I'm not going to review the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. I'm not even anywhere near the Tribeca Film Festival. I am not even close to New York, which is why I can't get a decent espresso for love or money in my town. Unfortunately, you...
For the past several months, there has been the steady drum beat proclaiming that despite the current economic crisis, the film industry remains recession proof. The reason is simple...
It wasn't Dr. Krugman's hate-mail treatment of securitization that made my brain go tilt.(I say this even though we concur with Barry Ritholz’s reasoning in his blog article, "Paul Krugman is Wrong About Securitization." )What really got to me was the reference to toaster...
R&R's Ann Rutledge discusses how flawed securitization set off the economic crisis in the cover story of the current issue of National Journal Magazine:"Until the early part of this decade, Rutledge says, most of the blueprints for building structured securities were imperfect but honest. Sometime...
There are many ways to raise money for a low-budget independent film. Bank robbery is one. Unfortunately, the current economic crisis makes it one of the less rewarding ways (unless you happen to be a banker, in which case you are already engaged in this...
Once more the guns of America have roared across the land, leaving a trail of bodies, blood, tears and the terrible acknowledgment of our national heritage. We're a gun-totin' culture, partner, and it ain't just the cowboys who are drawing on each other. Parents are...
Ticket sales are booming, and Hollywood is the economic wunderkind of the current recession.If the Variety report is to be believed, that was the direction that Dan Glickman, CEO and chair of the Motion Picture Association of America, was headed toward while presenting at the...