Sitemap - 2025 - The Hot Button by David Poland
THB #783: Netflix & SCREAM, Pt 4 - MovieCide: How To Kill Movie Theaters
David Reads The Trades: December 30, 2025
David Reads The Trades: December 29, 2025
THB #789: The 17-Day Theatrical Window Myth & More
THB #786: Pet Theories For 2026 (#1)
David Reads The Trades: December 24, 2025
David Reads The Trades: December 23, 2025
David Reads The Trades: December 22, 2025
David Reads The Trades: December via 19, 2025
David Reads The Trades (pt 2) : December 18, 2025
David Reads The Trades: December 17, 2025
THB #784: 4 Wks To Oscar Voting - It's The Great Settling, Oscar Gold
David Reads The Trades: December 16, 2025
David Reads The Trades: December 15, 2025
A Couple Chats With Rob Reiner
David Reads The Trades: December 12, 2025
THB #781: Netflix & SCREAM, Pt 3 - MovieCide: How Much Can Exhibition Take?
David Reads The Trades: December 11, 2025
David Reads The Trades: December 10, 2025
THB #780: Netflix & SCREAM, Pt 2 - Things Get Boring
David Reads The Trades: December 9, 2025
David Reads The Trades: December 8, 2025
THB #779: Netflix & SCREAM, Pt 1
David Reads The Merger: December 5, 2025
David Reads The Trades: December 4, 2025
David Reads The Trades: December 3, 2025
THB #778: When A Full Service Studio Met Netflix
David Reads The Trades: November 2, 2025
David Reads The Trades: December 1, 2025
THB #777: 14 Weeks To Oscar - First Blood
THB # 776: Thankful 2025 - Episode 28
David Reads The Trades: November 26, 2025
Gus Van Sant’s DEAD MAN’S WIRE Is “A Gripping and Stylish 70s Throwback” | For Your Consideration
David Reads The Trades: November 25, 2025
David Reads The Trades: November 24, 2025
David Reads Trades: November 21, 2025
THB #774: The Most Stupid Box Office Story Of The Year
David Reads The Trades: November 20, 2025
THB #773: 8 Weeks To Oscar Nom Voting
David Reads The Trades: November 19, 2025
THB #772: Death & The Alternative
David Reads The Trades: November 18, 2025
FRANKENSTEIN is “The Movie Guillermo del Toro Was Born To Make” | For Your Consideration
David Reads The Trades: November 17, 2025
David Reads The Trades: November 14, 2025
David Reads The Trades: November 13, 2025
THB #771: Disney's Quarterly & The Market For Showbiz
David Reads The Trades: November 12, 2025
THB #770: The Running Man (2025)
David Reads The Trades, November 11, 2025
David Reads the Trades, November 10, 2025
THB# 769: The Next 6 Box Office Months
THB 768: Rethinking Box Office Analysis
David Reads The Trades: November 7, 2025
David Reads The Trades: November 6, 2025
THB #767: Oscar... Three Ladies!
David Reads The Trades: November 5, 2025
David Reads The Trades, November 4, 2025
David Reads the Trades, November 3, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 31, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 30, 2025
THB #764: 11 Weeks To Oscar Nom Voting
David Reads The Trades: October 29, 2025
THB #763: Stunts! We Got Stunts! (Theatrical Edition)
David Reads The Trades: October 28, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 27, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 24, 2025
Kathryn Bigelow’s A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is “One Hell of a Motion Picture” | WATCH NOW ON NETFLIX
David Reads The Trades: October 23, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 22, 2025
THB #761: Warners Goes To Market
David Reads The Trades: October 21, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 20, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 17, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 16, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 15, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 14, 2025
THB #758: 13 Weeks To Oscar Nom Voting - Uncomfortable Reset
David Reads the Trades: October 13, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 10, 2025
THB #751: Why The Paramount Purchase Of WBD Is Likely To Disappoint, Pt 2
David Reads The Trades: October 9, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 8, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 7, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 6, 2025
[4 Years Ago] THB #1: Greetings... and Box Office Monday
David Reads The Trades: October 3, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 2, 2025
David Reads The Trades: October 1, 2025
David Reads The Trades: September 30, 2025
THB #755: 15 Weeks To Oscar Nom Voting - Gold's Fools
David Reads The Trades: September 29, 2025
David Reads The Trades, September 26, 2025
David Reads The Trades, September 25, 2025
THB #754: One Battle After Another (minimal spoilers)
David Reads The Trades, September 24, 2025
David Reads the Trades: September 23, 5787
David Reads The Trades: September 22, 2025
THB #753: Another Ebert Goodbye
THB #753: The "The Lost Bus" Experience
David Reads The Trades: September 19, 2025
David Reads The Trades: September 18, 2025
This IS A Political Podcast This Afternoon
David Reads The Trade: September 17, 2025
THB #752: The Smashing Machine
David Reads The Trades: September 15, 2025
THB #750: Why The Paramount Purchase Of WBD Is Likely To Disappoint, Pt 1
David Reads The Trades: September 12, 2025
David Reads The Trades: September 11, 2025
THB #749: 18 Weeks To Oscar Nomination Voting
David Reads The Trades: September 10, 2025
David Reads The Trades (take 3): Sept 9, 2025
David Reads The Trades: September 8, 2025
David Reads The Trades, September 5, 2025
David Reads The Trades: September 4, 2025
David Reeds The Trades: September 3, 2025
David Reads The Trades: September 2, 2025
THB #747: 25 Weeks To Oscar - 57 Hours That Shook The World(?)
