Category: media

“Programmes such as Bob The Builder, Noddy and Thomas and Friends – all conceived in the UK – have already jumped ship. Who could blame them?”

“You can go for hours, from screenings to panels to parties, before you realize you’ve only had complimentary Lone Star Beer all day.”

“Over the last 15 years, the Coen brothers’ oddball noir-Western-surrealist comedy about one man’s complicated quest to get his rug replaced after a mistaken hitman pees on it hasn’t just become a cult classic – it’s become something closer to an actual cult. Not only has it launched at least one known, priest-ordaining faith; it’s also become a field of study for religion and mythology scholars, too.”

“Stop saying “chick flick” like it’s “pile of rotten meat,” and stop saying “chick lit” and “chick book” and “chick movie” and anything else that suggests that love stories are less than war stories, or that stories that end with kissing are inherently inferior to stories that end with people getting shot.”

“The company estimates that 70 per cent of the choices viewers make about what to watch are based on what is suggested to them – the service is now using the data to better understand what viewers want and to decide what content it will produce on its own.”

“The Sundance Film Festival will showcase some of its more experimental features in a new mini-festival in West Hollywood this summer. Called Next Weekend, the Aug. 8-11 event will include screenings, panel discussions and parties.”

“‘Cornered by the terrible weather, I have nowhere to go … I am unable to focus on my artistic creation,’ said Chen Kaige, who won the Palme d’Or for his 1993 film Farewell My Concubine.”

“More than 2,000 film professionals – talented directors, actors, cinematographers, production designers and composers – fled the country when the Nazis took power. Germany’s loss was Hollywood’s gain.”

“Internet-delivered TV, which until recently was unready for prime time, is the new front in the war for Americans’ attention spans.”

“What The Review Show’s relegation symbolises is a dual current BBC unease: about books – or, more accurately, all cultural forms except art and music – and about criticism on TV.”