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Interesting weekend… It was the 5th weekend of 2023. Like last year, we had 2 wide releases and 1 film just over the 1000 screen mark. Last year, the 3 titles grossed $33.7 million, this year, $33 million. The weekend was won by Knock on the Cabin, which did a mediocre $14.2…

Feb 6

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I loved Sundance this year… and it exhausted me. Literally, I am still recovering from 40 films in less than 10 days. My sleep schedule is almost back…

Feb 2

If you are now interested in discussing the details of award season marketing, here is the rule on events, as found in The Academy’s Campaign…

Feb 2

My Personal Top 10 for the fest is… in alphabetical order… (one more Sundance wrap to come, with 25 more titles)

Jan 31

I lost a writing day to Twitter and the “discussion” of The Academy and Best Actrees nominee Andrea Riseborough. I put “discussion” in parentheses…

Jan 29

I wasn’t going to write about this, but the coverage of Comcast’s quarterly, released yesterday, is irking me… so a brief look… Cable continues to show…

Jan 26

This piece is kind of a sidebar to my normal Sundance coverage. It isn’t about what’s great or not, or what is selling. I saw Victim/Suspect today and I…

Jan 25

The big surprise of Oscar nod morning (here are the nominees) was not really that much of a surprise… All Quiet On The Western Front has been getting a…

Jan 24

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