I don't want to be a dang KAREN, but I think theaters, especially ones doing festival screenings, shouldn't overbook on paid screenings then turn people away who bought tix with the caveat of "well, if you read the tiny print on the QR code, you'd see entry isn't guaranteed."
Invest in originals. Invest in emerging* writers and filmmakers. Make money. Repeat.
*and not to sound like a fuddy duddy but emerging doesn’t necessarily mean “young”. There are some of us for whom this is a second career and we also have incredible stories to tell.
LEVITICUS is the real deal. Marvelously directed queer reverse exorcism conversion therapy horror built on that idea that Fear makes us strong, but love makes us worth being strong. Feelings and desire are villains, reframing the out of body control feeling as the terror. Scares and gore are genuinely terrifying. Where films like Talk To Me and It Follows lean more on concept, this is richly character based. All timer hauntingly moving final scene that I’ll be thinking about all year #Sundance2026
Maybe the lesson is not "Democrats should run moderates" or "Democrats should run socialists" but "Democrats should run candidates who are likable and have politics that are appealing in the specific places they are running."
Probably not the best moment for the powers that be to wide release a major motion picture this weekend that mines thrills from multiple young men getting shot to death in the face and neck in disturbingly graphic ways?
Transgender swimming champion Lia Thomas will have her records and titles stripped after UPenn was pressured by the Trump administration.
The university will also issue formal apologies to every biological female competitor who lost out to a transgender competitor.
I wasn’t planning to tour this year after my shows in Singapore but the incredible response to the new album inspired me to keep things going. It came together super quickly thanks to Arthur Fogel and the amazing team at Live Nation, who planned a global tour in just a few weeks. We chose arenas this time to give me the opportunity to control the details of the show in a way you simply can’t in stadiums—and honestly, I can’t wait. This show is designed to be the kind of theatrical and electrifying experience that brings MAYHEM to life exactly how I envision it. The MAYHEM Ball Tour is officially coming your way. See you soon, monsters.
Absolutely insane that, barely a year after ANYONE BUT YOU made $200 million worldwide, the studios responded by putting no rom-coms in theaters over Valentine's Day weekend.