After the DOJ green light, the Paramount-Warner merger opens new fronts: jobs, archives, the FCC, foreign funds and control over audiovisual memory.
Critical essays that look beyond the surface of films, music, art and media, reading contemporary works through imagination, memory, technology, industry and cultural power.
After the DOJ green light, the Paramount-Warner merger opens new fronts: jobs, archives, the FCC, foreign funds and control over audiovisual memory.
Robert Gaudette wins the Runway AI Film Festival with a short film generated by AI: art, labor and cinema enter a new industrial zone.
The DGA has reached a four-year agreement with studios and streaming platforms: with Nolan at the helm, Hollywood’s truce is about AI, cinemas and creative power.
The United States is considering public stakes in major AI companies. Between OpenAI, Anthropic, IPOs and dividends, artificial intelligence is becoming a matter of national power.
IMAX is considering a possible sale: between streaming, Big Tech and premium cinema, the big screen becomes the last infrastructure to conquer.
At Visions du Réel 2026, Heat by Jacqueline Zünd arrives: a sensory documentary set in the Persian Gulf, where extreme heat becomes climate, class, and a human alarm.
Tribeca 2026 unveils its 25th anniversary lineup: 118 films, 103 world premieres, Tarantino as actor, Paul Rudd, Aubrey Plaza, and documentaries on AI, TikTok and politics.