YouTube is a global idea farm, not unlike Big Agriculture: welcome, user, to your pre-fab silo, built “just for you” by YouTube’s secret algorithm. That algorithm loads about 70% of what you see on your home page. It’s not limited to things you love.… YouTube also serves up things you love to hate.
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The Tribeca Film Festival is dead. Long live the Tribeca Festival.
In the past two years, we haven’t had to leave our living rooms to witness the accelerated evolution of the entertainment industry. Movie theaters went dark, musicians canceled tours, Broadway shuttered. Netflix mushroomed. As we (hopefully) emerge from COVID, the Great Reshuffle isn’t limited to the job market. The axis of the entertainment industry is shifting east – not from LA to New York, but from Hollywood to China. Racial and gender issues are at the forefront. Immersive entertainment mingles games, music, and movies.
Here in New York, an early epicenter for COVID, the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival was canceled. The delayed 2021 event garnered only 66 entries. This year the festival is back full force, with 111 films.
Shut your eyes. What are the first associations you have with the word “film”? I’m wagering the images you’ve conjured are at least a decade old, or have something to do with a bad rinse cycle in your dishwasher.
The word “film” might be on the decline, but the art form is burgeoning. Competitions and showcases like Tribeca are a still a wonderful forum for new talent, industry insiders,...
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