Denial, Blame, and Hubris: How Movie Theaters Are Making Their COVID Situation Worse
COVID is a terrible reality for theaters, but denying reality came first. The question now is whether it’s too late to start facing it.
Dana Harris-Bridson
Movie Theaters Need NATO’s Unified Safety Measures, Not 15-Cent Gimmicks
When AMC reopens August 20 with 15-cent movies, it will be one of the theater chains that signed on to NATO’s new safety guidelines. How many more will agree?
AMC Theatres Has Doubts It Can Stay in Business, According to New Filing
AMC reported a net loss of well over $2 billion. “We are generating effectively no revenue,” it said in a Q1 2020 regulatory filing.
Apple and Netflix Cancel on SXSW as Coronavirus No-Shows Grow
The coronavirus cancelations have begun to impact SXSW Film, which lost the world premiere of Spike Jonze’s “Beastie Boys Story.”
Here’s Why ‘The Irishman’ Was Shut Out (Hint: It’s Neither the Oscar Campaign Nor the Academy)
Netflix reduces friction in the filmgoing experience through ease of access, but that also can sand away a necessary element of great cinema.
Memo to Distributors: Buy These 2020 Sundance Film Festival Movies
These Sundance 2020 highlights still need homes. Somebody do something!
No, Studios Won’t Buy Theaters, but Small Exhibitors Fear Destruction While DOJ Touts Innovation
Life after the Paramount Consent Decrees could bring significant change — or, it could be business as usual. Either way, it’s now for distributors and theaters to figure out.
AMC Is Still In the Theater Business, But VOD Is a Funny Way of Showing It
Meanwhile, Melissa McCarthy goes to HBO Max, Netflix buys out movie palaces, and Edward Norton curses crappy projection. None of this makes theater chains look good.
Apple Wins Cuarón, but Hindsight Is the Streaming Wars’ Most Valuable Weapon
Apple TV+ beat Netflix in this round of the streaming wars, but Amazon Studios is this week’s real winner thanks to hard-won experience.
HBO Max Is On a Roll, but Some AT&T Investors Say It Looks Like a Cliff
In this week’s IndieWire weekly rundown, a flood of deals may not satisfy AT&T investor dismay. Also: We talk to Joaquin Phoenix, Tyler Perry, Pedro Almodóvar, and more.
When the Emmys Sank and ‘The Irishman’ Soared: It’s the IndieWire Weekly Recap
Editor in Chief Dana Harris breaks down the top stories, including 25 hot new TV shows, the start of Oscar season, that ranting racist costumer, and more.
After Heather Patton’s Racist Rant Goes Viral, a Fellow Costumer Seeks Her Union Expulsion
The LAPD has opened a hate crime investigation, and longtime Ryan Murphy costumer Sarah de Sa Rego wants IATSE Local 705 members to demand her expulsion.
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