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The Hollywood Strikes Slowed New Content, So AMC Turns To Horror

In a year where new content is trickling in, the cinema chain has turned to Blumhouse’s seemingly limitless horror library. Like A24’s “Lovers’ Series” in February, this one has some marketing power behind its (inaccurately titled) “Halfway to Halloween” push. - The New York Times

An Irish American Silent Film Was Pulled For Its Stereotypical Depictions

Then what happened to The Callahans and the Murphys? "Released in June 1927, the comedy initially received encouraging reviews.” Then things got ugly, and fast. - The New York Times

How Many Films Do You Know About Brazilian Americans?

Not many? Camila Mendes didn’t either. So the actor (Riverdale, Palm Springs) decided to produce one. - Los Angeles Times

Art House Films Rely Just As Much On Visual Special Effects As Blockbusters Do

VFX is for a lot more than explosions. “For every Kraven the Hunter or Argylle, there’s a Ferrari, Maestro or Killers of the Flower Moon, movies with sophisticated visual effects that the filmmakers hope you’ll never realize was an effect at all." - The New York Times

Argentina’s New Right-Wing Populist President Is Defunding The National Film/TV Agency

"Javier Milei is forging ahead with his administration’s plans to defund the country’s film-TV institute INCAA, which will adversely impact national film festivals such as the Mar del Plata and federal aid for national film releases, state-run cinemas and film schools, among others." - Variety

Who’s Putting Together A Bid To Buy TikTok? Trump’s Former Treasury Secretary

Steve Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs banker who founded his own private equity firm after leaving Washington, says he's gathering a group of investors to buy the video app if the Senate passes the House bill requiring its current owner, the Beijing-based corporation ByteDance, to sell it. - AP

The Bill That Just Passed The U.S. House Does Not Ban TikTok

The legislation would just require the app's owner, the Chinese corporation ByteDance, to sell it to some other entity that isn't under the ultimate control of the Chinese Communist Party. ByteDance (and the Party) should be fine with selling TikTok for a few billion, shouldn't they? - New York Magazine (MSN)

The End Of The Entertainment Mega-Mergers?

“We’ve seen over the last few decades significant consolidation and a wave of mergers and acquisitions, not all of which have ultimately served the American public,” Khan tells The Hollywood Reporter. - The Hollywood Reporter

Reality TV Stars Are Suing Bravo. Just How Bad Were Things On Set?

"A recent flood of allegations from reality stars describe issues that go far beyond public perception – and raise serious questions about the legal protections they're afforded." - BBC

Putin Signs New Law That Will Starve Independent Media

"President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law a bill that bans advertisers from working with 'foreign agents,' a move widely expected to make it next to impossible for independent media outlets hit with the designation to earn money." - The Moscow Times

Merchant Ivory Productions Was A Much Shakier, And Sketchier, Operation Than You Probably Knew

"If you were asked to guess which prestigious film-making duo spent their career scratching around desperately for cash, trying to wriggle out of paying their cast and crew, ping-ponging between lovers, and having such blood-curdling bust-ups that their neighbours called the police," you probably wouldn't pick Merchant and Ivory. - The Guardian

Historical Movies Like “Oppenheimer” Shape Historical Records. We Should Be Clear How

With Oppenheimer having received so much commercial, critical and Academy success, we have an opportunity to think about critical criteria for viewing historical film — and what we are owed by historical filmmakers. - The Conversation

Duplass Brothers Bring Their Indie-Film Model To Television

With the passing of Peak TV, they found themselves getting turned down by studio after studio, just like most of the other independent creators of new series. So Duplass Brothers Productions started producing shows itself, financed with the money Mark makes acting in the Reese Witherspoon series The Morning Show. - Variety

One Of The Craziest Treadmills In Television: Casting Director For Procedural Dramas Like “Law And Order”

"Each week’s new cases require new clients, new patients, new victims and killers and crooks, some at least mildly famous and each of them plausible. ... (Delivering) such shows involves a hectic, grueling, often maddening sprint to assemble new troupes of actors week after week." - The New York Times

Let’s End The ‘Best Supporting Actress’ Curse Now

“Taking home one of the industry’s most prestigious awards might seem to indicate that an actress is one worth paying attention to, making it more conspicuous when they’re seemingly nowhere to be seen, or limited to more supporting parts." - The Atlantic

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