The poll also found that 48% have an unfavorable view of the major studios, and just 31% support the studios. The survey also found that 60% of respondents subscribe to Netflix, 41% subscribe to Hulu, and 35% subscribe to Disney+. - Variety
Sure, multiplexes and art houses are already crammed with people seeing Barbie and Oppenheimer, but for one day next week, it'll be a cheaper proposition. - Variety
And those actors also point out that if Hollywood can go digital to make Grant small, Hollywood can use digital tools to make them into giants. - The Guardian (UK)
Bernstein's "family released a statement in response to the criticism, saying that they worked closely with Cooper throughout the film's development and were unbothered by the prosthetic." - CBC
"The change opens the door to a strange social experiment. … 'So much of the experience of TikTok is that weird sense that you're being profiled—this idea that each thing that you see is somehow related to you,' (says anthropologist) Nick Seaver. … What happens when that goes away?" - MSN (The Atlantic)
The ArcLight has become a Los Angeles mystery, the subject of speculation that befits a movie theater that was always more than just another neighborhood cinema. - The New York Times
No, you're not the only hearing person who turns on the closed captions in order to make out what's being said. It's a particular problem with movies originally made for theaters. Here's an explanation of why it happens and a few ways consumers can address it. - The New York Times
After years of burning through mountains of cash to fill their catalogs with original programming, the big SVOD services are now charging their subscribers more than ever because it’s increasingly difficult to draw in new customers — and because the mere perception of growth is no longer enough to keep their shareholders happy. - The Verge
Traditional TV isn’t just competing with Disney Plus and Max; it's competing with YouTube and TikTok, and other video providers that can rely on creators to churn out content faster and more cheaply. So Nielsen’s news of declining viewership isn’t a surprise as much as it was always a somewhat depressing inevitability. - The Verge
Also known as content houses or TikTok mansions, collab houses are grotesquely lavish abodes where teens and early twentysomethings live and work together, trying to achieve viral fame on a variety of media platforms. - Harper's
Here, for instance, is Justine Bateman: "I stress that this is an existential threat. And if they can do this with actors, they can do it with writers, directors, cinematographers — everyone. We'll be replaced with Frankenstein spoonfuls of our own work." Todd Spangler considers how serious that threat really is. - Variety
Maddi Koch, who is a senior at Virginia Tech and is sometimes paid by film companies to promote their work, says she makes videos to connect people and to spare them “the pain of arguing over finding a movie or not knowing what you’re really looking for.” - The New York Times
Peak, who has now seen Barbie twice, thinks she might see more movies in theaters, if studios, "could replicate something where it's more of an event for us all to go. That would be really cool. Y'know you can't get that just sitting at home." - NPR
