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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…

Feb 6

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

January 2023

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

2023 Oscars Nominations: See the Full List Jan 24, 2023 Best Picture All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century…

Jan 24

Sundance started last Thursday… for those of us on the stream, on Friday at 3pm. And so far, it’s been a pretty terrific year. I haven’t seen a single…

Jan 23

My Sundance from Los Angeles has begun. Lots to come from that. But in the meanwhile, this is an answer to a request from my pal, Saul, that I think…

Jan 21

I don’t know what to tell you. As usual, the response to a Netflix quarterly is irrational. After explaining last quarter that they weren’t going to…

Jan 20

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