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Instagram Is Turning Away From Photos To Videos. Artists Are Angry

The move has the artistic community seeing Pantone 032. Though there’s no way of knowing how many artists, architects and photographers have left the app, many are at least threatening to. - The Guardian

How Seattle’s Last Remaining Video Rental Store Plans To Go National

Scarecrow has approximately 140,000 titles, on physical media. Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu — combined — have approximately one-third of that, and the ephemeral nature of streaming rights means that titles on those platforms come and go. - Seattle Times

Why Bollywood Is Cranking Out The War Movies This Year

Basically, it's because Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing the country in a more militaristic direction, especially with regard to Pakistan. And "India's wars with Pakistan are privileged by Bollywood 'because we always win.'" - The Guardian

Unopened Vintage Super Mario Brothers Game Sells For $2 Million

Demand for collectibles has surged during the pandemic, along with many other forms of investment, as people stuck at home look for ways to spend their money. - The New York Times

Texas Monthly’s Lucrative New Income Stream: Selling Old Articles To Hollywood

The magazine has secured rights deals with film and TV production companies for more than 20 pieces from its archives so far — a sideline expected to earn $1 million this year. - Business Insider

AMC Will Accept Bitcoin For Movie Tickets

The company's CEO says AMC will be technologically equipped to start accepting Bitcoin payments for U.S. movie tickets and concessions ordered online by the end of the year. - Deadline

Now These, Say Some Native Americans, Are The TV Shows We’ve Been Waiting For

Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) and Rutherford Falls (Peacock) "are both Native stories told largely by Native actors, writers, producers and directors. The upshot has been a flourishing of new opportunities for … Native creators and performers." - The New York Times

Why NBC’s Olympics Broadcasts Didn’t Get Ratings Gold

The 14-day average of 16.5 million viewers through Wednesday is down a whopping 41% from the audience for the 2016 Games in Rio. - Los Angeles Times

Are Writers Being Left Behind In The New World Of Streaming?

“Creatively, it’s sort of like the Wild West — you can do anything you want and find a home for it, but financially it’s like an emergency what’s going on.” - Los Angeles Times

Voters Picked Mulholland Drive As The Best Art-House Movie Of Twenty Years Ago

Better than Monsoon Wedding? Better than Sexy Beast? Better than Amèlie?! Well: "The film remains [David Lynch's magnum opus, a perfect distillation of his most lasting fascinations." - The Atlantic

Medieval Literature Scholars, Movie Critics, And Fans Of King Arthur Walk Into A Bar

And they all disagree about the most recent adaptation of the anonymously written poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - the movie starring Dev Patel. - Los Angeles Times

There’s No Joy For An Actor In Playing A Perfect Character

That is, the character might be perfect for the actor - perfectly broken. - The Observer (UK)

Marlee Matlin Says Deaf Is Not A Costume

That is, it's not something non-Deaf actors can simply take on and off to perform various roles. - The Guardian (UK)

In Streaming, Writers Are Left Behind

The new SAG-AFTRA president is determined to help screenwriters reap the benefits of their labor. - Los Angeles Times

Traveling Talkies: India’s Itinerant Cinema Tents Are Fading Away

Starting in the 1950s, small companies would roam the village festival circuit, setting up tents and showing old films with aging projectors cast off from the cities. Yet, as cell phones and internet service reach rural India, the market for traveling talkies is disappearing. - Atlas Obscura

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