THR Insightful piece about experimentation of studios and Hollywood's post-coronavirus future
Vulture "are the celebrities okay?" a funny piece about the bizarre social media of stars during quarantine
Awards Daily Contagion (2011) reframed
Boy Culture a huge celebration of Madonna's "Vogue" as it turns 30
More after the jump including showbiz obituaries, Marvel's What If?, and the cinema of 1962...
Theater Mania the wonderful actor Mark Blum has died of covid-19 complications. He worked a lot in NYC theater but he's also familiar to TV aficionados (Mozart in the Jungle, You) and moviegoers from films like Desperately Seeking Susan...
Madonna also spoke to her experiences working with him.
IndieWire The Emmy Awards haven't been postponed but their dates leading up to the big night have changed
IndieWire Sony Pictures Classics will stick to theaters thank you. But what's theater owners to get more creative
Cartoon Brew a Quebec City animation house has ben picked for Marvel's What If? series. I was really into "What If?" as a child? Which was one-off comics in which some fundamental thing was different than what was then canon in the comics. Although given all the retconning and multiverse that is now the norm it would probably feel rather non-surreal/different
Deadline You've heard a lot about 1939 and 1999 as all-time grat movie years. A new book suggests 1962 is where it's at.
The Guardian RIP Director Stuart Gordon (ReAnimator, Honey I Shrunk the Kids)
The Guardian films about isolation (Panic Room, Safe, Mustang, etcetera) to watch in isolation
Cartoon Brew British Animation Awards - Shaun the Sheep Farmageddon is the big winner but Sally Hawkins also picked up a prize for voice acting in The Snail and the Whale (she plays the snail. You can hear her gasping at underwater life in this little clip...