David Reads the Trades: August 29, 2025
David (Finally) Reads The Trades: August 27, 2025
David Doesn't Read The Trades: August 29, 2025
THB #746: 26 Weeks of Oscar Stew
David Reads The Trades: August 27, 2025
David Reads The Trades: August 26, 2026
THB #744: K-Pop Demon Analysis
David Reads The Trades: August 22, 2025
David Reads The Trades: August 21, 2025
David Reads The Trades: August 20, 2025
David Reads The Trades: August 19, 2025
David Reads The Trades: August 18, 2025
THB #742: Box Office - Has Universal Hoisted Us All On Its Fast-Track Petard?
THB #741: 23 Weeks To Oscar Nom Voting
David Reads The Trades: August 15, 2025
David Reads The Trades: August 14, 2025
David Reads The Trades: August 13, 2025
David Reads The Trades: August 12, 2025
David Reads The Trades: August 11, 2025
THB #739: PB&M - Paranoia, Box Office & Mean
David Reads The Trades: August 8, 2025
THB #738: Weird Weekend In Review
David Reads The Trades: August 7, 2025
David Reads The Trades: August 6, 2025
David Reads the Trades: August 5, 2025
THB #737: Last Trailer Window In The Femme Movie Desert
David Reads The Trades: August 4, 2025
David Reads The Trades: August 1, 2025
David Reads The Trades: July 31, 2025
THB #735: The Naked Gun (2025)
David Reads The Trades: July 30, 2025
David Reads The Trades: July 29, 2025
David Reads The Trades: July 28, 2025
David Reads The Trades, July 25, 2025
David Reads The Trades: July 24, 2025
Joel Edgerton in TRAIN DREAMS | Watch the Teaser for Clint Bentley’s “Staggering Work of Art”
THB #733: New York Film Festival & Best Picture
David Roads The Trades: July 23, 2025
THB #732: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (spoiler-free)
David Reads The Trades: July 22, 2025
THB #731: Eddington (spoiler-free)
David Reads The Trades, July 21, 2025
David Reads The Trades Extra: July 19, 2025
David Reads The Trades: July 18, 2025
David Reads The Trades: July 17, 2025
THB #730: The BIG Movies '25/'26
David Reads The Trades: July 16, 2025
David Reads The Trades: July 15, 2025
David Reads The Trades: July 14, 2025
David Reads The Trades: July 11, 2025
THB #727: Hollywood & Racism, The $10 Billion Question
THB #727: Hollywood & Racism, The $10 Billion Question
David Reads The Trades: July 10, 2024
David Reads The Trades: July 9, 2025
THB #726: Mirror, Mirror On The Web...
THB #725: Oy Already With The Superman Coverage!!!
