It’s no surprise that YouTube users have illegally uploaded hundreds of full-length films to the site. What does seem odd, however, is that in several cases, movie studios have apparently not tried to stop them. Read full article > >
You’ll find an entry on Lyle Talbot (1902-1996) in some movie encyclopedias, but not in others. In the early 1930s, he was under contract to Warner Bros., often playing “weak-willed malefactors.†His co-stars included Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard and Mae West, but he wasn’t charismatic enough to build a picture around, and the studio eventually let him go. He ended up making something like …
Premium cable channel HBO has renewed its deal for theatrical movies from 20th Century Fox.
The fun of any festival is discovery — stumbling on a movie that, with no buzz, marketing or preconceptions behind it, winds up changing your life (or at least the way you see the world).