“If history was any guide, the director Terry George figured, there’d be weirdness around his new film, The Promise, about the Armenian genocide. Sure enough, he was right” – there was a concerted pile-on at IMDb, and the unanticipated release of a competing film on strangely similar material, The Ottoman Lieutenant. Cara Buckley lays out the strange circumstances around the two titles.
Category: media
Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Wins A Peabody Award, And So Does ‘Veep’
The two were among seven titles to receive honors in the entertainment category.
‘O.J.: Made In America’ And ‘Frontline’ Lead Documentary Peabody Winners
Also among the winners of 2016 Peabody Awards in the documentary category were 13th, Zero Days, and MAVIS!.
Why So Many Women Are Drawn To True-Crime Murder Television
Over the past couple of years, print pundits have wondered at the sizable female audience for new true-crime TV series such as The Jinx and Making a Murderer (not to mention the audio phenomenon that was Serial). American Studies scholar Melinda Lewis argues that the pundits shouldn’t have been surprised and unpacks the attraction to the genre.
Pitching Your Movie To A Jury With A $1 Million Prize To Give Out
“It was the chance of a lifetime. It was a terror like no other. Five promising filmmakers, most young and all hungry, were competing for a $1 million grant to make a feature that would have its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next year. The money came from AT&T, and the setup was very ‘Shark Tank’: They would have 10 minutes to pitch their movie to a jury whose members included Lee Daniels, Jeffrey Wright and Anthony Mackie.”
Audiences For Podcasts Are Growing Quickly
“Many podcast trends continue to rise, from the percentage of the 12+ population that has heard the term podcasting (60 percent, up from 55 percent last year) to the percentage that has listened to a podcast (40 percent, up from 36 percent last year) to the percentage that has listened in the last month (24 percent, up from 21 percent last year) or last week (15 percent, up from 13 percent). And the term “listened to” isn’t a loose one. And overwhelming majority of listeners get through either all of a podcast (42 percent) or most of it (44 percent).”
Where The Debate Around Black American And British Actors Is Going Wrong
Much of the response to Samuel L. Jackson’s complaint about the wave of black British actors playing high-profile African-American roles has been along the lines of Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya’s “I resent that I have to prove that I’m black.” Angelica Jade Bastién argues that this is not the issue: for one thing, “the black experience throughout the diaspora isn’t an interchangeable one,” and for another, there’s a group of black American actors as highly trained as any from Britain that still have trouble getting work.
Binge-Watchers, Don’t Feel Guilty – Academic Researchers Have Your Back
“For one thing, … our attitudes toward television have yet to catch up to the age of peak TV. In fact, … as shows have become increasingly complex in recent years, watching TV has become a more cognitively stimulating activity.”
Why The Cannes Film Festival Is Now Including TV
“It just seems inevitable. Cannes has always been auteur driven, and they are showing episodic work by directors whose work they’ve supported and loved. Those of us who are programmers, are always looking for great work. In this day and age, why would anyone still restrict to one time format?”
Podcasters Are Bringing Alcoholics Anonymous Into The Digital Age
While there’s no such thing as an “official” podcast for any 12-step program, “plug ‘AA’ or ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’ or ‘Recovery’ into your iTunes search and you’ll find the options are abundant and growing.” Emanuel Cavallaro meets several of the people making and distributing these podcasts.