Whether you want to watch SCTV, Schitt’s Creek, After Hours, or the many Christopher Guest mockumentaries that she made great, it’s out there. (And for physical media, your library probably has DVDs or Blu-Rays as well.) - Vulture
“A horror about mythical Welsh fairies had filming relocated to north Yorkshire after crew found out about strict non-smoking rules on sets in Wales.” The government did suggest specialized, adapted e-cigarettes might work, but the film's director wasn’t interested. - BBC
“While Sundance can surprise as well as delight, attendees often seem happy just to be there. … While the applause tends to be overgenerous, this sense of excitement is crucial to the Sundance gestalt. It also helped lift the gloom.” - The New York Times
“The sweetest, spiciest and most shocking Sundance stories are ones you don’t hear at Q&As inside the Eccles or Egyptian. … Who better to rewind the times than a group of filmmakers who had their lives changed by what went down during America’s most consequential gathering of independent film insiders?” - The Hollywood Reporter
His painting are being sold to benefit public television. The latest, Change of Seasons (1990) led the sale, bringing in $787,900, more than 13 times its $60,000 high estimate. - Artnet
What if NPR decides radio is no longer worth the hassle and puts all its efforts into streaming audio and podcasts? What if it drops the national linear feed altogether or simply lets on-air programming age out with over-the-air listeners? - Editor & Publisher
While many acknowledge that the festival has outgrown the tiny ski resort where it started, “longtime Sundance-goers hope that the festival’s indie spirit won’t dim when it uproots for Colorado. And they’re happy that Sundance’s leadership opted to host the event in a college town that also boasts natural beauty.” - Variety
“Capital Public Radio’s former general manager Jun Reina was arrested Thursday in connection to embezzlement, grand theft and forgery charges after prosecutors accused him of misappropriating more than $1.3 million from the NPR-broadcaster licensed to Sacramento State (University).” - The Sacramento Bee
The BBC has been urged to rethink color-blind casting “tokenism” and “preachy” storylines about the UK’s colonial history in scripted series, according to a major study commissioned by the broadcaster. - Deadline
Under Bezos’s leadership, CEO Will Lewis has floated a bunch of proposals to make the company profitable, few of which so far resemble anything people might actually want to buy. - Intelligencer (MSN)
“For almost a quarter-century Freeview has enabled viewers to access (digital terrestrial) television from the nation’s biggest broadcasters … for no charge. Despite it still being the UK’s largest TV platform, … those same broadcasters are now calling for the service to be switched off in as little as eight years’ time.” - The Guardian
Yes, the filmmaker behind The Lobster, The Favourite, Poor Things and Bugonia has made ads for Squarespace (the website-building platform) and Grubhub to air during Super Bowl LX. The Grubhub spot is untitled, but the Squarespace commercial is titled Unavailable, and, of course, it stars Emma Stone. - The Hollywood Reporter
The vanishingly rare presentations of stage work, whether dance, opera or theatre, are invariably acquisitions from cultural organisations that provided most of the funding and all of the production expertise. - The Conversation
“I’m going to be putting tariffs on movies from outside of the country,” the president told The California Post in an interview shared Monday. “If they’re made in Canada, if they’re made in all these places, because Los Angeles has lost the movie industry.” - Yahoo
