How to Resuscitate the Theatrical Business
Jason Blum’s belief is that this new generation of creators understand audiences in a way that many traditional filmmakers never had the opportunity to.
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Cannes and the Illusion of Arrival
This post was originally published on Substack: https://alexiamelocchi.substack.com/p/cannes-and-the-illusion-of-arrival There was a time when the Cannes Film Festival felt untouchable. It was by far not perfect, but felt exclusive. The people who came there largely belonged there. Distributors. Financiers. Serious producers. International sales agents. Studio executives. Filmmakers with films actually screening. People who understood not only […]
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Despise the Free Lunch (unless it’s food related)
I’ve seen talented young creatives pour years into projects built on enthusiasm instead of structure — only to leave exhausted, unpaid, and disillusioned.
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