The magazine has secured rights deals with film and TV production companies for more than 20 pieces from its archives so far — a sideline expected to earn $1 million this year. - Business Insider
The company's CEO says AMC will be technologically equipped to start accepting Bitcoin payments for U.S. movie tickets and concessions ordered online by the end of the year. - Deadline
Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) and Rutherford Falls (Peacock) "are both Native stories told largely by Native actors, writers, producers and directors. The upshot has been a flourishing of new opportunities for … Native creators and performers." - The New York Times
“Creatively, it’s sort of like the Wild West — you can do anything you want and find a home for it, but financially it’s like an emergency what’s going on.” - Los Angeles Times
Better than Monsoon Wedding? Better than Sexy Beast? Better than Amèlie?! Well: "The film remains [David Lynch's magnum opus, a perfect distillation of his most lasting fascinations." - The Atlantic
And they all disagree about the most recent adaptation of the anonymously written poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - the movie starring Dev Patel. - Los Angeles Times
Starting in the 1950s, small companies would roam the village festival circuit, setting up tents and showing old films with aging projectors cast off from the cities. Yet, as cell phones and internet service reach rural India, the market for traveling talkies is disappearing. - Atlas Obscura
The ceremony honoring independent film "will replace its best actress and best actor categories with a single category for outstanding lead performance. For the first time, there will be a category for supporting roles: outstanding supporting performance." - The New York Times
The German Marshall Fund has issued a policy paper arguing that the CPB, which currently channels federal money to local public TV and radio stations, should be revamped to include various online platforms and content, with a particular focus on local institutions. - Axios
If so, it's an inside job: reportedly, the chosen candidate, now said to be in advanced negotiations with Sony Pictures Television, is the quiz show's own executive producer, Mike Richards. (Sources warn that it's not yet a done deal.) - Variety
News companies in Canada have been struggling financially and digital platforms have vacuumed up most of the ad revenue that used to go to newspapers and broadcasters. - Toronto Star
