2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards: Complete Winners List

2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards: Complete Winners List

“Anora” won best feature at the 40th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday. Its director, Sean Baker, and lead, Mikey Madison, won in their respective categories. “Shogun” won best new scripted series, while “Baby Reindeer” took home three acting awards. Best Feature “Anora” Best First Feature “Dìdi” John Cassavetes Award Given to the best…

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New York’s Chinese Dissidents Thought He Was an Ally. He Was a Spy.

New York’s Chinese Dissidents Thought He Was an Ally. He Was a Spy.

The Chinese government’s paranoia about overseas dissidents can seem strange, considering the enormous differences in power between exiled protesters who organize marches in America and their mighty homeland, a geopolitical and economic superpower whose citizens they have almost no ability to mobilize. But to those familiar with the Chinese Communist Party, the government’s obsession with…

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