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BYOB Electoral Chitchat AND BEYOND

November 3, 2020

BYOB: Borat II “Very Nice”? Or Not?

October 22, 2020

Virtual BYOB

October 13, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was 87

September 18, 2020

Talk about Tenet

September 1, 2020

Chadwick Boseman

August 29, 2020

Will You Rent Mulan For $30 From Disney Plus Over Labor Day?

August 4, 2020

Is It Good For This Country That Donald J. Trump Wanted To Unilaterally Ban TikTok On August 1? (But Now Gives Microsoft 45 Days To Buy Its U.S. Operation?)

July 31, 2020

“Soon, immediately. I mean essentially immediately. I will sign the document tomorrow.”

Will Tenet Really Open in The U.S. Over Labor Day? Are You Going?

July 27, 2020

BYOB What Else Will Cancel Now That Telluride’s Dropped Out?

July 14, 2020

Lynn Shelton – Fred Willard

May 16, 2020

BYO PPE

May 15, 2020

BYO Big As All Indoors

April 6, 2020

BYO Happy Stuff

March 17, 2020

Name a shot or a scene or a reaction shot or a dog or a sunrise or a smile from a movie that takes your breath away to remember and type right here.

BYOB 10 March 2020

March 10, 2020

BYO Cancellation And Postponement Season

March 6, 2020

BYO Super Tuesday Cabin Fever Spring Edition

March 3, 2020

BYOB Where In The World Is Harvey Weinstein’s Walker?

February 24, 2020

BYO Oscar Gold

February 9, 2020

Kobe Sadness, Oscar Madness, Senate Badness

January 27, 2020

MCN Commentary & Analysis See All

A Buncha Weeks To Oscar*

David Poland | January 14, 2021

David Poland | January 12, 2021

The Odd Misogyny of Wonder Woman 1984 (spoilers)

David Poland | December 28, 2020

The News Curated by Ray Pride See All

Hollywood Reporter

“Denzel Washington is said to be getting his $20 million plus backend fee, while the sheer number of bonuses tied to the HBO Max day-and-date plan is said to be costly for the studio.”

Hollywood Reporter | January 15, 2021

Hollywood Reporter

Peter Levinsohn: “The theatrical window is the cornerstone of our business because it establishes the brand. We at Universal believe very strongly in the theatrical experience. But it's also no secret that we have felt as a company for some time that forcing consumers to wait three months following a theatrical release of a film, regardless of how well that film does, doesn't make any sense in a world where consumer behavior is shifting so dramatically because of all the other content alternatives. We've got this wonderful marketing organization that creates events around every film as part of its theatrical release. If we force the consumer to wait three months to see it in the home, we ultimately have to gear that marketing up all over again from scratch.”

Hollywood Reporter | January 15, 2021

Vanity Fair

Maureen Ryan: “So how long until Josh Hawley is on ‘Dancing With the Stars’? I wish I didn’t have to ask that question. But if past is prologue, in coming years we should expect executives in television, news, film, publishing, and other influential media industries to line up to help far too many reprehensible ghouls launder their reputations. Hawley and Ted Cruz, along with 145 other Republicans in Congress, challenged the results of the presidential election last week—hours after rioters desecrated the U.S. Capitol in a rampage that killed five people. Many politicians like them—not to mention a whole constellation of Trump cronies, racist insurrectionists, and craven agitators inside and outside the government—spent the past few months stirring up that terrifying mob. Media executives in a position to reward those folks with some convenient rebranding opportunities should not do so. They really, really shouldn’t.”

Vanity Fair | January 14, 2021

"Laura Poitras says she’s been fired by First Look Media over Reality Winner controversy. Now she’s questioning the company’s integrity."

Poitras: "I will share a few things I’m proud of: co-founding The Intercept, First Look Media, and Field of Vision; supporting filmmakers with uncompromising artistic and political vision who reach wide audiences and recognition (including 5 Academy Award nominations); fighting for non-extractive contracts in which filmmakers maintain copyright of their creative work; working alongside many extraordinary journalists and filmmakers; and speaking out when a pattern of impunity and retaliation puts sources at risk. Because of The Intercept’s negligence – including their failure to consult with their own security experts – Reality Winner was arrested before the story was even published, denying her the crucial window of time for the focus to be on the information she risked her personal freedom to reveal to the public. Reality Winner is still imprisoned as I write this... The tragedy here is that First Look Media and The Intercept had all the financial resources and digital security expertise to do this right, and yet they failed to apply their basic founding principles of source protection and accountability to themselves. Instead of conducting an honest, independent and transparent assessment with meaningful consequences, First Look Media fired me for speaking out, exposing the gulf between the organization’s purported values and its practice."

January 14, 2021

The Video Section See All

Mrs. America, Uzo Aduba

David Poland | September 8, 2020

The Podcast Section See All

DP/30 Audio: Bombshell, Jay Roach

David Poland | December 13, 2019

DP/30 Audio: The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Jonathan Majors

David Poland | December 4, 2019

DP/30 Audio: The Mustang, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

David Poland | December 4, 2019

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