juston Gordon-Montgomery sees his new shonen-inspired Adult Swim series as a gateway to the world of wrestling.

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Shinichirō Watanabe is ready to tell humanity something about itself with Lazarus

The visionary behind Cowboy Bebop opens up about his return to sci-fi and collaborating with Chad Stahelski.

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‘I woke up and had the whole idea in my head’: returning to Area X with Jeff VanderMeer

The Annihilation author talks about jumping back into the Southern Reach series 10 years later and whether this is truly the end of the story.

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Agatha All Along’s practical effects were key to bringing its magic to life

To make the show’s spells feel real, showrunner Jac Schaeffer prioritized practical effects over green screens.

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Civilization 7 lets you mix and match history — and it’s a blast

For the first time in the game’s 30-year history, leaders and civilizations can be chosen independently of one another.

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Apple’s Sunny imagines a cozy future where screens fade into the background

The murder mystery was a chance for showrunner Katie Robbins to imagine a different kind of sci-fi vision.

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The making of Eno, the first generative feature film

Director Gary Hustwit tells us about his living documentary and the technology that changes it for every screening.

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The first all-quadriplegic esports team levels the playing field

Director Jess Jacklin talks to The Verge about her new documentary following the first all-quadriplegic esports team.

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How a musical indie game went against the grain to explore the Deaf experience

Harmonium: The Musical took a lot of time and resources, but according to its developers, it was worth it.

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Even Elden Ring’s game director knows Erdtree is too hard

But he thinks players will be able to handle it.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard has more magic, color, and customizations

Game director Corinne Busche talks about the next entry in the RPG franchise.

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Sonos CEO Patrick Spence addresses the company’s divisive app redesign

He stands behind the new app, which underwent months of testing, but acknowledges that Sonos should’ve warned its (very) passionate customers about missing features.

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For the director of I Saw the TV Glow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer was just the start

To understand Jane Schoenbrun and their new film, I Saw the TV Glow, you have to appreciate how Buffy the Vampire Slayer evolved in its second season.

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Russell T. Davies turned to fantasy to make Doctor Who think harder

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies says that bringing a bit more fantasy to the sci-fi show was key to making the new season feel fresh.

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Ryûsuke Hamaguchi wants you to watch his new movie at least twice

The director explains why you need to see his new film, Evil Does Not Exist, two or three times to understand the ending.

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The little smart home platform that could

How Home Assistant plans to transition from an enthusiast platform to a mainstream consumer product.

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How Phish turned Las Vegas’ Sphere into the ultimate music visualizer

Four nights of unique set lists and long jams presented a much different production challenge than U2’s 40-show residency.

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The composers of X-Men ‘97 had to evolve the show’s sound to honor its roots

To create the X-Men ‘97 score, Andy Grush and Taylor Stewart had to work through their nostalgia and create new sounds from the future.

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A period piece, a contemporary drama, and a speculative sci-fi movie all in one

Director Bertrand Bonello tells us how his new film confronts the past, present, and future

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Why Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is the internet’s unlikely defender

What free speech, war zones, and Aristotle have to do with internet infrastructure.

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Avatar’s Paul Sun-Hyung Lee wants to geek out with the fans of the future

As Paul Sun-Hyung Lee sees it, truly loving a genre franchise means wanting to share it and pass it along to the next generation of fans.

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