This is a poignant tale of remembering parents in trouble, careers dashed and of steady FBI harassment. The end is not happy, except that the boy survives and makes his own life as an admired cultural commentator on radio.
Culture industries are dominated by a few big corporations that prefer to keep flogging old stories instead of taking a risk on something new. Creative workers can still produce fresh ideas, but they’re snuffed out before they get a chance to breathe
Private equity and monopoly capitalists will destroy anything to make a buck, and they’ve turned their sights on TV and film. If you hated cable’s high prices, endless ads, and copycat programming, you’re going to loathe the future of streaming.
The improbable story of Huey P. Newton’s escape to Cuba—with the help of a pair of movie producers—is stretched thin in this Apple TV+ miniseries
Instead of confronting what the director of The Zone of Interest actually said, Zionists distorted his lines. Glazer was the only Oscar winner to say anything about Gaza—rather shocking, given the stereotype of Hollywood, as a bastion of liberalism.
Hollywood stars put their name to a good message, but it’s the messengers who are problematic
Oscar fever
Musicians have been facing pay cuts because of the change of the business model and how our product is distributed. We’ve got to fix that, so that our folks can continue to buy diapers, pay rent, pay mortgages, and have a decent retirement.
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