THE WEDNESDAY REPORT, 29 August 2018
"Netflix did this, however, in the great tradition of 21st Century Tech Startups: with massive, flood-the-zone spending via cash provided at insanely high valuations. You can think of the Netflix flood in the same breath as your $6 crosstown airport ride from Uber—a wonderful miracle of technology, and if you close your eyes, you can actually believe this is what life is supposed to be like." Richard Rushfield The Ankler
'It Is Good There Are People Like You': Lech Walesa Nominates Oleg Sentsov For Nobel Peace Prize Radio Free Europe
"Cinema’s two solitudes—mainstream movies and serious films—have never been more estranged, which endangers the pedigree fare that keeps the festival alive. tiff’s outgoing director and CEO, Piers Handling, says that the organization’s greatest challenge is the declining production of 'the midbudget films which we rely on so much, especially star-driven vehicles for the galas and special presentations.' Less of that content is being made available as studios move increasingly toward tent-pole films, those blockbuster franchises that prop up entire seasons and studio budgets." "Cinema Is Changing: Can TIFF Adapt?: Brian D. Johnson The Walrus
"Sometimes my influences are really on my sleeve. So I just make sure to wear a lot of sleeves." Boots Riley profiled New Yorker
LA Weekly co-owner sues other investors for 'breathtaking incompetence'; sues the rest, alleging they've pillaged the company LATimes
"On the Eurostar returning home, a young mother of three boys sees the menu and says that it’s her husband’s dream to eat at Guy Savoy. I hand over the menu and encourage them to start saving." Nicholas Lander The FT
"A confident kitchen knows to edit its efforts. Less is usually more. I was reminded of these fine points when a whole branzino was set down, split and overdressed with a kitchen sink of garnishes, including clams, tomatoes and artichokes. The entree’s recipient didn’t know where to fix her fork. “Very distracting,” she said, poking into the heap." "La Vie on the Wharf is so bad I’m only writing about it as a warning." Tom Sietsema, Washington Post
"We don't owe Louis C.K. anything." Caroline Framke, Variety
Earlier — Louis C.K. Put Me in a Lose-Lose Situation By Rebecca Corry Vulture
Behind Bill Cunningham's secret memoir EW
