Missed Part 1? You should start here. Around the time of this post, the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) produced a tentative agreement in their 2023 negotiations. The WGA Negotiating Committee, the WGAW Board and WGAE Council all voted unanimously to recommend the agreement on September 26, 2023. As … Continue reading The political economic roots of Hollywood strikes, Part 2
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Why Scorsese is right about corporate power, Part 1
What is more pleasurable: reading Martin Scorsese on cinema or reading reactions to Scorsese on cinema? The reactions compete for our pleasure because they reveal how easy it is for someone’s words to make us jump into a debate with two feet and eyes closed. In the March 2021 issue of Harper’s, Scorsese wrote an … Continue reading Why Scorsese is right about corporate power, Part 1


