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Stop Arguing Over Theatrical Windows and Start Worrying About Piracy Windows

As you may be able to infer from the semi-sarcastic headline of this post, we were all set to have some fun commenting on a recent academic study with the protracted title, “Windows of Opportunity: The Impact of Piracy and Delayed International Availability on DVD Sales“. As many such pa…

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For Your iConsideration: Internet Streaming Overtakes DVD Distribution For Awards Screeners

For the first time ever, Internet platforms have overtaken DVDs for distributing the largest number of “awards screeners” to industry professionals voting for year-end accolades. This post gives a breakdown analysis of the various streaming and download formats, with iTunes and Vimeo battling for th…

End of line for SF’s repertory cinemas?

The age of Netflix:ed DVDs and Tivo:ed TMC repeats of film classics has not been kind to repertory cinemas. The SF Chronicle chronics the declining audience numbers for the city’s most venerable rep houses: All exhibitors concur that the prospects for repertory in San Francisco have become dow…

Never coming to a big screen near you

A fascinating look in this New York Times magazine article (‘The New B-Movie‘) about straight-to-DVD films trying to ride on the coat tails of big Hollywood releases – and succeeding! The IMBD page for ‘Transmorphers’ is hilarious. Plot keywords are: ‘Lesbian / Ma…