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Craft | Technology, Sound and Set Design

Clothes Make the Na'vi

How Real World Costumes Inform the Looks of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

Oscar-winning costume designer Deborah L. Scott, who is nominated again this year for her work, talks about using clothes as a storytelling tool in her creations for the third "Avatar" film's new clans.

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, 2006, © Fox Searchlight / Courtesy: Everett Collection

Critical Roles

The Winners of the Best Casting Oscar from the Last 25 Years, According to IndieWire

Because it's fun, and we say so.

A still from Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild] by Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

Top of the Line

Subscribe to Our Craft Newsletter, Top of the Line: This Week, A Last Dance at Sundance

Week 8 of IndieWire's Craft newsletter celebrates cinematography and Sundance, and the psychopath chic of "The Housemaid."

Features

How I Shot That: The Cameras and Lenses Behind 2026 Sundance Features

40 cinematographers tell IndieWire how they captured their stories at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

PONIES -- Pictured: (l-r) Emilia Clarke as Bea, Haley Lu Richardson as Twila -- (Photo by: Peacock)

Exclusive

How ‘Ponies’ Hides Its Spy Psychology in Plain Sight Through ’70s-Tastic Costumes and Sets

Exclusive: Director Susanna Fogel, costume designer Anastasia Magoutas, and production designer Sara K White tell IndieWire how they built undercover worlds off a shared collaborative language.

Behind the scenes of 'To Hold A Mountain'

Features

How I Shot That: The Cameras and Lenses Behind 2026 Sundance Documentaries

27 cinematographers tell IndieWire how they captured their stories at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

THE HOUSEMAID, Amanda Seyfried, 2025. © Lionsgate / Courtesy Everett Collection

Ready. Set. Go.

‘What If Nancy Meyers Made a Horror Film?’ — The Production Design of ‘The Housemaid’

Production designer Elizabeth Jones and set decorator Paige Mitchell talk about crafting the "quiet luxury" of Paul Feig's hit thriller.

Behind the scenes of 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians,' showing a long process rig for two chariots, hooked up to a large trailer truck to move it.

Sea of Monsters and Mat Lights

In ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians,’ Camp Half-Blood Has Chariot Races — and a Cinematography Course

Cinematographer Jules O'Loughlin tells IndieWire about working with horses, weather, and young actors for Season 2 of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians."

Russian Dolls

‘Ponies’ Co-Creator Breaks Down the Real-Life Moscow Fire That Sparks the Big Season 1 Twist

Series co-creator and director Susanna Fogel tells IndieWire about how to stop worrying and make a very fun spy show.

THE MASTERMIND, Josh O'Connor, 2025. © MUBI /Courtesy Everett Collection

Exclusive

Read an Excerpt from the Official MUBI Companion to ‘The Mastermind’

Exclusive: Director Kelly Reichardt and the film's makers reflect on "The Mastermind" in this new MUBI Editions companion set.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, Chase Infiniti, 2025. © Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection

Features

When It Came to Stunts, ‘One Battle After Another’ Kept It Real

Stunt coordinator Brian Machleit talks about working with Paul Thomas Anderson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and the rest of Anderson's ensemble to make the film's action as convincing as possible.