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question of the day: Is hearing news and reviews from film festivals torture for you, too?

Fri, Sep 10, 2010
6 comments

Sheesh, you could do a solid two solid months of film-festivaling, traveling from Venice to Toronto to New York to London for these carnivals of cinemania, an odyssey that sounds to me as wonderful as it does exhausting.

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question of the day: The most-coveted U.S. TV viewers are turning to Univision: will we see more shows with Hispanic appeal on English-language TV?

Thu, Sep 09, 2010
26 comments

Will we soon see a primetime English-language telenovela on ABC, NBC, CBS, or Fox?

| 26 Comments

question of the day: Why are we no longer able to trust that a documentary is authentic?

Wed, Sep 08, 2010
29 comments

Catfish and I’m Still Here haven’t even opened yet, and already the filmmakers are having to defend their authenticity.

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question of the day: What actors will you watch in anything?

Tue, Sep 07, 2010
37 comments

I wonder whether the big draw of *The American* was George Clooney. Are there more folks out there who, like me, would watch Clooney in absolutely anything?

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question of the day: Will the Great Recession force Hollywood to be more creative?

Mon, Sep 06, 2010
5 comments

I wonder if this terrible summer has been a blip or if, perhaps, it’s a state of affairs we should expect to continue for the next several years..

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question of the weekend: What widely accepted practice, custom, or societal norm do you regard as irrational, absurd, offensive, silly, nonsensical, counterproductive, or morally wrong?

Sat, Sep 04, 2010
54 comments

An excellent question that I’m stealing from *The Atlantic*’s Daily Dish…

| 54 Comments

question of the day: Has this been the worst summer for movies ever, or does it just feel that way?

Fri, Sep 03, 2010
10 comments

Even the moderate financial hits have been, for the most part, ugly, boring, and creatively tapped out, even grading on the summer-blockbuster curve.

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question of the day: Is Discovery Channel shooter James Lee a canary in a coalmine?

Thu, Sep 02, 2010
39 comments

Yesterday afternoon, James Lee picked up a gun, strapped some pipe bombs to his body, and took hostages at the Washington DC-area headquarters of the Discovery Channel…

| 39 Comments

question of the day: Is ‘Catfish’s “don’t talk about the film” marketing campaign brilliant or annoying?

Wed, Sep 01, 2010
22 comments

Perhaps the best time to talk about a marketing campaign for a film is before everyone has seen it: this way, the discussion of the film itself cannot get in the way.

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question of the day: Are honorary Oscars bullshit?

Tue, Aug 31, 2010
7 comments

The Academy has been unable to get in touch with Jean-Luc Godard to let him know about his win…

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