The streamer spent $5 million to build it for The Two Popes, and it seems nobody understands why it wasn't repurposed. (Perhaps because the Vatican doesn't want a full-size replica under another institution's control out there and would only license this one if it were destroyed after filming?) - Artnet
It’s been a bumpy road, one with high highs and low lows, for MoviePass. The company shot to notoriety in 2017 by offering customers in any city the option to see one movie each day for $9.99 a month. The too-good-to-be-sustainable price point proved to be economically ruinous. - Variety
Filmmaker Alex Pritz: "It was so clear from the first frame that his was just plain better. You felt the chaos and tension in a way that I just wasn’t capturing. ... they’re receiving an equal portion of direct profits of the film." - The New York Times
"The region is already enjoying an unprecedented production boom, with Greece, Croatia, Serbia and neighboring countries luring big-budget studio projects to the dazzling coasts of the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, the Black Sea region and the countries of the former Yugoslavia." - Variety
"Steadily growing in size and prestige since incubating 20 years ago in the Brooklyn apartment of co-founders Stephanie and Floyd Rance, the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival sits enviably at the confluence of Black culture, industry sea change and everyone’s dream vacation." - Washington Post
"Long before talking movies became the norm, women ran wild in movies. And I mean, really wild. They riotously schemed, fought and defied convention, racing and laughing their way to liberation." Then? They got left out of film history books. - The New York Times
Lisa LaFlamme, who started hosting the flagship show in 2011, was one of many women who stopped dyeing her hair during the pandemic, and allowed her natural hair colour to show. LaFlamme called the decision “liberating” and told viewers she wished she had made the move sooner. - The Guardian
It was only a matter of time before the milestone was reached, as streaming usage has continued to climb while traditional TV declines amid the steady drip-drip-drip of cord-cutting losses. - Variety
Fewer Americans are getting cable TV—and, by extension, ESPN—every year, but the network remains home to some of the most popular content on TV, particularly as many people no longer watch live programming that isn’t news or sports. - The Wall Street Journal
Payne's 1996 dark comedy starred Dern as a trainwreck who finds herself co-opted into America's abortion battles. Says Dern now, "we thought we were making something that in three years might be passé. And now it's worse for my daughter's generation." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"Working closely with a team of writers, assistants and producers — led by the showrunner and co-creator Peter Gould — Ariel Levine and Kathleen Williams-Foshee maintained detailed notes on virtually every person, place, thing or event ever mentioned or implied on either the show or its predecessor." - The New York Times
Cineworld’s liquidity and debt burden, which stood at more than $5 billion in net debt as of the end of 2021, have long been in focus for investors. - The Hollywood Reporter
In recent months, the marquee releases from the Hindi-language film industry in Mumbai have been earning much less than they cost to make. Why? Part of it is the slow return of audiences post-lockdown; perhaps more of it is that this year's hottest movies come from South India's studios. - Variety
But ads are coming back because streamers have more info about our consumption habits than the cable companies or networks ever did, so the ads are more valuable than ever. Plus, there’s no skipping ads via DVR when you’re streaming on Hulu et al. - The Bulwark
