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Swedish cinemas take aim at gender bias with Bechdel test rating
Associated Press in Stockholm You expect movie ratings to tell you whether a film contains nudity, sex, profanity or violence. Now cinemas in Sweden are introducing a new [more…]
A Story of Children and Film | 2013 TIFF Review
by: Jordan M. Smith Youth In Revolt (and More): Cousins Channels MarkerA Story of Children and Film Mark Cousins posterIt should be no question that [more…]
Cinema and Marketing: When Cultural Demands Meet Industrial Practices
by: Nathalie Dupont et Joël Augros With the advent of the modern consumer society, being able to sell mass-produced objects on a large scale became part and parcel [more…]
2013: The Year in Reviews
by SDG 2013 was a year of cinematic trauma and stress, full of harrowing, at times also exhilarating, survival stories, many on the abyss of [more…]
Evidence Movie reviews
by: Steven Boone Many women spend hours taking camera-phone headshots of themselves before lucking upon the one they feel is flattering enough for Facebook. “Evidence” [more…]
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas predict film industry ‘implosion’
by: Ben Child Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have predicted a Hollywood “implosion” that could change the shape of the film industry forever and lead [more…]
Major Film Studios Prosper on the Margins
By Cynthia Littleton Shrinking release slates, a focus on tentpoles and the emergence of a ‘new normal’ in the homevid market has allowed the largest media [more…]
Cannes announces short film competitors and student film selections
By Amanda Taylor The Cannes Film Festival has announced which short films have made it to the festival competition. For the first time, a Palestinian film [more…]
Keanu Reeves: the future of cinema
by: uknown I grew up with film. I understand how it can make you feel nostalgic. It stands for a halcyon past, like memories of [more…]
