Mailbag: We Answer Your Questions About Spielberg vs. Netflix and "Film Twitter"
/Film Weekly6 Maalis 2019

Mailbag: We Answer Your Questions About Spielberg vs. Netflix and "Film Twitter"

On the March 6, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in Chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson, and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to answer some listener emails in the Mail Bag. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). In The Mailbag: Austin from Dallas Texas writes in “I thought I would chime in. I lean towards Spielberg’s side on this. For me it’s not about Netflix or Amazon not being able to release a movie and it not being good. The Oscars to me is for a particular medium just like the Emmy’s. Netflix was using to me a loophole intended for shorts and indie films to their advantage. I feel they should have to do a wide release of their films to qualify. Idk how you put rules into place to not exclude indie films though. Maybe have it based on budget? To me Netflix movies are equivalent to straight to VHS/DVD/Blu-Ray. Those would not be considered for Oscars so why should they. Maybe it’s time to add a streaming category?” Langdon Kessner writes in “Hi Peter, Big fan of the site and the podcast. I'd like to offer a defense of Spielberg, and I'm honestly shocked that so many people are against him, specifically #FilmTwitter. Watching the argument go from "Spielberg hates Netflix" (which is not true) to "Spielberg doesn't care about minorities" (also not true) was maddening. For starters, it's important to note (and I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned on the podcast), Spielberg was a huge part of getting Five Came Back, a documentary, produced on Netflix. Author Mark Harris himself stated it would not exist without him. So this idea that Spielberg just hates Netflix and is a cartoon grandpa yelling at clouds is ridiculous (not saying you guys pushed this idea, but social media did). The issue here is the way Netflix treats their movies, and more importantly, the theaters. Not many of them have been given a proper theatrical release. And even the ones that do come with rules from Netflix. For the few theaters that were able to get Roma in 70mm, Netflix had a lot of rules that made it difficult for them to screen it. It had to be shown in Dolby Atmos, and it could only be screened from Thursday to Sunday. I know this because I wrote a series of articles on independent movie theaters in Boston, and still occasionally talk to the managers. All have said that Netflix is extremely cagey and reticent to conversation when it comes to showing their movies in theaters. Also important to note (and I was also disappointed this wasn't mentioned): Amazon Prime does not do this. They have a 90-day theatrical window and nobody, least of all Spielberg, is mad at them for it. That's the point Spielberg is making. That Netflix doesn't give their films a proper theatrical release, and instead just a token one so they can qualify for the Oscars. You guys mentioned on the podcast that it feels like elitists saying "No, you can't be in our club". To me, it feels like an first-year employee demanding a promotion without going through the ranks. And Joseph Kahn made a great point (I won't rehash the whole thing here), but "Oscars are meant to promote the theatrical experience. So Netflix releasing a movie in one theater and claiming they should be celebrated with an Oscar the same way like BlacKkKlansman or even yes, Green Book, is not remotely fair." Basically, if Netflix followed the Amazon Prime model, there'd be no issue. But they don't and prioritize home viewing which is television. A line does need to be drawn and this only happened because Netflix blurred the line between film and television. If they can afford to dump $8 billion in content, they can certainly afford a theatrical release. Sorry that I wrote a lot, but this debate has infuriated me. Two corporations are going to head-to-head yet Netflix is somehow the underdog? Ugh. This has nothing to do with quality of Netflix (which is Osca Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Water Cooler: Is Nicolas Cage Good in Longlegs? Plus Bob Roberts, The Trial, Boa vs. Python, and More

Water Cooler: Is Nicolas Cage Good in Longlegs? Plus Bob Roberts, The Trial, Boa vs. Python, and More

On the July 17, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to gather around the virtual water cooler to talk about what they’ve been up to.In the Water Cooler:What we’ve been Watching:Chris and Ben talk about Longlegs, including Nicolas Cage’s performance.Ben watched White Lightning and Gator, Orson Welles’ The Trial, and rewatched U.S. Marshals.Chris watched Boa vs Python, Tarot, and Bob Roberts. What we’ve been Playing:Ben has been listening to the vinyl scores of Coco and Up from Mondo.All the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

