“Peter Farrelly’s Green Book, starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, has joined the search for the next Oscar frontrunner out of the Toronto International Film Festival after picking up the top People’s Choice honor on Sunday. … The first runner-up for the top audience prize was Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk; the second runner-up was Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma.”
Category: media
Netflix, Amazon, HBO Dominate Emmy Awards
In an article headlined (in part) “Broadcast TV Airs Its Own Funeral,” Scott Feinberg gives a recap of the results, including Best Comedy Series and four other statuettes for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Game of Thrones beating The Handmaid’s Tale for Best Drama Series, and the first Emmy for Henry Winkler in his long career.
Is Our Constant-Streaming Culture Making It Harder For Us To Rest?
Social media breaks, or “social media detox,” have become common ways for people to recalibrate their sense of reality and restore their own values. Is the solution here to forgo Netflix, Hulu, Roku, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services so we can get back to our normally functioning brains?
The Big Emmy Races To Watch
Some are repeats – Handmaid’s Tale vs. Game of Thrones – and others are familiar questions: Will The Americans win? Now, what about Atlanta?
When The Weinstein Movies Broke, Some Movies Were In Distribution – And They’re Still In Limbo
Can the movies – “orphaned” because of the terrible behavior of their company’s founder – get any U.S. release? Hm, maybe … on Netflix. “Streaming and other digital-only releases appear to be an increasingly attractive distribution option for these titles, since it offers producers a revenue stream minus the media attention that comes with a traditional theatrical release.”
Streaming Services May Start Showing Films On IMAX
Domestic theatre attendance fell to a 25-year low last year, partly, or maybe mostly, because of streaming – so theatre chains are not exactly friendly to services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. But the IMAX CEO says they’re all talking to him. “It’s inevitable that these big blockbusters that people are spending all this money on … are going to have a theatrical release and I think almost certainly an IMAX release.”
We All Know The Oscar Race Is On, Right?
Winter is coming, and with it, the inevitable awards buildup. Now that three of the major fall film festivals have ended, The New York Times explains who’s on top right now.
The Netflix Morning Meeting (A Satire Of Sorts)
Ahem:
“It’s just what we need. Ryan Murphy will be showrunner. It’ll be about a sexy horror alphabet.”
“I think it’s about apartments.”
“Even better. Give apartments $4 billion, tell them to get campy fast.”
“Which ones?”
“Ones in Seattle. Big ones. Two-bedrooms or bigger.”
Black Chat Shows Are Absolutely Thriving In Britain – But Only Out Of The Mainstream
That may be starting to change a bit, as some move under the umbrella of the BBC. One host:”Traditionally, media has been this finished product, whereas when we first started, and still, we’re not a finished product.”
The Emmys Are Coming, And Here’s A Cluster Of Stories You Will Want To Read
Including: Why the heck are the Emmys on a Monday? (You know why, and it’s spelled s-p-o-r-t-s-b-a-l-l.)