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Sydney Sweeney tells Katey Rich that everyone she pitched Christy to had the same reaction she did: "How did we not already know Christy Martin’s story?" The excitement was there, but getting a female boxing indie made was still a fight theankler.com/p/sydney-sween…
In 2025, just 17 of the top 100 films were directed by nonwhite filmmakers. @richardrushfield examines how Hollywood’s talk of change gave way to complacency and what that means for the stories audiences see on screen theankler.com/p/hollywoods-b…
.@espiers analyzes what Zohran Mamdani’s policies could mean for New York’s creative class, from union support and higher corporate taxes to housing costs and film incentives that keep productions local: theankler.com/p/zohran-mamda…
Bugonia is Yorgos Lanthimos' third film in three years. It made about $5M on a reported $45M budget in its opening weekend. @RichardRushfield and @theseanmac consider if audiences are too Lanthimosed-out to want to see another theankler.com/p/richard-and-…
This year’s Oscar race is a generational face-off. Gen Z is breaking through with potential nods for Hamnet and Frankenstein, millennials dominate directing, and Gen X is holding tight to its power... for now. Katey Rich sees who’s winning the long game: theankler.com/p/oscar-showdo…
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman talk with Thom Powers about The Alabama Solution: their six-year investigation into Alabama’s prisons that’s already prompting government reactions and renewed scrutiny nationwide anklerenjoy.com/events/the-ala…
The Prestige Junkie pundits predict: Sean Penn and Stellan Skarsgård lead supporting actor, Ariana Grande tops supporting actress, Hamnet dominates adapted screenplay, and Sentimental Value and Sinners battle it out for original. Katey Rich breaks it down: theankler.com/p/oscar-puzzle…
Kristen Stewart tells @richardrushfield she was stunned to learn only 4% of this year’s top films were directed by women. She talks about that reality, her first feature The Chronology of Water, and why difficult stories are the ones worth telling theankler.com/p/rushfield-lu…
Screenshot from @kateyrich's latest Prestige Junkies post. It is just one of many good reasons to sign up for @TheAnkler. Go sign up for a free sub today; you'll upgrade to paid within the month, I guarantee it. theankler.com/p/oscar-puzzle…
Matthew Frank joined Ankler Agenda after a 20-state road trip to see how America’s really watching movies. The verdict: prices are rising, but audiences still show up theankler.com/p/hollywoods-r…
Horror’s paradox: massive ROI, billion-dollar year at the box office, and still a limited ceiling. @EntStrategyGuy explains why it’s profitable, but not THAT profitable: theankler.com/p/does-horror-…
“Right-sizing.” “Evolving priorities.” “Future-focused.” @richardrushfield surveys an unsettling Hollywood art form: the layoff memo. Plus, a farewell to John Malone, who perfected the corporate goodbye theankler.com/p/hollywoods-a…
Jessica Hargrave tells Thom Powers how Tig Notaro convinced her to make a film about poet Andrea Gibson — and why 'Come See Me in the Good Light' became one of the most unexpected projects of her career: anklerenjoy.com/events/come-se…
Inside Warner Bros., the mood is “quiet panic.” @Snoodit reports on how staff are bracing for another ownership change, what David Ellison’s bid could mean for jobs, and why “business as usual” doesn’t feel so usual anymore: theankler.com/p/warner-bros-…
Breaking: Netflix has won a big bidding war for a hostage thriller starring Adam Driver and from Peter Craig (Top Gun: Maverick) and the Emmy-winning director of #Adolescence. More details coming shortly in this week's column for @TheAnkler.
TODAY AT 11 A.M. PT: Kristen Stewart joins @richardrushfield on The Rushfield Lunch to chat about her sharp directorial debut 'The Chronology of Water' and her views on the state of the entertainment industry. Add to your calendar: open.substack.com/live-stream/73…
Tracy Letts on why saying yes to Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite was easy: “That’s a person I’ll put myself in service to.” Katey Rich talks with him about vision, integrity, and what still draws him to the work theankler.com/p/tracy-letts-…
Director David Osit explains how he funneled his personal fascination with To Catch a Predator into 'Predators.' The doc holds a mirror up to the audience, examining what they actually want from nonfiction storytelling anklerenjoy.com/events/predato…
CNN is chasing Gen Z with CNN Creators — but can it rival the newsfluencers already dominating feeds? @natjarv talks with newsfluencers @aaronparnas, V Spehar, and CNN’s new team on who’s winning the future of news: theankler.com/p/inside-cnn-c…
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