David Reads The Trades: July 8, 2025
David Reads The Trades: July 7, 2025
THB #724: Too Much PreShow, Pt 2 of 2
THB #723: Too Much PreShow, Pt 1 of 2
David Reads The Trades : July 3, 2025
David Reads The Trades: July 2, 2025
David Reads The Trades: July 1, 2025
THB #722: Jurassic World: Rebirth
David Reads The Trades: June 30, 2025
David Reads The Trades: June 27, 2025
THB #721: F1: The Movie (spoiler-free)
David Reads The Trades: June 26, 2025
David Reads The Trades: June 25, 2025
David Reads The Trades: June 24, 2025
David Reads The Trades: June 23, 2025
David Reads The Trades: June 20, 2025
David Reads The Trades: June 19, 2025
THB #717: Netflix Goes Linéaire Before Linéaire Goes Netflix
David Reads The Trades: June 18, 2025
David Reads The Trades: June 17, 2025
David Reads The Trades: June 16, 2025
THB #716: "Shane! Come Back!!!"
David Reads The Trades: June 13, 2025
David Reads The Trades: June 12, 2025
David Reads The Trades, June 11, 2025
DP/30 EmmyWatch: Klepper Live!
ÉTOILE is "Ambitious and Addictive" | FYC — Outstanding Comedy Series
DP/30 EmmyWatch: Jordan Klepper from The Daily Show... LIVE!
David Reads The Trades: June 10, 2025
THB #715: Get Some Perspective, Please!!!
David Reads The Trades: June 9, 2025
David Reads The Trades: June 6, 2025
David Reads The Trades: June 5, 2925
David Reads The Trades: June 4, 2025
THB #713: Summer 2025, 16 Major Studio Releases To Come
David Reads The Trades: June 3, 2025
David Reads The Trades: June 2, 2025
THB #712: The Karate Kid and the Mediocre, Disappointing, Not Significant, Almost Bad Weekend
David reads The Trades: May 30, 2025
THB #711: The Trouble With Emmys
David Reads The Trades: May 29, 2025
David Reads The Trades: May 28, 2025
DP/30 EmmyWatch: Dan Amira, head writer of The Daily Show
David Reads The Trades: May 27, 2025
THB #710: Why Can't Tom Terrific Make As Much Money As An Animated Alien?
THB #709: Well... Now I've Seen Heart Eyes
David Reads The Trades: May 23, 2025
David Reads The Trades: May 22,2025
THB #708: Lilo & Stitch (2025)
David Reads The Trades: May 21, 2025
David Reads The Trades: May 20, 2025
David Reads The Trades: May 19, 2025
THB #707: A Brief Industry History of Tom Cruise
David Reads The Trades: May 16, 2025
THB #705: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
David Reads The Trades, May 15, 2025
David Reads The Trades: May 14, 2025
THB #704: A Week On & Around Broadway, May 2025
David Reads The Trades : May 13, 2025
David Reads The Trades: May 12, 2025
David Reads The Trades: May 9, 2025
David Reads The Trades: May 8, 2025
David Reads The Trades: May 7, 2025
David Reads The Trades: May 6, 2025
THB #701: Summer's Here... And I'm For That
David Reads The Trades NYC: May 2, 2025
David Reads The Trades NYC: May 1, 2025
David Reads The Trades: April 30,2025
David Doesn’t Read The Trades: April 30, 2025
THB #700: Thunderbolts* (no spoilers)
THB #699: Talking About Talking
David Reads The Trades: April 28, 2025
David Reads The Trades: April 25, 2025
David Reads The Trades: April 24, 2025
David Reads The Trades: April 23, 2025
David Reads The Trades: April 22, 2025
THB #697: That Stubborn Academy Itch
David Reads The Trades: April 21, 2025
David Reads The Trades: Good Friday 2025
David Reads The Trades: April 17, 2025
David Reads The Trades: April 15, 2025
David Reads The Trades: April 14, 2025
THB #694: Whose CinemaCon Is It Anyway? - Pt 3, In Conclusion
David Reads The Trades: April 10, 2025
David Reads The Trades: April 9, 2025
David Reads The Trades: April 8, 2025
THB #694: Whose CinemaCon Is It Anyway? - Pt 2, What We Saw In Vegas
David Reads The Trades, April 7, 2025
THB #693: Whose CinemaCon Is It Anyway? - The History & The Whining
David Reads The Trades - April 4, 2025
David Reads CinemaCon - Amazon MGM
David Reads CinemaCon - Paramount
David Reads CinemaCon - Universal Day 1
David Reqds CinemaCom - Warner Bros
David Reads CinemaCon - Lionsgate, Neon & More
David Reads The Trades Live!!!
