The Hot Button by David Poland

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Thankful 2019
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Thankful 2019

David Poland
Nov 28, 2019
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The Hot Button by David Poland
The Hot Button by David Poland
Thankful 2019
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2019 has been one of the toughest years in my life.

But in the end, the simple facts are, I am pretty healthy, I have a wonderful family, and with the support of a lot of people, I am able to return to the work I have done for most of the last 22 years and find a place at the table. (I'm not sitting in the same spot... but gimme a minute.)

I am thankful for streaming. Whether it is Netflix or Criterion Channel or Amazon Prime or Broadway HD or Hulu or content streaming via cable networks or My Movies or Disney+ or, or, or... I am now able to leap into much of the grand history of cinema or the not-so-grand history of movie crap in an instant. And equally important to me, I am able to share it with my child.

I am thankful for movie theaters. All of them. Big and small, Conglomerate and indie. We are in a moment of turmoil about what the theatrical experience is and what it is supposed to be. But as Roger Ebert used to say, the cinema is about reverie. "A state of being pleasantly lost in …

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