This author thinks so: “When you stop making middle-class movies — movies with a moderate budget, as opposed to ones made on a shoestring or ones that cost $200 million — you’re hollowing out a middle class of people who make them.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
“During the pandemic, when I was watching a lot of old movies, it occurred to me that every person who worked on this movie is dead now. The director, the producers, the actors — they’re all dead, and I’m watching their ghosts.” - The New York Times
It’s easier to make a profit when the people of the country where you film underwrite the whole thing, no? At least it’s transparent: “Studios set up separate companies for movies made in the UK to show more than 10% of the total cost was spent here.” - The Guardian (UK)
“Every episode serves in part as a warning about how technological advancement run rampant will lead us, often willingly, toward a lonely, disorienting and dangerous future.” Yeah, so, yikes. - The New York Times
“Before taking the stage, guests make their way down a hallway as members of the show’s staff serenade them with a complicated, customized hype song, sung entirely from memory.” Almost all of the clips go viral. Who cares what they say on stage? - The New York Times
“With so much time between now and July 15 (nomination day), not to mention September 14 (Emmys night), we’ll have plenty of opportunities to read the tea leaves and make carefully calibrated predictions. This week, however, we’re in the mood to take some big swings.” - Vulture
“International sites often come with lower labor costs and more expansive tax incentives than those that California offers, making it much cheaper to film there.” - The New York Times
The 43-year-old show, which has had a profound hold on New York’s new-music scene, was first slated for cancellation, evidently for non-budgetary reasons, in 2019; the decision was reversed following public outcry. Money was the issue this time, and a fundraising campaign has secured the program for three years. - The New York Times
None of the studios, production companies or streamers approached by Deadline who have films and TV series filming in Hungary are commenting, with current productions staying put in the Central European country and no filming or pre-production impacted by the ongoing unrest there.- Deadline
Both Europe’s most right-wing nation and its second hottest destination for international shoots, Hungary has shocked the world with its recent ban on LGBTQ+ public events. But Hollywood is not yet ready to give up on the country’s generous tax incentives. - Variety
The rough economic times caused by the 2008 financial crisis and 2020 COVID shutdown were hard on the industry, but back then, at least, market penetration and consumer loyalty were solid. But now Hollywood is reeling from major changes in its business, and that’s before any economic instability. - The Hollywood Reporter
Conservative dominance of Hollywood may prove to be a much rosier future than the one we’re actually going to get: a future where pop culture is little more than a careless swirl of stock images, slapped together with no rationale beyond ginning up engagement—the wholesale replacement of storytelling with slop. - The New Republic
These virtual spaces do more than serve as mere backdrops for gameplay. The design of buildings, streets and entire cities guides player emotions, behaviours and even advances the narrative. - The Conversation
