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From Marie's Desk: Plus Size Indie Brands Need Your Support Now... Here's Why
The Short Story: The plus size fashion market is worth over $282 billion globally and growing. And yet the indie designers who built this…
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Where To Shop:15+ Stylish Indie Plus Size Swimwear Brands
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Culture
Berlinale Chief Tricia Tuttle on Championing Indie Movies While Navigating the Festival’s Political Storm: ‘We’re Like a Lightning Rod for Controversy’
Two days after Rupert Grint’s candid, and possibly sarcastic, declaration — “Obviously I’m against (fascism)” — reverberated across…
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Indie Fragrance Sales Grew 46 Percent in 2025
Indie beauty is growing faster in fragrance than in any other category. A new indie beauty report from NIQ shows that in 2025, indie…
Culture
As Sundance Prepares to Leave Park City for Boulder, Indie Filmmakers Worry the Festival May Lose Its Magic
Catherine Hardwicke, who would later make a name for herself with the vampire romance “Twilight,” first went to Sundance in 1989. It would…
Lifestyle
Indie Plus Size Activewear Brands That Make Movement Joyful and Stylish in 2026
Finding activewear that fits and feels good can feel like a mission, especially if you’re plus size. What if your workout clothes made you…
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Lew Horwitz, Producer Known as the ‘King of Indie Film Finance,’ Dies at 90
Lewis Horwitz, the American film executive and producer dubbed Hollywood’s “King of Indie Film Finance,” died on Dec. 19. He was 90.…
Culture
‘Sinners’ Actor Yao, Jodi Long Join Judy Lei’s Indie Comedy ‘Biz of Viz’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Filmmaker Judy Lei has assembled an ensemble cast for her comedy-driven drama “Biz of Viz.” Yao (“Sinners“) and Emmy winner Jodi Long…
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Long-Lost NES Cartridge Game ‘Xcavator,’ More New Indie Titles Unveiled During Day of the Devs 2025
The Day of the Devs 2025 showcase featured dozens of new indie video game reveals Wednesday, including the announcement of a…
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Korean Indie ‘The World of Love’ Lands French Distribution Deal With The Jokers Films (EXCLUSIVE)
The Jokers Films has acquired French distribution rights to Barunson E&A’s “The World of Love,” the top-grossing independent Korean film…
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Your Small Business Saturday Guide to Plus Indie Designers
In light of the madness that is Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals from major brands, Small Business Saturday is a welcome distraction…
Lifestyle
Surging Gold Prices Force Indie Fine Jewelers to Rethink How They Create and Do Business
With gold prices hitting new highs, and poised to climb further in 2026, independent fine jewelers have been getting even more creative in…
Business
Joe Cortese and Julia Ormond Indie Dramedy ‘Here’s Yianni!’ Boarded by Motion Picture Exchange, Launching Sales at AFM (EXCLUSIVE)
The Los Angeles-based Motion Picture Exchange has acquired worldwide sales rights on dramedy “Here’s Yianni!” starring Joe Cortese, Julia…
Culture
Where Have All the Indie Hits Gone?
We’re now in the thick of the fall movie season, but you wouldn’t know it from how skimpy the box office is, or how muted the chatter.…
Culture
Indie Star Award Winner Alexandre O. Philippe Would Like to Make a Horror Film Next – Or Finally Tackle the ‘Mysterious’ Cinema of Nicolas Roeg
Alexandre O. Philippe has made films about Lynch, Hitchcock or William Friedkin. But there’s one that got away. At least for now. “Nicolas…
Culture
Spain’s Indie Sector Closes Ranks at Merci Valladolid
The defining vibes of Valladolid’s fifth edition of Merci market were set at its flagship roundtable, “¿Qué nos preocupa?” (“What’s…
Lifestyle
For Indie Beauty Brands, the Survival of the Fittest Is On
Call it indie beauty’s big reset. Six months into President Trump’s tariff policy free-for-all, and even further into a period of mounting…
Culture
The Uneasy Prophecies of Cate Le Bon
There’s a scene in Netflix’s “Too Much” in which the heroine, an American transplant in London, listens to a playlist curated by her new…
Culture
LISTEN: Fifth Season Chiefs on ‘Severance,’ Emmys and Building an Indie Studio; A Bold Proposal for the Next Emmy Awards TV Contract
It felt like a moment from “Severance.” That’s how Fifth Season co-CEOs Chris Rice and Graham Taylor described waking up in July to the…
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Wendy McMahon Once Ran CBS News. Now She’s Turning to Indie Journalists
As an executive who once supervised CBS News, Wendy McMahon made frequent appearances in “Status,” the media-industry newsletter written…
Culture
Poland’s American Film Festival Welcomes U.S. Indie Filmmakers as Completing Films Internationally Becomes ‘One of the Few Viable Paths Forward’
Poland’s American Film Festival is ready to celebrate its Sweet Sixteen in November. Its industry strand US in Progress is accepting…
Fashion
Plus Size Indie Contemporary Designers w/ HOT Fashions
Remember the days of settling for boring, boxy clothes that barely counted as fashion? You know the ones—where everything came in black,…
Culture
North-East of England to Get New Studio Backed by Indie Film Company Turnover XXV (EXCLUSIVE)
The growth in studio space across the U.K. looks set to continue with the announcement of a new facility in the north-east of England.…
Lifestyle
EXCLUSIVE: Steve Madden Declares ‘Everyone Has Something to Say About Shoes’ With New Campaign Series Inspired by Indie Cinema
Steve Madden is ringing in the upcoming fall season with a new four-part campaign series, “Everyone Has Something to Say About Shoes,”…