The Best Articles in TV & Film
The most useful articles and videos in TV & Film from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
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Top 5 TV & Film Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in TV & Film by Refind users in 2024 so far.
Videos
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Why we all need subtitles now
It's not you — the dialogue in TV and movies has gotten harder to hear.
Why Do Movies Feel So Different Now?
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Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
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Meet Me In The Bathroom
https://www.meetmeinthebathroomfilm.com/An immersive archival journey through the explosive New York music scene of the early 2000s. Set against the backdrop...
WHAT ON EARTH
A Golden LA Production Written and Directed by : Jimmy Marble Zizi: Suzanna Son Executive Producer: Matthew Marquis Head of Production: Arwa Ibrahim Producer:…
Trending
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A Few Thoughts After Dune 2 Viewings
And now, I must repent. Last week, after my midnight viewing of Dune: Part 2 I noted that while this new film is great and an absolute spectacle, I felt as if I still liked the first film more. Well,…
Lucy Prebble’s Dramas of High Anxiety
In plays such as “The Effect” and TV shows such as “I Hate Suzie” and “Succession,” the writer has become an expert at getting deep inside worried characters’ heads.
Always Rooting for the Antihero: How Three TV Shows Have Defined 21st-Century America
“An outlaw can be defined as somebody who lives outside the law, beyond the law and not necessarily against it.” –Hunter Thompson * “All human advances occur in the outlaw area.” –Buckminster Fulle…
The Video Game And Film Industries Are Facing Remarkably Similar Problems
Rebuilding the middle, in movies and games, is the path to a healthier industry.
How AI Could Disrupt Hollywood
New platforms and tools may allow a person to create a feature-length film from their living room. But can they really compete with the studios?
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles in TV & Film—all under 10 minutes.
The Best Movie Posters of 2023
I am not in the habit of buying movie posters, but I bought one this year — for a movie that doesn’t even exis
The Point of “Point Break”
By pushing plot, image, and language to their limits, the film reveals the fundamental strangeness of the American action movie.
Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th
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Why Horror Films are Hollywood's Best Investment: A Statistical Analysis
Unpacking the world of scary movies, a genre of distinctive appeal and incredible profitability.
Netflix
Netflix should not be thought of as a streaming business. Streaming is not the business model, it’s the source of data.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in TV & Film.
The Ghost Did What?! Translation Exposing Providentialist Thinking
Stories of extensive evil, in which the threat is not a single villain, nor even a man-made pollution monster, but systemic structures of harm in which we are all complicit, offer tools to think th…
Inside Apple’s Plan to Change the Way We Watch Sports
Longtime Apple executive Eddy Cue happens to be an enormous sports fan. And with Apple entering the wild west of broadcasting live sports, he’s ready to shake up the way we watch games on TV—with a…
An Interview with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters About Strategy and Execution
An interview with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters about owning the customer relationship, Netflix culture and execution, advertising, games, and content strategy.
One of the Most Audacious Pranks in History Was Hidden in a Hit TV Show for Years.…
Abortion activism, anti-gun propaganda, and HIV awareness, smuggled onto prime time.
Who's Afraid of Lorne Michaels?
Very rarely can we see an entire system reflected in one person. The creator and executive producer of “Saturday Night Live” is such a person.
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