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Film
Dial 777-FILM no more: Moviefone shuts down
Feb 24, 2014
The once-innovative film service goes on hiatus -- without an end date
Box office points to a good year for black filmmakers
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Kai Ryssdal
Nov 21, 2013
"It's a good year for black films" is something we hear every couple of years. Grantland's Wesley Morris says this time, it's different.
When a movie flops, marketing takes the blame
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Kai Ryssdal
Nov 1, 2013
When box-office returns are lower than expected, it's often the marketing department that bare the brunt of the punishment.
Matt Damon, 'Elysium' and White Flight
Aug 9, 2013
Don't go see "Elysium" without expecting a cinematic lesson in income inequality, racism and global poverty.
'Sharknado' -- How the low-budget flick went from Twitter to the big screen
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Kai Ryssdal
Aug 2, 2013
Once upon a time a little low-budget movie about a tornado and sharks taking over Los Angeles became a hit on Twitter, and grew up to head to a movie theater near you.
'Lone Ranger' is just one of summer's busts
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Kai Ryssdal
Jul 23, 2013
After a summer of lackluster box office receipts, could Hollywood begin to find fault in blockbusters?
Why movie crews are headed to Ohio
by
Brian Bull
Jul 4, 2013
Ohio's film tax credits have drawn movie crews back to Cleveland, but there's debate as to whether the tax breaks truly deliver.
For public good, not for profit.
The middle class through the Hollywood lens
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Krissy Clark
Jun 28, 2013
Movies and television have sometimes reflected and sometimes shaped our ideas of how the American middle class lives.
'White House Down': Pairing Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx is no accident
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David Gura
Jun 27, 2013
Studios rely more and more on teams of heroes and dynamic duos in action films. Is the lone action man a thing of the past?
Why do actors in France get paid so much? Subsidies
Jun 17, 2013
French win concession in Transatlantic trade negotiations.