I was excited about the possibilities of VOD for indie films until I read this
It comes 892 words into an 1120-word piece in The New York Times. That is what we call burying the lede.
New York Times
is it The New York Times’ fault so many movies get released?
Still, someone needs to be curating all these movies, finding the ones that are worth seeing and promoting them to movie lovers.
evening clickbait: critics thanked for loving Inside Llewyn Davis; Benedict Cumberbatch’s real parents cameo as Sherlock’s
Stuff I found on the Net today.
Instructions Not Included trailer: why you’ve probably never heard of this hit movie
I have a vague impression of having heard a whisper of this movie somewhere, but I never received a press release about it, nor a screening invitation.
what would the sitcom about your life be called?
Mine would be a one-camera dramedy, sans laugh track, and it would get great reviews but low ratings. It would be called Continuity Errors.
this is the Lianne Spiderbaby piece that Bleeding Cool posted and then scrubbed
There’s a very small window of opportunity when something like this can be posted and be relevant, and we’re really already past that point. Still, I promised you all that I would share it if Bleeding Cool wouldn’t, so here it is.
“scholar asserts that Hollywood avidly aided Nazis”
I’m not sure why this is coming as any surprise to anybody. Hollywood is big business. Big business had no problem doing big business with the Nazis. It was just, you know, good business.
how much national cultural protectionism is feasible in a wired world?
Would you want your country to protect you from too much entertainment from another culture (such as Hollywood)?
interesting stuff I found online (that you might find interesting too)
20th Century Fox is embarrassed by the stars of its film The Heat; Vice thinks women writers are most beautiful when they shut up and die; the madness of George (Lucas); and more.
