9 Best Articles in 2020
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How Netflix works: the (hugely simplified) complex stuff that happens every time you hit?Play
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~11 min read · 314 saves · From 2017 · Mayukh Nair · Not long ago, House of Cards came back for the fifth season, finally ending a long wait for binge watchers across the world who are…
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Police: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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292 saves · Jun 8th · As nationwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are met with police brutality, John Oliver discusses how the histories of policing ...
Vulture
Is Anyone Watching Quibi?
Vulture
20+ min read · 271 saves · Jul 6th · The streaming platform raised $1.75 billion and secured a roster of A-list talent, but it can’t get audiences to notice.
Vulture
The 100 Most Influential Sequences in Animation History
Vulture
254 saves · Oct 5th · From Bugs Bunny to Spike Spiegel to Miles Morales, retracing 128 years of an art form that continues to draw us all in.
The New York Times
The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century So Far.
The New York Times
209 saves · From 2017 · A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis rank the best films made since 2000.
Vulture
Cops Are Always the Main Characters
Vulture
5 min read · 178 saves · Jun 1st · TV perfected the cop show, metastasized it, and then franchised it into ubiquity. How does that affect the way audiences think about police?
British GQ
John Boyega: 'I’m the only cast member whose experience of Star Wars was based on their race'
British GQ
~17 min read · 175 saves · Sep 2nd · In his first interview since finishing Star Wars and that unguarded address from a Hyde Park stage, he explains how both platforms inspired him to make a stand, but for very different reasons.
The Atlantic
30 Movies That Are Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before
The Atlantic
~15 min read · 174 saves · May 23rd · David Sims · These films, each unforgettable in its own way, are essential viewing.
The Guardian
The 100 best films of the 21st century
The Guardian
166 saves · 2019-09-13 · Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
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Netflix explains how it uses AI to sell you on a show
Engadget
60 saves · Dec 12th · Netflix has explained how it uses AI to decide how to not only pitch movies, but predict their audiences — it's not just relying on execs.
The New Yorker
The Best TV Shows of 2020
The New Yorker
3 min read · 50 saves · Dec 10th · I found myself watching all species of television this year, including what I typically neglect (Taiwanese baseball, for instance), because what else was there to do?
The Hollywood Reporter
"He's Radioactive": Inside Johnny Depp's Self-Made Implosion
The Hollywood Reporter
~13 min read · 44 saves · Dec 9th · In the face of mounting bad publicity, Johnny Depp could still count on one friendly industry group — a Polish film festival. On Nov. 21, the embattled star was poised to receive a career honor during…
Los Angeles Times
The 10 best TV shows of 2020
Los Angeles Times
6 min read · 44 saves · Dec 7th · Los Angeles Times television critic Robert Lloyd chooses the best TV shows of 2020.
Variety
'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve Blasts HBO Max Deal (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
2 min read · 38 saves · Dec 11th · I learned in the news that Warner Bros. has decided to release “Dune” on HBO Max at the same time as our theatrical release, using prominent images from our movie to promote their strea…
Guardian Books
A novel idea: is the book always better than the film?
Guardian Books
2 min read · 38 saves · Dec 7th · Henry Yates · It’s a cliche as old as cinema itself. But dismissing film-making as the weak sibling of the arts is often rooted in snobbery
Rolling Stone
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020
Rolling Stone
1 min read · 30 saves · Dec 7th · From teens to queens, first loves to worst loves, vampires to aliens and more, these series gave us characters and stories to escape into when the real world was too scary to bear
WIRED
The Streaming Wars Could Finally End in 2021
WIRED
2 min read · 29 saves · Dec 15th · With Disney’s announcement of 22 new series, and Warner Bros. teaming up with HBO Max, the battle for every last subscriber will come to a head next year.
Vulture
The Streaming Future Is Already Here for the Movie Business
Vulture
6 min read · 24 saves · Dec 10th · Warner Bros. is just the latest to join the club.
