Nadav Lapid has backed sanctions against Israel for years. His films are among the fiercest attacks on the Israeli state in cinema. A cultural boycott pushed him out of FIDMarseille anyway. I wrote about why no test — passport, politics, funding — works. Nobody passes.
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Canada has offered support to Somali referee Omar Artan.
David Eby, the Premier of British Columbia, said Omar Artan would be welcome in the province. He believes Artan should be allowed to referee World Cup matches in Vancouver.
Marjane Satrapi died last week. Age, a ridiculous 56. My Cinema In One Take co-host texted me. I shouted the news to my wife. She replied: "That doesn't bode well for us then, does it." 1/6
She also said: "Take Picasso — such an arsehole with women, but a genius, so it was overlooked. But women have to be great mothers, lovers, dance well, cook well, always be kind. I'm not always kind. Not a single woman I know is always kind." 5/6
Internet creators like Kane Parsons (Backrooms) and Curry Barker (Obsession) are not reinventing cinema. they're changing the algorithm.
studios are finally learning: pair web creatives with A-list actors, and you win at the box office.
here's the pattern. 1/9
Read the full breakdown on Substack. the Saudi Arabia precedent, how Cannes is adapting, and why this matters for what cinema becomes next. Link → cinemainonetake.substack.com… 8/9