So, I’d like to update the list of blogs included in indieWIRE’s feed. Please tell me… what’s your favorite film blog (and why)?
Thanks!
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Today’s news that David Hudson’s essential film blog is shutting down is a terrible blow for film culture.
Inside word was that the traffic for the site wasn’t up to IFC TV’s expectations. Well, I haven’t said this to any of my friends over there, but why can’t corporate sibling IFC Films take it on? It would be a great asset for their (eventual) new site and a wonderful way to harness attention not only for their own films but to provide crucial insights within the broader context of international cinema. Argh, a guy can dream…
David Hudson, first at GreenCine and then briefly at IFC, was simply the best filter of news, perspectives and insights on cinema. No questions asked. And, he vows to return:
That doesn’t mean I’ll stop doing what I do; I’ve been dreaming up a new format and, if all goes according to plan, it’ll be rolling out slowly in two phases at an entity that’ll be named when that entity’s good and ready.
I hope he keeps that promise.
In the meantime, what can or should be done to try and fill the gap??
Movieline is back? Sort of.
The glossy Hollywood magazine is apparently being re-made into an online portal, “covering all things Hollywood” (in the words of an announcement. This explains why my buddy Stu VanAirsdale didn’t seem all that upset when I sent him a condolence after hearing about the demise of Defamer on Oscar day. He and Defamer colleagues Seth Abramovitch and Kyle Buchanan have been tapped as staff writers for the new venture, Movieline.com.
“Defamer combined the wit of The Onion, the breaking industry news of Variety, and the watercooler chatter of Page Six,” teased CEO Jay Penske, in a statement today. “It changed the way Hollywood works, and MOVIELINE.COM will take that one step further.”
We’ll be watching…
This week—with over 975 entries since March ‘04—this blog celebrates its 4th anniversary. Someone’s getting old…
Some of my best friends are Variety bloggers, not that there’s anything wrong with it… In his latest weekly column, Variety editor Peter Bart offers his latest diatribe on blogs and bloggers and in a 1,700 word response, David Poland reacts:
“Blogs,” as we know them now, are less than a five year old phenomenon. We are still years from any real maturity to the form. (We will know we are reaching real maturity when the entire culture is no longer defined effectively by one word, “blog.”). Maturity which will lead, I imagine, to a lot less blogging from Traditional Media such [as] Variety.
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