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November 2024

What to Watch This Thanksgiving Weekend
Our Special Holiday Edition is here. Plus - all the deadlines to get a jump on this long weekend.
The Gladiator/Wicked Showdown is here.
Plus: A big week for docs and acquisitions; troubled Trump times at CNN; last chance for November deadlines
Streaming is dead; long live streaming
Plus: Publicis acquires Picture Motion; over 700 Portrait filmmakers featured at festivals this week; the Thanksgiving box office showdown; the holiday…
Entertainment examines the election
Plus: groundbreaking film audience research; acclaimed adaptations hit theaters; AFM + Critics Choice Awards

October 2024

New Hollywood tax credits in play?
Plus: Thrillers for Halloween… and The Election ; Eisenberg, Culkin, and Eastwood Films Hit Theaters; Fall Award Season Gets Rolling
“You never know where Academy voters may be lurking.”
Plus: How a Hollywood bust became a streaming hit; Variety's Cinematographers to Watch; Exceptional final seasons streaming now
A crackdown on unearned film credits
Plus: New award opportunities; new films from directors at the top of their game; a packed fall industry circuit keeps rolling
Pharrell, Trump, and Lorne Michaels walk into a theater
Bold new biopics this week; Why one $17M deal may be the last of its kind; Portrait as official networking app for fall fest season
A week of industry wars, flops and festivals
Plus: Saoirse Ronan's masterclass hits theaters; so many acquisitions

September 2024

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