MCN Curated Headlines Archive for March, 2017
A List Of The 265 Members Of Congress Who Ended Internet Browsing Privacy And How Much Each Was Paid
“Exhibitors around the world lose billions of dollars each year to movie theft, and the losses would be much greater if not for a coordinated war on piracy.”
NATO’s John Fithian Speaks On Free Trade
“Amazon might be getting rid of numerous ‘extreme’ indie horror titles from their free queue but the rent or buy option is still available to all filmmakers, and it means more revenue.”
Amazon Streaming Cracks Down On “Extreme” Content “Included With Prime”
“Both UK and US box office reached record levels. This year already promises to be even better. 2016 saw a record 900 titles arrive in UK cinemas. If Netflix poses any threat (and we’d be hard pressed to know, given its unwillingness to publish revenue figures), it is to the rest of the home entertainment sector and not to one offering an immersive out-of-home experience.”
So Sez Phil Clapp, Chief Exec, UK Cinema Association
Billionaire Investor Demands Access To Records Of tronc, Free-Spending Publisher Of Los Angeles Times, Over “Poor Corporate Governance”
And – “Ferro has upped the ante. Using shareholders’ money, the company has spent $56 million buying Oaktree’s shares in tronc at $15 each, a 12% premium. This exercise has cost fronc nearly a third of its gross cash balance (it also has $370 million of debt). The company has lifted the ownership ceiling for Ferro, but not for his rival. Ordinary shareholders know Tronc’s managers made a mess of the bidding process and are now spending money entrenching themselves.”
“At any rate, adding at least some of Milch’s voice into the ‘True Detective’ universe could be very cool for fans of both franchises if this newfound alliance between two strong voices works out.”
David Milch Boards Possible “True Detective” Third Season, Inspires Peak Blogginess At EW
“In the early 1960s, hobbled by cost-cutting and the release of contract players following the forced sale of its theater chain, Paramount was nearly shuttered and sold for the real estate value of its lot. Instead, a new corporate boss, having little to lose, brought in a brash, untested producer — Robert Evans — to run the place. The result was a creative rebirth that led to seminal hits like The Godfather, Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown.”
Brooks Barnes Reaches Back
“Structurally, these studios and the agencies and exhibitors that orbit them are too sprawling, too slow-moving, and too entangled in a dizzying web of antiquated business practices and associations to respond effectively to the digital era.”
Brent Lang Offers Pre-Cinemacon Thumbsucker On Collapsing Distribution Windows
“The ease with which ‘camp’ is applied to female-led films and shows demonstrates that for all the (still-paltry) gains Hollywood has made for women in the decades since Davis and Crawford.”
Angelica Jade Bastién On The Performance (And Misapprehension) Of Camp
“It’s not just romantic love which is all around. Most people still, every day, everywhere, have enough love to help human beings in trouble. Good is going to win. I’m actually sure of it.”
Telegraph TV Critic Tempts Whiplash With Mixed, But Conciliatory Review Of Richard Curtis’ Sketch
“As a script supervisor, it is indeed extremely disturbing,” the script supervisor said. “There’s no script to actually supervise.”
VF Takes Note Of Dr. Uwe Boll
“What makes a city vibrant is the culture, and if you suck that culture out, and if the artists all move to Hamilton, then we’re stuck with Bay Street.”
Musicians Head For Toronto Exits
“Like the surreal legal case that winds through Dickens’ ‘Bleak House,’ this one never seems to reach an end. And every time it resurfaces, it sucks us in — or at least those of us who feel compelled to choose between justice and compassion.”
Stephen Galloway Columnizes Polanski