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The two Showrunners behind the hit series talk about how they built six new sci-fi worlds for Season 3 and what they've got brewing for Season 4.

Documentary film legend Steve James ("The Interrupters," "Hoop Dreams," "Life Itself") talks about his new film "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail" and his process of making intimate character based documentaries.

Kitty Green talks about her exploration of the JonBenet Ramsey murder case through intimate interviews with local actors auditioning for the role of the real life people caught in center of a cable news speculation.

James Ponsoldt talks about adapting Dave Egger's novel "The Circle" into a new movie starring Emma Watson, Tom Hanks & John Boyega. He also discusses "Rodham " – a blacklist script about a young Hillary Clinton – that he believes is even more relevant after the election.

One of the greatest filmmakers ever reflects on his career and his well refined process of making a masterpiece virtually every year. He explains why 50 years ago, as a lawyer in his 30s, he decided to make a film about a prison for the criminally insane ("Titicut Follies") and how he grew as an artist.

Writer/Director James Gray ("The Immigrant," "We Own the Night") talks about his sixth and most ambitious feature "The Lost City of Z."

Walter Hill talks about his amazing and underrated career and his controversial new film "The Assignment." IndieWire's Jude Dry also joins to discuss the problematic way "The Assignment" talks about gender and transgender issues.

Gareth Edwards talks about how he started his career as a visual effects artists and how that has influenced him as a director.

Damien Chazelle and his editor Tom Cross talk about finding the right rhythm for a modern day and how much more difficult it was to edit "La La Land" than "Whiplash."

"Toni Erdmann" has been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars and is one of the best reviewed and most loved films of the year. Writer/Director Maren Ade discusses her many year process of creating the celebrated father-daughter story [that's being re-made with Jack Nickolson]. Also, IndieWire's Zack Sharf swings by to tell us why the film was his favorite from 2016 and an American remake would be a very bad idea.

Eliza Hittman returns to Sundance with her follow up "It Felt Like Love."

Nanfu Wang talks about the dangers of making her Oscar contending doc "Hooligan Sparrow and how the Chinese government has targeted her parents since the film was shortlisted for Best Documentary consideration by the Academy.

Director Pablo Larraín talks two icons who tried to shape their own image and why he finds that fascinating.

Mia Hansen-Løve talks about her story process and working with Isabelle Huppert on her new film "Things To Come." IndieWire's David Ehrlich also stops by to explain how he makes his fantastic top 25 Video Countdown.

Sophia talks about turning the jealously and competition she felt as an actress into a great new indie horror film.