‘The Two Popes,’ ‘Conclave’ and Francis’ Autobiography: The Papacy in Recent Culture
The Vatican — with its politics, its pageantry and its power — has long been a favorite subject for artists and thinkers.
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Say, Old Sport
“The Great Gatsby” is important, of course, but it’s also all kinds of fun.
Netflix Revenue Rises To $10.5 Billion Following Price Hike
Netflix’s Q1 revenue rose to $10.5 billion, a 13% increase from last year, while net income grew to $2.9 billion. The company says it expects more growth in the coming months when it sees “the full quarter benefit from recent price changes and continue…
‘Minecraft Movie’ Scores Biggest Videogame Movie Opening Ever, Faces Early Leaks Online
It was already the best-selling videogame of all time, notes the Hollywood Reporter. And A Minecraft Movie just had the biggest opening ever for a video game movie adaptation. WIth a production budget of $150 million, it earned in $157 million in just …
Netflix CEO Says Movie Theaters Are Dead
An anonymous reader shares a report: The post-Covid rebound of live events is all the more evidence that movie theaters are never coming back, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos told Semafor in an interview at the Paley Center for Media Friday.
“Nearly ever…
Why Are the Most Expensive Netflix Movies Also the Worst?
Despite spending hundreds of millions on blockbuster films, Netflix continues to churn out critically panned big-budget fare with its latest $300 million flop, “The Electric State,” starring Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown. While the streaming giant…
Émilie Dequenne, Belgian Actress Who Starred in ‘Rosetta,’ Dies at 43
She won the Cannes Film Festival’s best actress award for her debut performance in 1999. She was later diagnosed with a rare adrenal gland cancer.
Which Movies Do People Love to Hate? A Statistical Analysis
A new statistical analysis has identified the films audiences “love to hate,” with Battlefield Earth, Morbius, Grease 2, and Cats topping the list of cinema’s most detested productions. The study, published by data analyst Daniel Parris, examined revie…
His Bollywood Spoofs Brought Joy to a Mill Town. Then Bollywood Came Calling.
An Indian biopic tells the story of Nasir Shaikh, whose no-budget, all-heart productions gave his home city of Malegaon a film industry of its own.
Oscar-Winning Movie Criticized for Using AI To Correct Dialects
Nominated for 10 Oscars, The Brutalist (directed and produced by Brady Corbet) has an “intriguing and controversial technical feature,” according to the Baffler, that threatens to turn movie-viewing into “a drab appreciation of machine-managed flawless…