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Critics Can’t Figure Out What Was Good At Cannes
Hey Cannes, what's good? - The Guardian (UK)
The Big Bored Ape NFT Lawsuit May Not Set The Precedent Seth Green Wants...
Is the hacking of Seth Green's Bored Ape actually illegal? Perhaps not. It "illustrates the limits of the free, frictionless world promised by crypto—and...
An Indigenous Filmmaker Is Turned Away At Cannes For Wearing Moccasins
"Cannes has strict rules around formal wear on the red carpet — black tie for men, evening gowns for women — but there are accommodations for...
Hollywood Is The US Military’s Best Propagandist
This isn't new; it's been going on for nearly a century, but Top Gun really highlights the results. "Each service – army, navy, air...
The Heyday Of The New York Pay Phone
There's an archive of iconic photos even as the icons themselves disappear. - The New York Times
A Civil Lawsuit Against Bill Cosby Heads To Trial
Because the criminal case was overturned - though for reasons unrelated to Cosby's guilt or innocence - "the significance of Ms. Huth’s suit has...
What AI And An Artist Do With Children’s Cartoons
The result is probably not something you'd really want kids to watch. - Vice
The Royal British Columbia Museum Is About To Be Demolished
The claim: It's for earthquake protection. The politics: Extremely complicated. The CEO's claim: "Adding up all the issues and what it would cost to...
Russian Filmmakers Are Quietly Trying To Line Up Deals At Cannes
"Despite the festival’s public posturing ... Russian buyers are meeting with top sales agents at the Marché du Film. Their numbers are substantially down,...
Yes, A Working Parent Can Take In A Biennial
With a lot of planning and flexibility, of course. And a sense of humor. "Let’s consider this my 'embodied perspective,' however frazzled and...
The Vast Majority Of People Absolutely Will Not Pay For News
Running from one free trial to another, even news junkies often think information demands to be free - to the consumer, that is. "Only...
Amanda Claridge, The Archaeologist Who Brought Us The Ruins Of Rome, 72
Claridge "revealed the details of what, to a casual observer, might seem a homogeneous slice of the long-ago," making the ruins speak to any...
What Does It Take To Get Older Audiences Back To The Movies?
Why, just a little Downton Abbey magic, of course. - Los Angeles Times
How A 1972 Production Of Godspell Changed The Comedy World Forever
Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Victor Garber, Jayne Eastwood, Andrea Martin, and Paul Shaffer all walked into a theatre. This is a (rollicking)...
Zelensky And The Art Of Storytelling
The comedian-turned-president's video dispatches "have done more than win Ukraine moral and military support. They have created a serialized manifesto—one that makes the case...
Groups Invade The Red Carpet At Cannes To Protest Violence Against Women
Sunday's group was "carrying a banner with the first names of 129 women killed in France since the last time the festival was held. The group,...
Iran Tightens The Screws On Its Filmmakers
During a crackdown over general protests about food prices, the government has arrested or threatened many documentary filmmakers. The government take credit for...
The Former KKK Warehouse That’s About To Become An Arts Center
In Fort Worth, the site of at least one brutal lynching is set to become a space for "arts and community healing." - Hyperallergic
The Attention Arms Race
All that glitters is not pepperoni. It's not just advertisers competing with each other on Instagram, it's TikTok competing with Netflix competing with YouTube...
Let’s Talk About These Concert Holographs
Sure, ABBA are doing it now, but what's next - recreated Liszt concerts? (We'd probably need video for that - but who knows what...
Jhumpa Lahiri Explains Why Italo Calvino Is So Beloved Outside Of Italy
"Let’s start with his Italian (or non-Italian) identity, an Italianness always tilting toward the Other. These are some biographical facts (with which he loved...
The UK Production Book Is Actually Harming Indie Filmmakers
The boom is for high-end streamers, really, and "has created a scarcity of resources, from crew and soundstages to generators and actors (one agent...
Did A 1990s Sitcom Warn Us About Amazon, Or Essentially Tell Us To Give...
The problem with the cutesy Meg Ryan-Tom Hanks Nora and Delia Ephron-penned You've Got Mail has always been that the person warning about the...
How Composer Vangelis Blew Up Musical Categories
His band Aphrodite's Child created "1972’s astonishing double concept album 666, which delivered 77 minutes of wildly experimental music that touched on jazz, proto-metal,...
A Stolen De Kooning Is Back, But It Sure Looks Different
True, Woman - Ochre has been recovered and restored. But that's not the issue. "The artwork’s return to view raises the question of to...
