Columns
-
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Premiere Reaction: What I’m Allowed to Tell You
HBO doesn’t want people who saw the premiere to say too much
-
Should Movie Theaters Use Flexible Ticket Prices Like Airlines Do? (Guest Blog)
Film exhibitors need a revenue boost, but so-called dynamic pricing is unlikely to give it to them
By
Dan Schechter and John Calkins -
‘Lucha Underground’ Handles Diversity Issues With Equal Opportunity Brutality
El Rey Network’s cult hit pro wrestling series is pulpy, violent melodrama. It has also quietly become the most unexpected answer to the demand for diversity in Hollywood.
-
Where Movie Studios Must Turn to Fix Their Failing Theatrical Fortunes (Guest Blog)
The possible rise of the Screening Room alongside other home-viewing products only amplifies the need to turn box office revenues around
By
Dan Schechter -
Why Movie Studios Need China to Build More Theaters (Guest Blog)
The potential for international box office revenue to substantially boost Hollywood profits remains largely untapped
By
Dan Schechter -
Don’t Leave 3D for Dead: Why the Movie Model Remains a Global Force (Guest Blog)
Films like “Batman v Superman” show that the 3D format still has a lot of life left
By
Anthony Marcoly -
Why 3D Is No Longer Hollywood Studios’ Savior (Guest Blog)
Once hailed as means to movie theater salvation, the 3D release model sparked increases in screen counts and ticket sales before it plateaued
By
Dan Schechter -
How to Write a Movie With Your Husband and Live to Tell About It (Guest Blog)
Betsy Nowrasteh describes sharing more than a bed with her director husband, Cyrus — she also shares screenplay credit on his new movie, “The Young Messiah”
By
Betsy Nowrasteh -
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Maureen Dowd, FCC, FTC Commissioners Join Power Women Breakfast Series in Washington D.C.
TheWrap Power Women Breakfast expands to Washington D.C.
-
How Studios Use Blockbuster Budgets to Boost Moviegoing Attendance (Guest Blog)
Money spent on film production has risen 50 percent since 2000, with most new dollars going into big-budget fare
By
Dan Schechter -
‘City of Gold’ Review: Jonathan Gold Doc is a Spoonful of Sugar
Filmmaker Laura Gabbert’s love letter to the Pulitzer-winning food critic, and the city of Los Angeles, is hyper-palatable yet unconvincing
-
Why Theaters and the Moviegoing Experience Need an Overhaul (Guest Blog)
Home entertainment steadily improved as box office admissions declined 16 percent from 2003 to 2015
By
Dan Schechter -
New York Times in 1922: Adolf Hitler’s Anti-Semitism ‘Not So Genuine’
An old newspaper articles suddenly resonates today, for some reason
-
Donald Trump Bought John Deere Stock Before His Weird Super Tuesday Endorsement
Trump wants Caterpillar and John Deere products to build a border wall
-
Why Ed Asner’s Solo Show Is Like ‘The Vagina Monologues’ for Older Men (Guest Blog)
The 86-year-old actor offers a frank — and very funny — take on men’s health in “A Man and His Prostate”
By
Aviva Kempner














