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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 week ago

FilmWatch Weekly: The Best Films of 2025 * Oregon ArtsWatch

Cinema’s theatrical future is at a crossroads: mass-market multiplexes may decline while theatrical viewing becomes a smaller, more intentional, specialized cultural pursuit.
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fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

The Warner Brothers-Netflix merger could doom Hollywood film workers

Consolidation in streaming and studio acquisitions threatens jobs, wages, and content diversity amid a contracted, post-pandemic Hollywood still recovering from strikes.
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Sean Baker Says We Have to 'Put Our Foot Down' to Save Movie Theaters

"We should not be reducing theatrical windows, we should be expanding. This is how the filmmaker wants you to see his film, and everybody else can wait for it. I don't care what happens. When you're going directly to streaming, it diminishes the importance of a film. The theatrical experience elevates the importance. The way you present it to the world is a very important thing."
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fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Former Amazon Studios boss warns the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal will make Hollywood 'a system that circles a single sun' | Fortune

A Netflix–Warner Bros. merger would concentrate buying power into a monopsony, shrinking production, narrowing creative opportunities, and weakening supplier compensation.
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