The Independent emphasizes on-the-ground reporting across major issues including reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech. It highlights investigations such as financials tied to Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC and documentary work focused on American women fighting for reproductive rights. The outlet frames its mission as separating facts from messaging and argues that critical moments in US history require reporters who speak to both sides. It states that it does not use paywalls, aiming to make reporting and analysis available to everyone, funded by those who can afford it. The text also describes Maika Monroe’s career beginnings at Cannes, where It Follows premiered in 2014, and notes Cannes’ growing inclusion of horror, science fiction, and slasher films.
"It Follows, about a sexually transmitted curse, was part of a new wave of probing, atmospheric horror films. But then, it was a small $1.3 million indie movie that had little reason to expect a Cannes launch. It was surreal. You never expect going into making a film that this will happen, Monroe said in an interview on the rooftop of Cannes' Palais des Festivals. But especially for that film. It was such a tiny, indie horror film. At that point, there really wasn't genre at this festival."
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