The technology has given ChatGPT users control over the visual languages that artists have honed over the course of their careers, potentially devaluing those artists’ styles and destroying their ability to charge money for their work. - The Atlantic
“First it was HBO Go, then it was HBO Now, followed by HBO Max and ultimately just Max. But now, Warner Bros. Discovery is rebranding its streaming service yet again to: HBO Max (Yes, you read that right).” - TheWrap
Amid an ongoing tariff war, Trump’s proposal — which may ultimately remain an empty threat — goes beyond economic protectionism. It is cultural protectionism. It also reflects language ideologies that have long constrained the American film industry and American engagement with multilingual cinema. - The Conversation
Public radio had been explicitly understood as an empathy machine since the dawn of This American Life in 1996. If we allow synonyms for empathy, radio has been understood this way since long before that. - Current
The country’s film industry is the world’s second largest by output, but the big streaming services who had been commissioning films have cut way back or withdrawn from Nigeria altogether. So actors, directors and screenwriters have been making and posting movies on YouTube at an astounding rate. - The Guardian
CPB leaders denied that request, citing federal law that establishes the independent nonprofit outside of the control of the federal government. The request comes as the president is launching a broad assault against the country's two largest public broadcasters. - NPR
“New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has approved a state budget that increases the cap on the state’s film and TV subsidy to $800 million, nearly double the amount from 2022. The expansion creates a $100 million pool earmarked solely for independent projects.” - The Hollywood Reporter
“There’s something we noticed the year and months after Covid: There were fewer American films in the world; therefore local production –national production–became more successful.” - Deadline
For London's Prince Charles cinema, threatened with a huge rent increase, “the listing provides the local community with the right to try to raise funds and bid for the building first if it is put up for sale.” - BBC
“Women make up 11.3.% of the directors in the United States, which is on par with the average. The percentage of women of color in the director’s chair (5.7% in 2024) has doubled in the last decade (2.5% in 2015).” - Variety
“For the truly birdpilled, it’s about tuning in to a new layer of reality around you and decoding it. The word bird becomes not just a noun but a verb, and you are always birding.” - Slate
“For many directors, reaching the Cannes competition — this year, that’s 22 movies vying for the Palme d’Or — is career milestone.” - Seattle Times (AP)
“Playing it safe and following the herd are real problems. But The Studio offers a more radical answer: The true problem lies with you, the audience.” - The New York Times
Of course, box office isn’t everything, but the Ryan Coogler movie should stand at about $330 million by the end of its theatrical run, “a haul that would put it in Hollywood’s horror hall of fame.” - The New York Times
