Saturday Hot Links
Time for the 214th installment of Saturday Hot Links.
One Year Later: Inside the Sony Hack.
Announced: 2016 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations.
For Your Consideration: The 10 Biggest Surprises of the 2015 Spirit Awards Nominations.
UnPacking the Spirit Award Nominations: What they Might Mean for the Oscar Race.
Why the Spirit Award Nominations List Was Leaked Early Again This Year.
Arthouse Audit: ‘Carol’ Scores Big, ‘Legend’ Gets Decent Start.
Sight & Sound Names 20 Top Films of 2015.
Sundance Film Festival 2016: Surprise Reveal of Midnight Film Line-Up.
Disney Threw Out George Lucas’ Episode VII Story Before J.J. Abrams Came on Board.
Ron Howard, Robert Zemeckis & Steven Spielberg All Turned Down Directing The ‘Star Wars’ Prequels.
Pixar’s Long Road to ‘The Good Dinosaur’: An Interview with Director Peter Sohn and Screenwriters Meg LeFauve & Kelsey Mann.
How a 99-Cent Novel Spawned ‘The Martian’.
30 most iconic Steven Spielberg movie moments.
10 Austrian Pulp Films That Will Blow Your Mind.
Marvel Goes Back to School With ‘Marvel 101’ Web Series.
Why Serialized TV Has Been Bad for the Standalone Episode.
12 Days of Binging? December Gets Busy With TV Series Premieres.
The Weinstein Company Scaling Back on Indie Films to Focus on Television.
NFL Targets Massive Payday in Thursday Night TV Deal.
Disney’s Cable Channels See Steep Subscriber Losses.
The Comprehensive Illusion of Football.
BBC Youth Network Online-Only Move Gets Final Approval.
Are ‘The Walking Dead,’ ‘Leftovers’ Risking Viewer Loyalty With Cliffhangers?
Netflix New Releases Coming in December 2015.
How Netflix’s Original Programming Is Poised to Outpace the Top Cable Networks, in One Chart.
Amazon Getting Ready to Bundle Other Video Services with Prime.
Kicking Copyright Pirates Off the Internet Gains Traction.
Selling Stardom: A talent agent and a trail of unhappy clients.
Joan’s on Third vs. Joan’s on Third in Bizarre Legal Food Fight.
Bob Saenz: Thanksgiving Edition.
Indiewire: Screen Talk.
Scriptnotes: Episode 225 (Tess Morris).
Watch: The Mid-Atlantic Accent, or Why People in Classic Movies Talk in That Weird Way [video].
Watch: How George Miller Made ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ [video].
Watch: Video Essay Details The Badass Heroics Of Furiosa In ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ [video].
Watch: 7-Minute Featurette Dives Into The 70mm Roadshow Presentation Of ‘The Hateful Eight’ [video].
Watch: 8-Minute Video Essay Explores The Timeless Genius Of Buster Keaton’s Gags [video].
Watch: A Tribute to 20 Years of Masterful Storytelling from Pixar Animation [video].