"The magic of the brand (is) that over time it has been able to sell the idea of A24 as synonymous with originality, idiosyncrasy, and prestige. ... People may love Atonement and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but ... no one's rocking a Focus Features hoodie." - New York Magazine
Sometimes direct translation works well (Parasite). Sometimes clarity requires adding or cutting words (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain became Amélie). Sometimes the foreign title works fine (Les Misérables). Sometimes the title changes completely (El Hoyo, "the hole," became The Platform). And the choice matters a lot. - The New York Times
One former employee says as many as 13 people of color previously in charge of developing shows like The Gordita Chronicles and the Spanish-language docuseries Menudo: Forever Young have been let go, likely influencing the types of shows and movies that are greenlit moving forward. - The Daily Beast
The showings are reportedly restricted to those who worked on the film, as well as selected executives and representatives, before the footage is locked away for good. Batgirl was seen in public only once, in a test screening with incomplete visual effects and music, before the studio canned it. - The Hollywood Reporter
For both film and TV, the four current acting categories will be replaced with two, lead and supporting performances, with ten nominees each. For film, there will also be a best breakthrough performance award with five nominees of any gender. - Variety
"On Thursday, the two announced that more than 20 NPR shows, including Up First and Throughline, are now available on the platform. ... The addition of NPR podcasts comes just as YouTube recently added an Explore page dedicated to the format." - Endgadget
A lawsuit named Defteros v. Google argued that a website could defame someone without writing anything about them — or even knowing who they are. It was enough simply to link to another web page that contains defamatory content. - NiemanLab
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
