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A24 May Be The Only Movie Studio That Has Fans In Its Own Right

"The magic of the brand (is) that over time it has been able to sell the idea of A24 as synonymous with originality, idiosyncrasy, and prestige. ... People may love Atonement and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but ... no one's rocking a Focus Features hoodie." - New York Magazine

Study: Yes, You Can “Inoculate” People From Falling For Misinformation

In our new study we designed and tested five short videos that “prebunk” viewers, in order to inoculate them from the deceptive and manipulative techniques often used online to mislead people. We found that not only do these videos help people spot misinformation in controlled experiments, but also in the real world.  - NiemanLab

The Young Creatives Who’ve Stayed Behind In Kyiv

"These are some of the brave young Ukrainians" — a cinematographer, a choreographer, an artist, an actor, a line producer — "who have remained in the nation's capital despite the continued stark realities of war." - Mic

The Trickiest Thing About Marketing Foreign Film In The US? Translating The Title

Sometimes direct translation works well (Parasite).  Sometimes clarity requires adding or cutting words (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain became Amélie).  Sometimes the foreign title works fine (Les Misérables).  Sometimes the title changes completely (El Hoyo, "the hole," became The Platform).  And the choice matters a lot. - The New York Times

This Young Dancer Wants To Make Ballet As Exciting And Popular As Sports

Joel Burke, founder of BIG (Ballet International Gala) in Brisbane: "I grew up playing footy and cricket. There's no reason why ballet can't be like that; I don't like the whole idea of going to the ballet and having to be quiet and not cheer." - The Guardian

It’s Not 1975 Anymore: Let’s Stop Printing Sunday Newspaper Magazines

Dick Tofel: "First, let me be clear: I am not advocating eliminating the best longform stories that continue to distinguish many of these magazines.  ...  I am proposing saving on the very considerable expense of separately printing (often on higher quality paper), binding and inserting Sunday magazines." - Second Rough Draft

This Startup Wants To “Decentralize The Museum” By Becoming An Art-Lending Library For Far-Flung Institutions

"(At) the Web3 start-up Arkive, ... members don't put down any funds to participate (at least for now); the works it collects are meant to be loaned out to cultural institutions, and the objects that Arkive acquires are not only digital ones." - ARTnews

A Return Visit To The Theater At The Heart Of A Tiny Rocky Mountain Village

Last summer, Elisabeth Vincentelli traveled to Creede, Colorado to see how Creede Repertory Theater was holding up through the ups and downs of the pandemic.  Last month, she went back to see the company's return to full operation. - The New York Times

With Lodging For Traveling Artists So Expensive, One Bay Area Arts Center Is Building Its Own Apartment Building

Berkeley Rep used to spend $300,000 to $400,000 per year on lodging for out-of-town artists; these days, it's more like $2 million.  So it has constructed the Medak Center, with 45 units housing up to 128 occupants.  And other arts organizations can rent any rooms Berkeley Rep isn't using. - San Francisco Chronicle

The Moral Question Of Our Time: What Do We Owe The Future?

When we ask what we should do to benefit others, we can’t ignore the disquieting fact that the others who occupy the future may vastly outnumber those who occupy the present, and that their very existence depends on us. From this point of view, it’s an urgent question how what we do today will affect the further future. -...

The Cost Of Making Art Is Surging

"Over the last six months we have seen price increases from domestic suppliers that range from 7-15% on average, with some items as much as 32%." - ArtsHub

After 33 Years Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Founding Director Retires

Criss Henderson’s departure, which had not been widely anticipated, is part of a great wave of resignations and retirements in the Chicago theater community, which has seen recent artistic and administrative leadership departures at the Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater and many others. - Chicago Tribune

The Towering Intellect Of Richard Taruskin

People with encyclopedic minds are often paralyzed by the sheer quantity of what they know. Taruskin could step back from the crowd of facts and marshal them into mobile lines of thought. - The New Yorker

Australia Is Working On A New National Arts Policy. Here Are Artists’ Demands:

Battered by rolling lockdowns, key figures in the sector have said COVID-19 disruptions exposed job insecurity, poor remuneration, and a thinning of government grants that made a career in arts, entertainment and culture untenable for all but a lucky few. - Sydney Morning Herald

Arts Journalism Is On Life Support

Arts criticism, which used to nurture the innovative, is on life support. Independence of judgment and expertise are in short supply. When it comes to political matters, the chatter never stops. But the mainstream media (online and off-) have pretty well kicked arts critics to the curb. - Arts Fuse

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