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READ >> Writers Guild Calls First Strike in 15 Years

READ >> Writers Guild Calls First Strike in 15 Years

“All these rich showrunners have riled up the base, led us into battle and put the fate of working middle-class writers, which this is all supposed to be about, on the line. I just hope to God they have a plan now that it’s real.”

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READ >> Why I Watch the Closing Credits of Every Movie I See

READ >> Why I Watch the Closing Credits of Every Movie I See

Our culture of on-demand binge-watching conditions us to race past the credits, taking for granted the collective creative efforts behind the movies and TV shows we so voraciously consume. Many streamers shrink credits, making them illegible on our screens; some even allow us to skip them entirely. Post-credits sequences, meanwhile a mainstay of franchise fare like the Marvel films have trained audiences to regard credits as mere backdrops for the latest Easter egg or teaser. We forget that countless individuals, each a storyteller in their own right, make our viewing possible. The distinction between art and “content” is lost.

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READ >> Judd Hirsch Can Tell You a Story or Three

READ >> Judd Hirsch Can Tell You a Story or Three

Hirsch’s unexpectedly intense performance in “The Fabelmans” — the latest in a
decades-long career spanning stage, screen and a 1972 commercial for JCPenney polyester slacks
— would seem to be a testament to his endurance in a singularly fickle industry.

READ >> A tribute to Satyajit Ray

READ >> A tribute to Satyajit Ray

Martin Scorcese says Ray’s Apu trilogy was “one of the greatest bodies of work in the history of cinema.” Taxi Driver bears a strong resemblance to Ray’s Abhijan. It was Scorcese who supposedly pushed for Ray’s Academy Award, and over the years, attempted to restore many of Ray’s films.

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