"If you’re wondering what I’m doing right now, I’m writing a play. It’s probably going to be the next thing I end up doing. If it’s a fiasco I probably won’t turn it into a movie. But if it’s a smash hit? It might be my last movie." - The Hollywood Reporter
It’s this imperfect yet fascinatingly complex ultrasocial world that we have thrust our children into. Nearly 20 years on, we are all a bit confused, baffled, frustrated, and fearful about the maelstrom of stimuli that whirl around us every day, and Haidt has considerably changed his mood about it all from curious to judgmental. - New Republic
"There is nothing more irritating to enthusiasts than when the mainstream tries to portray their niche world and gets it wrong. And The Brutalist gets an awful lot wrong. … The film has aroused such ire because, despite its claims to be fictional, it is clearly based on a real historical figure." - The Guardian
Responding to a series of questions asked by Hyperallergic about dissident artists, cultural institutions in Taiwan and Tibet, and the destruction of mosques in the Xinjiang region, DeepSeek expressed faith in China’s “judicial organs” and said that artistic endeavors were “thriving under the leadership of the Party and government.” - Hyperallergic
"BBC World Service is set to axe 130 jobs as it seeks to save around £6 million for the next financial year. Planned cost-saving measures include closing posts across the service in the UK and internationally as well as cutting roles in BBC Monitoring." - Press Association (UK)
"The organizers have said, essentially, that the event has gotten too big for Park City. When Sundance arrives every January, it balloons the ski town of 8,200 full-time residents into a snowy circus, with over 20,000 people streaming in from around the globe." - The New York Times
"The name of this monstrosity, which was released earlier this month, is Stimulation Clicker, and it is more than a game. It is a reenactment of the evolution of the internet, a loving parody of its contents, and a pointed commentary on how our online life went wrong." - The Atlantic (MSN)
The New York Times is a competitor to all local newspapers. For the cost, you get much more value with a subscription to NYT than you would with a local newspaper, except for local. Subscribers would get local news from their local newspaper but national/international news from the Times. - A Media Operator
"(Their) weepy confessions are, ostensibly, gestures toward intimacy. They’re meant to inspire empathy, to reassure viewers that influencers are just like them. But in fact, they’re exercises in what I call 'McVulnerability,' a synthetic version of vulnerability akin to fast food: mass-produced, easily accessible, sometimes tasty, lacking in sustenance." - The Atlantic (MSN)
The Batman (176 minutes). Oppenheimer (180 minutes). Avengers: Endgame (182 minutes!). The Irishman (a whopping 209 minutes!). Do Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan want us to develop urinary tract infections? It's time, argues Travis Andrews, to follow the example of The Brutalist. - The Washington Post (Yahoo!)
“One of the prevailing narratives of this year’s awards season leading up to the Oscars has been that of the return to the limelight of beloved veteran actors who the public thought had disappeared for good.” - El País
“At stake is the future of a defining industry that helps make Los Angeles a vibrant creative capital, employing tens of thousands of workers in a wide variety of fields.” - The New York Times
Did Nick Ut take the famous photo Napalm Girl? "Ten days before the premiere of the documentary The Stringer at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday night, the Associated Press published an extraordinary 23-page report of a six-month investigation rebutting the movie’s premise.” - Washington Post
“‘It's incredible because somehow the film has united Mexico — everyone hates it,’ explained Mexican film critic Ricardo Gallegos Ramos. ‘Everyone is inviting you to not go to the movie theatre: Please, don't support this movie.’” - CBC
