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Scott Walker’s The Drift will get under your skin
Walker’s 2006 album is unsettling, bizarre, and the perfect way to kill a party.
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Walker’s 2006 album is unsettling, bizarre, and the perfect way to kill a party.
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In Possible Love, the director of Burning tackles labor struggle, human connection, and the nature of capturing others on film.
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How the stop-motion animation studio blends traditional techniques with modern tech.
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I took a foldable phone to New York City’s first ever microdrama film festival to see if the entertainment industry’s investment in vertical video will clash with the wider aspect ratio screens of the iPhone Duo and Galaxy Z Fold 8. [Media: https://youtu.be/lCCa5ntnfAo?si=hrBoDUu-IsE3HI8Q]
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Following last week’s departure of chief content officer Bela Bajaria and broader company layoffs, Dan Lin is leaving the company as well, TheWrap reports. Lin was hired in 2024. [Link: Netflix Film Chief Dan Lin Out at Streamer | https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/netflix-film-chief-dan-lin-out/ | TheWrap]
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Bajaria joined in 2016 and became chief content officer in 2023. Peter Rice, a former Disney and Fox exec, will take over the role, Variety reports. [Link: Netflix Shocker: Bela Bajaria Leaving After 10 Years Amid Layoffs, Peter Rice to Replace as Chief Content Officer | https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-bela-bajaria-leaving-layoffs-1236913504/ | Variety]
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After inventing the modern zombie, Romero made a feminist film about a suffering house wife turning to witchcraft.
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Asha Sharma’s next big move is launching XP.
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Just in time for spooky season.
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It’s going to be a busy month.
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GTA VI’s deep dive sometimes felt like a prestige drama.
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In what seems very much like a desperate attempt to save face after failing to convince the world that Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is a bad film, Elon Musk says that Grok Imagine will generate a “historically-accurate” adaptation of Homer’s epic poem. One can only imagine what “historically-accurate” means here. [Link: Elon Musk: Grok Imagine Will Make "Historically Accurate" 'Odyssey' | https://deadline.com/2026/07/elon-musk-odyssey-grok-imagine-ai-film-1236999981/ | Deadline]