FilmStruck is best known as the exclusive streaming home for The Criterion Collection, which was previously available to stream on Hulu. In addition to streaming films, FilmStruck also produced original content featuring director’s commentary and series such as film historian David Bordwell’s “Observations on Film Art.” When the service launched two years ago, it was touted as containing “the largest streaming library of contemporary and classic arthouse, indie, foreign and cult films.”
Author: Douglas McLennan
Why Creating Monsters Is Useful
From the point of view of evolution, casting others as monsters would have been extremely adaptive and helpful to your own survival as a group. Nature was not a warm and fuzzy place. Some of these horror stories were helpful in getting you to be nervous about real predators—both non-human animals and human predators.
Why Our Political Dramas Could Use Some Theatre Criticism
“In entreating my drama students to do their part in rescuing our faltering democracy, I was simultaneously asking them to redeem an idea of theater as something more than sound and fury. The stage, in its highest form, is a contemplative space, where dissenting voices are free to speak, where intellect and emotion can become better acquainted and hidden truths are allowed to emerge.”
How Do You Sell An Orchestra In Pittsburgh?
“We need to rethink who we’re pitching to. There are too many people that think: “Man, do we really need an orchestra that good if we can’t afford it? Isn’t good enough good enough?” That’s our problem. We have to educate people on why it’s important to invest in an orchestra like this. What’s the return on the investment?”
Study: Why Meter And Rhyme Affect Us
Results of the study—which was carried out at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig—showed that metered and rhymed verses were perceived as more intensely affecting and were aesthetically preferred over non-metered and non-rhymed versions.
Study: More Than Twice As Many Students Are Paying Attention To Political News Than In 2014
Students felt, even in their short lives, news had changed. Part of it’s the Trump effect, but I think it’s really that the Parkland generation is paying attention. They have an issue. I can’t tell you how many times school shootings came up. It’s definitely on their minds. They’re going to hear about it on their phones. The 24-hour news cycle has spun out of control to this hyper-velocity model that’s coming at them. The technology feeds them these stories in a way that news always has urgency. So much of news is treated like breaking news, whether it is or not. Kate Spade, she made nice purses, and her suicide is a tragedy. But is it breaking news? It’s confusing to students.
Canadian Writers See Steep Income Drop
Canadian writers are making less money than ever — with incomes from writing dropping 78 per cent from 1998, according to a report released Monday by the Writers’ Union of Canada. The numbers, accounting for inflation, have been undergoing a steady drop. According to the report, writers made $9,380 in 2017, down from $12,879 in 2014 — a 27 per cent drop in just three years.
Canadian Opera Company Ends Fiscal Year In The Black Despite Lower Ticket Sales
Despite the declining ticket revenues, the COC is on a sound financial footing. Besides operating with what is essentially a balanced budget, the Canadian Opera Foundation has seen its endowment balance rise to $43 million. This is nearly double of what was in the bank at the end of 2009-10 — $22.4 million.
London’s Royal Opera House To Appeal Ruling On Musician Who Claimed Rehearsals Damaged His Hearing
Chris Goldscheider, a former viola player in the orchestra at Covent Garden, said he could no longer work as a musician due to the ‘acoustic shock’ he suffered over a weekend rehearsal of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in 2012. He said the noise he was exposed to was unacceptable.
The Battle For LA’s Intellectual Life At LA Public Library
“We have so few great public spaces in our sprawling metropolis. And Ken Brecher has, in one quick stroke, changed the library from a sacred site of learning to a battleground, threatening its support from the literary, intellectual and civic-minded community here in Los Angeles.”