17 Heinä 202445min

Captain America: Brave New World, Gladiator II, Agatha All Along, The Devil Wears Prada, and More

Captain America: Brave New World, Gladiator II, Agatha All Along, The Devil Wears Prada, and More

On the July 16, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about the latest film and TV news.Email: Someone who apparently works for Regal wrote in and said: On a recent episode, you mentioned Regal is in the midst of a bankruptcy and might not be around much longer. We in fact exited bankruptcy in 2023 and just announced $250 million in capital raised to renovate current locations. I get it’s cool to crap on bigger theatre chains, but let’s not spread incorrect negative news like that. We are all out here trying to do the same thing, and that is preserve the theatrical experience. In The News:Shelley Duvall, Legendary Star Of The Shining And 3 Women, Dead At 75Shannen Doherty, Who Played Prue Halliwell In Charmed, Has Died At 53The Captain America: Brave New World Trailer Finally Reveals Harrison Ford's Red HulkCaptain America: Brave New World Trailer Addresses Its Biggest Recast Role Right AwayCaptain America 4 Finally Remembers The MCU's Biggest Forgotten StorylineCaptain America: Brave New World Teaser Could Confirm Longtime X-Men RumorsWho Is Giancarlo Esposito's Captain America 4 Villain? Our Comic Book Expert Explores The OptionsMarvel Gets Its Own Horror Series In The First Agatha All Along TrailerThe Gladiator II Trailer Delivers Epic Action (And Paul Mescal Fighting A Rhino)Michael Bay's First Netflix Show Will Star Patrick Stewart As A Demonic Talking AxeShrek 5 Is Officially Coming In 2026, Whole Cast Returning, Get Your Game On, Go PlayKevin Smith's Next Jay And Silent Bob Outing Could Be A Horror MovieEuphoria Season 3 Will Finally Begin Filming – Three Years After Season 2 PremieredThe Devil Wears Prada Is Finally Getting A SequelAll the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

16 Heinä 202433min

Longlegs Shocks Hollywood, Fly Me to the Moon Underperforms, and More

Longlegs Shocks Hollywood, Fly Me to the Moon Underperforms, and More

On the July 15, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk about the weekend’s box office numbers.Black Moon Rising updateIn The News:Top 10 box office recapHotly-Hyped Horror Movie Longlegs Sets A New Box Office Record For NeonFly Me To The Moon Crashes To The Ground With $10 Million Opening WeekendKevin Costner's Horizon: Chapter 2 Yanked From Release Schedule After First Film BombsAll the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

15 Heinä 202431min

Water Cooler: Longlegs, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, Black Moon Rising, and More

Water Cooler: Longlegs, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, Black Moon Rising, and More

On the July 12, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to gather around the virtual water cooler and talk about what they’ve been up to.In the Water Cooler:What we’ve been Watching:Ben watched Call Northside 777, Marie Antoinette, Kill, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, and Black Moon Rising.Chris watched Longlegs, The Bikeriders, Abigail, and Civil War.  All the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

12 Heinä 202430min

Sausage Party: Foodtopia is Hilarious, Plus An R-Rated Interview With Stars Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, and Sam Richardson

Sausage Party: Foodtopia is Hilarious, Plus An R-Rated Interview With Stars Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, and Sam Richardson

On the July 11, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about Sausage Party: Foodtopia and present an R-rated interview with the show’s stars, Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, and Sam Richardson.In Our Feature Presentation: Sausage Party: Foodtopia Review: Fiercely Funny, Pun-Filled Filth Is Fantastic And FulfillingAn interview with Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, and Sam RichardsonAll the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

11 Heinä 202423min

Water Cooler: Project Hail Mary, The Last Stop in Yuma County, Ghosts, A Bigger Splash, and More

Water Cooler: Project Hail Mary, The Last Stop in Yuma County, Ghosts, A Bigger Splash, and More

