Category: media

“For much of the last decade, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has been troubled by financial turmoil and infuriating production stops and starts, including a debacle in which Tom Cruise helped run its United Artists label. Is it possible, just maybe, that the studio finally has its act together? It certainly appears that way, even as some questions remain.”

“On a breezy April afternoon in Bangalore, a young, visually impaired radio host named Jaidev sat straight-backed before a console mic at the offices of Radio Active, the city’s first community radio station. He prodded his listeners – mostly low-income workers – to take an unusual pledge: to never discard certain fruit peels. ‘You want a cheap, delicious curry?’ said Jaidev. ‘Use watermelon rinds.'”

“While recent studies have shown that services like Netflix and practices like “cord cutting” haven’t reached a point where they are siphoning viewers away from traditional television, a TiVO survey of its subscribers found that more than half also had a Netflix subscription. The company has already won the first major battle: penetrating the living room. Now it is focusing on content.”

… and you get the dragons of the HBO hit series “Game of Thrones.”

“Will America buy it? Anyone’s guess.”

And the film – a documentary about Rome’s ring road – was just one surprise in a night of unexpected winners.

Let the concomitant squeeing and whining begin: “The film, A Slight Trick Of The Mind, will be adapted from Mitch Cullin’s novel of the same name. Set in 1947, Sir Ian will play an elderly Sherlock, who is still trying to crack an unsolved, 50-year-old case.”

Apple has to hire an auditor for e-book pricing – but it gets away without the broader restrictions the Department of Justice wanted for movies, music, and TV shows.

“For the first time in nearly a year, the nation’s major television broadcasters have won a round in their legal battle against start-up firms that stream programs from local stations over the Internet without their consent.”

Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott discuss – and interview – an assortment of filmmakers aged 40 and under from four continents.