When Amazon made a unilateral decision in early February to stop accepting documentaries and short films via Prime Video Direct (a policy that also covers “slide shows, vlogs, podcasts, tutorials, filmed conferences, monologues, toy play, music videos, and voiceover gameplay”), the announcement also served as a quiet purge. Amazon also has been dropping long-running documentary titles from the service, with stakeholders…
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Martin Scorsese Argues Streaming Algorithms Devalue Cinema into ‘Content’
In a new essay for Harper’s magazine, Martin Scorsese argues the art of cinema is being systematically devalued and demeaned by streaming services and their algorithms, “and reduced to its lowest common denominator, ‘content.'” “Content” became a business term for all moving images: a David Lean movie, a cat video, a Super Bowl commercial, a superhero sequel, a series episode. It…
Best Story Wins
Morgan Housel, on the art and power of storytelling: C. R. Hallpike is a respected anthropologist who once wrote a review of a young author’s recent book on the history of humans. It states: “It would be fair to say that whenever his facts are broadly correct they are not new, and whenever he tries to strike out on his own…
New Bigfoot documentary heads to New York
Seth Breedlove and the ‘On the Trail’ team are returning with another investigation into the elusive cryptid. With the Bigfoot phenomenon showing no s… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/343665/new-bigfoot-documentary-heads-to-new-york…
Diving Deep review: The amazing life of marine film-maker Mike deGruy
The late Mike deGruy filmed iconic underwater footage that wowed audiences, drawing the admiration of David Attenborough and James Cameron. A fond documentary by his wife reveals the real man Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933180-200-diving-deep-review-the-amazing-life-of-marine-film-maker-mike-degruy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Can science ‘prove’ there’s an afterlife? Netflix documentary says yes.
The new Netflix series ‘Surviving Death’ marches through an array of paranormal phenomena, some unprovable, some debunked and some genuinely mysterious. Source: https://www.livescience.com/netflix-surviving-death.html
A Perfect Planet review: Attenborough’s new show is one of his best
David Attenborough documentary A Perfect Planet blends earth science with dazzling images of flamingos, finches and frogs to reveal how natural forces have nurtured life Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264866-a-perfect-planet-review-attenboroughs-new-show-is-one-of-his-best/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
iHuman review: Should we be afraid of a world run by AI?
Documentary iHuman is thoroughly committed to an apocalyptic view of society in which we are in thrall to artificially intelligent machines. That is its strength – and its weakness, says Simon Ings Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933160-600-ihuman-review-should-we-be-afraid-of-a-world-run-by-ai/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
New Netflix series to explore life after death
The streaming service has released a new trailer for its upcoming documentary series ‘Surviving Death’. It’s one of the most widely debated mysteries … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/342671/new-netflix-series-to-explore-life-after-death…
Darth Vader Actor From Original ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Dies at Age 85
Reuters reports: David Prowse, the English actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films, has died aged 85, his management company said on Sunday… The champion weightlifter-turned-actor starred as the body, but not the voice, of one of cinema’s best-known villains. Director George Lucas opted to dub another voice onto Prowse’s portrayal of the towering, masked antagonist Darth…