On the July 10, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Jacob Hall to gather around the virtual water cooler and talk about what they’ve been up to.Jake from Ontario wrote to us on June 30: My question concerns the growing disparity between the TV Critic and audience Tomatometer scores on Rotten Tomatoes. The Boys, The Acolyte, and The Bear all received glowing critics scores and negative audience scores. In a recent episode, Jacob mentioned that although he loved the first three seasons of The Boys, he didn’t enjoy season 4 and passed the review to a colleague who liked it more. This practice caught my attention.Could you discuss the prevalence and ethics of this practice? Wouldn’t it be good business to publish a negative review when 9.3/10 sites are praising a show? In my opinion, Jacob would have been the perfect person to review this season and represent a large contingent of the audience who isn’t just reacting to the anti-MAGA politics, as some suggest is the reason for the lower audience score. Sorry if this sounds prickly, I’m legitimately curious to hear your thoughts.PS: Please focus on this specific practice and avoid discussing review-bombing or the binary nature of the Tomatometer, as those topics have been covered well by the podcast in the past.In the Water Cooler:What we’ve been Reading:Jacob read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, and Challenger by Adam Higginbotham. What we’ve been Watching:Ben watched The Last Stop in Yuma County, A Bigger Splash, The Paper, and Callaway Went Thataway.Jacob watched The Bear season 3, Ghosts, and A Quiet Place: Day One.All the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

10 Heinä 202437min

An Interview with Twister Director Jan de Bont

An Interview with Twister Director Jan de Bont

On the July 9, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson presents a conversation with Twister director Jan de Bont.'Die Hard' 30th Anniversary: The Cast And Crew Reflect On The Making Of An Action Classic [Interview]In Our Feature Presentation: Twister is a Dumb, Fun DistractionJan de Bont interviewAll the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

9 Heinä 202423min

How Do You Find Things to Watch? Plus A Box Office Recap, Expensive Theater Concessions, and More

How Do You Find Things to Watch? Plus A Box Office Recap, Expensive Theater Concessions, and More

On the July 8, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and TV news.In The News: Robert Towne, One Of The Greatest Screenwriters In Hollywood History, Has DiedRIP Jon LandauBox office top 10 recapDespicable Me 4 Tops A Shrek Franchise Record With No. 1 Box Office DebutInside Out 2 Is Already One Of The Highest Grossing Movies Of All TimeThe Paramount Merger Is Finally Official - And It Could Have Been So Much WorseBrad Pitt Goes To War On The Race Track In Teaser Trailer For Joseph Kosinski's F1Listener email: Julie writes in: Love your show! I think the major reason people don’t go to chain theaters is not how big our TVs are or that everything is streaming, but the number of screens we have. We have 2 TVs, 2 laptops, and 2 cell phones for 2 people, and all have been used to watch movies. When I was a kid in the ‘70s, we had one TV in our living room that was controlled by my brother and my parents. If I wanted to watch anything else, I had to go to a movie theater. So when Bad News Bears came out, I saw it in the big chain theater 11 times! I love movies now, but do prefer one of the many repertory theaters we have here in Portland, Oregon. People are respectful and they serve beer/wine/cider and pizza without being expensive. I hardly ever go to our local chain theater, which is a pretty nice Regal, and when I do, there are usually about five other people in the theater and I never buy any concessions because it’s too expensive. I just can’t imagine it will be open much longer.Listener email: Donnie from Florida writes in: Love the podcast and have been listening for years. Shout-out to Peter and Hoai-Tran Bui, I still miss hearing them. My question is how do you find things to watch on streaming services? I notice the menus are just awful. We can only find the current 8 to 10 things that that particular streaming service is pushing at the time. Is there a site or system that you, or anyone else at /Film, uses to find the needles in the haystack of horrible streaming service menus?If Ryan happens to be on the episode, can he explain how the heck Peacock is still a thing?All the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Don’t forget to take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

8 Heinä 202444min

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