Saturday Hot Links
Time for the 264th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Time for the 264th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other things of writerly interest.
‘Arrival’: 5 Reasons the Brainy Sci-Fi Thriller Scored.
Thanks, ‘Arrival’! Why the Box Office This Weekend Could Mean a Record 2016.
Arrival’s Ending and Sci-Fi’s Twist Tradition.
‘Arrival’ was the first thing that made me feel better after the election.
Rumor: Disney Wants to Buy Netflix.
‘Beauty and the Beast’ Trailer Sets Record for Most Views in 24 Hours.
Universal’s 2017 Slate Has Only One Female Director.
Megan Ellison’s Executive Poaching Spree Sparks Talk of Big Plans.
A complacent Hollywood ignored right-wing radicalism — now movies need to tell the truth.
Queering The Mainstream: LGBT Representation In Today’s Cinema.
Can Hollywood Help Bridge the Cultural Gap Through Storytelling?
Film Industry Still Struggling With Massive Age Gap Both Behind and In Front of Camera.
TV Is Hot, but Movies Still Boast Great Writing, Too.
What Happens When Filmmakers Raid Dead Directors’ Unmade Projects?
When Fiction Films Ruin Nonfiction Books.
Jury Rules Against Man Who Claimed He Created ‘Kung Fu Panda’.
New Yorker: The Cinematic Traumas of Kenneth Lonergan.
Warren Beatty Talks Hollywood Legends, Humanizing Howard Hughes and More in Career-Spanning IndieWire Interview.
Jackie Chan is now an Oscar winner.
Hayao Miyazaki Hints at Return to Feature Film Making.
Andrei Tarkovsky and His Cinema of the Soul.
Morgan Spurlock Opening Fast–Food Restaurant Holy Chicken!
The Best Leonard Cohen Music Cues in Cinema.
Patton Oswalt to Return as Writers Guild Awards Host.
Tom Dean: Reflections on the 2016 Black List Feature Lab.
Lauri Donahue: Reflections on the 2016 Black List Feature Lab.
Julie Lynch: Reflections on the 2016 Black List Feature Lab.
IMDB founder Col Needham talks about his famous website and his favorite flicks.
Earthquake Rocks New Zealand, Forces Film Commission Staff to Work Remotely.
How Long Till Tamil and Telugu Cinema are Bigger than Bollywood?
Is 2016 The Year Of The Female Directors In Bollywood?
How to Find the Best Seat in Any Movie Theater.
Sundance Wish List: 53 Films We Hope Will Head to Park City in 2017.
Skinny Bundles Lead the Charge Away From the Traditional Pay-TV Sector.
7 Fascinating TV Pilots That Never Made It to Series (That You Can Watch).
‘Funny Or Die’ TV Block Coming to IFC as AMC Networks Acquires Stake in the Digital Comedy Powerhouse.
HBO Renews ‘Westworld,’ ‘Divorce’ and ‘Insecure’.
‘Westworld’: 7 Crucial Takeaways From That Whopping Episode 7 Twist.
‘Westworld’: 10 Key Moments From the HBO Drama’s Biggest Episode Yet.
Westworld Recap: Blood Sacrifice.
‘Westworld’ Recap: We’re All Mad Here.
‘Westworld’ Showrunners Talk Episode 7’s Shocking Host Reveal.
Our Biggest Questions After Westworld, Episode 7.
Fandango Launches Movie VOD Service on Xbox One.
Sony Pictures Partners With Nokia on Virtual Reality Content.
Leon Russell, Legendary Songwriter and Performer, Dies at 74.
Watch: ‘Interstellar’ & Humanity | Film Dissection [#43].
Watch: The 2016 Governor’s Awards.