David Reads The Trades, 3/28/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/27/25
THB #691: 5 Steps To Streaming's Future
David Reads The Trades, 3/26/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/25/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/24/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/21/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/20/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/19/25
THB #688: Make Television Linear Again
David Reads The Trades, 3/18/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/17/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/14/25
THB #684: Industry Tipping Point - Pt 2, Fixing Oscar
David Reads The Trades, 3/13/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/12/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/11/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/10/25
THB #686: Box Office Delusional
David Reads The Trades, 3/7/25
THB #685: For Whom The Bong Tolls
David Reads The Trades, 3/6/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/5/25
THB #683: Industry Tipping Point - Pt 1, What's Wrong?
David Reads The Trades, 3/4/25
David Reads The Trades, 3/3/25
THB #681: 3 Hours To Oscar - Donning The Cape
David Reads The Trades, 2/28/25
David Reads The Trades, 2/27/25
David Reads The Trades, 2/26/25
THB #679: Typing Against My Will
David Reads The Trades, 2/25/25
David Reads The Trades, 2/24/25
THB #678:1 Week To Oscar - Dang, SAG It!
David Reads The Trades, 2/21/25
David Reads The Trades, 2/20/25
THB #677: Increasing The Upside Of Marginal Movies
David Reads The Trades, 2/19/25
David Reads The Trades, 2/18/25
David Reads The Trades, 2/14/25
READ IT: THE SUBSTANCE Oscar®-Nominated Screenplay and More Behind-the-Scenes Details
THB #675: The White Lotus, Season 3
David Reads The Trades, 2/13/25
THB #674: Captain America: Brave New World
David Reads The Trades, 2/12/25
David Reads The Trades, 2/11/25
DGA, PGA, CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS WINNER | ANORA is the Most Awarded Film of the Year
THB #673: 3 Weeks To Oscar - The Eve Of Voting
David Reads The Trades, 2/10/25
David Reads The Trades, 2/7/25
Academy Award® Nominee WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL is "The Best Animated Film of the Year"
THB #671: Getting Back To "Normal"
David Reads The Trades, 2/6/25
David Reads The Trades, 2/5/25
David Reads The Trades, 2/4/25
THB #669: 4 Weeks To Oscar - Distraction
David Reads The Trades, 2/3/25
David Reads The Trades, 1/31/25
David Reads The Trades, 1/30/25
Follow Your Heart. ANORA is the Most Beloved Film of the Year
David Reads The Trades, 1/29/25
Why Not CINEMA?! A Retrospective of the Films from EMILIA PÉREZ Producer Why Not Productions
David Reads The Trades, 1/28/25
David Reads The Trades, 1/27/25
THB #667: A Very Brief History Of January
David Reads The Trades, 1/24/25
David Reads The Trades, 1/23/25
THB #666: Oscar Nominations Morning...
David Reads The Trades, 1/22/25
David Reads The Trades, 1/21/25
David Reads The Trades, 1/17/25
FYC Walter Salles’ I’M STILL HERE Starring Golden Globe Winner Fernanda Torres
David Reads The Trades, 1/16/25
David Reads The Trades, 1/15/25
David Reads The Trades, 1/14/25
David Reads The Trades, 1/13/25
THB #652: 7 Weeks To Oscar - Turbulance
FYC: Walter Salles’s I’M STILL HERE Starring Golden Globe Winner Fernanda Torres
FYC ANORA | 3 SAG Noms, 7 Critics Choice Noms, DGA Awards Nominee
David Reads The Trades, 1/10/25
FYC ANORA | Nominated for 7 Critics Choice Awards
David Reads The Trades, 1/9/25
Josh Margolin’s THELMA, starring June Squibb | FYC, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay
David Reads The Trades, 1/8/25
THB #649: In The Year 2025... (pt 1)
David Reads The Trades, 1/7/25
Marielle Heller's NIGHTBITCH starring Amy Adams | FYC, Best Actress
THB #648: 8 Weeks to Oscar - The Loneliness of the Long Distance Prognosticator
David Reads The Trades, 1/6/25
A REAL PAIN | 4 Golden Globe Nominations including Best Picture
THB #647: It Ends Here - Lively/Baldoni In 10 Min Or Less
FYC ANORA | Discover "The Best Film of the Year"
THB #646: Here's What An Industry Is To Do