Director Michael Lockshin and Luminosity Pictures are suing two producers who argue that their purchase of the rights to make an English-language film adaptation of the classic Soviet novel means that Lockshin’s Russian version cannot be released in the U.S. Lockshin and Luminosity maintain that the book is in the public domain. - Variety
Stephen Sackur — whose interviewing style gave the long-running show its reputation for forthright, even confrontational questions holding public figures from Britain and abroad to account — says, “I feel really, really cross at incredibly dumb decisions made by management that I fear is not doing the right thing for the BBC.” - The Guardian
Truly, how can one act without dental veneers? Apparently, “the current trend is shifting away from ‘catalog' smiles.” Perfect, but not too perfect. - El País
“The real appeal of the Criterion Closet is emotional. It’s a place to let your movie obsessions—your obscure taste, your love of cult classics, your knowledge of directorial deep cuts—run wild and then be recognized for them.” - The Atlantic
One enforcement agency director said, "Companies should set rates independently of each other so pay is competitive - not doing so could leave workers out of pocket.” - BBC
“I’m most excited for people to walk away with a sense of, ‘Oh my God. These people are so creative. There’s so much that you can do with Sora,’” said one Sora “artist.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
“They eventually opted to axe costly exterior scenes in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light, meaning almost everything in the Tudor drama, screened by the BBC, became ‘conversations in rooms’ instead.” - BBC
“How did this bankable story become Disney’s poisoned apple? Snow White has seemed cursed from the start, in part by Disney business logic.” - The Guardian (UK)
“Mayor Steven Meiner introduced a resolution last week describing the film No Other Land as antisemitic, but he withdrew it during Wednesday’s commission meeting after five of the six city commissioners opposed the proposal. … No Other Land opened earlier this month at O Cinema, located at the Miami Beach Historic City Hall.” - AP
“Roeper co-hosted the television series At the Movies with Roger Ebert from 2000 to 2008, succeeding Gene Siskel after his death. He announced his final day with the Sun-Times”— from which he has accepted a buyout — “will be March 21, but he won’t be putting his pen down anytime soon.” - The Hollywood Reporter
“Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — the U.S.-funded news outlet set up to reach people under Communism during the Cold War — said on Tuesday it sued the administration of President Donald Trump to block the termination of the media outlet's federal grant.” - Reuters
They are called micro dramas — vertically filmed, under minute-long clips that together are often movie-length soap operas. But instead of waiting weeks to find out, it takes just minutes for the plots of series to unfold. - NPR
“A Hollywood writer-director was arrested Tuesday on charges that he swindled $11 million from Netflix for a sci-fi show that never aired, instead steering the cash toward cryptocurrency investments and a series of lavish purchases that included a fleet of Rolls-Royces and a Ferrari.” - AP
