Green, who made The Assistant and has the new Royal Hotel out, says - only partly about her films, where women face dangers at work - "I think we need to change the entire structure and blow it all up." - The New York Times
That's thanks to the writers' and actors' strikes. "If the strike continues without stars on the circuit, voters may be left to their own devices again. Perhaps that’s not such a bad thing?" - Variety
The heart of the offer, also backed by Scarlett Johannson, Ben Affleck, Tyler Perry and others, is to remove the cap on actors' pay subject to union dues, thus bringing more income to SAG-AFTRA. Generous, sure, but it has nothing to do with the issues underlying the strike. - Variety
“It was part of our promise with creators. At the time we started creating original programming, our creators felt like they were pretty trapped in this kind of overnight ratings world and weekend box office world defining their success and failures." - Variety
The offer would remove the $1 million cap on membership dues. In an effort to bring a residual system to streaming, the stars also have proposed a formula that would make the lowest names on the call sheet who most need the money the first to be paid. - Deadline
Deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini announced that the annual license fee that supports the country's national broadcaster (as with the BBC) will be cut from €90 to €70. Salvini presented the move as a first step toward defunding RAI, a longtime goal of his far-right Lega party. - Reuters
"Netflix on Wednesday disclosed summertime subscriber gains that surpassed industry analysts’ projections, signaling the video streaming service’s crackdown on password sharing is converting former freeloaders into paying customers." - AP
"That’s the difference between what SAG-AFTRA wants in a new streaming residual formula — $500 million — and what the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is currently willing to pay — $20 million." - Variety
"While no reason was given, the announcement comes less than a day after a blast at Gaza’s al-Ahli al-Arabi hospital reportedly left hundreds of Palestinians, including many women and children, dead and has become a lightning rod for anger across the region." - The Hollywood Reporter
Rather than keep stockpiles of expensive and obsolete technology in storage, museums have to find clever ways around software updates, from video game emulators to server farms to niche businesses like CTL. But they, too, have a life span as short as, or shorter than, those of light bulbs. - The New York Times
"'That really pushed us to the edge,' says Maggie Quick, a guest attendant. 'It was just the constant understaffing and the emotional exhaustion.'" Union recognition has gone smoothly enough at some indie cinemas; Alamo Drafthouse, however, is another matter. - AP
