The VOD market has found itself becoming an increasingly important component of the movie business in recent months as the Coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on both the shooting and release schedules of virtually every major project that was in some stage of production. The studios have taken to releasing their theatrical efforts on home video a lot sooner than they would have originally anticipated, while plenty of titles have skipped theaters entirely and been sent straight to digital as a cost-cutting measure.
Up until the advent and unstoppable rise of streaming services, a movie being released straight to video was often seen as a mark of poor quality, but these days, there are some pretty big stars and filmmakers seeing their work bypass cinemas altogether, and this week is no different, with several projects featuring high-profile names making their way to VOD.
Mel Gibson may have recently found himself in...
Up until the advent and unstoppable rise of streaming services, a movie being released straight to video was often seen as a mark of poor quality, but these days, there are some pretty big stars and filmmakers seeing their work bypass cinemas altogether, and this week is no different, with several projects featuring high-profile names making their way to VOD.
Mel Gibson may have recently found himself in...
- 7/4/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
“No Small Matter” opens on an innovative attention-grabber, spoofing dry, outdated classroom tutorials to make its point: that a child’s early education is fundamental to their maturation into successful community members and American citizens. However, before the sequence finishes and the facts start flowing, it makes the mistake of laying down a whopping guarantee that the documentary will change how audiences think about its subject. It doesn’t, primarily because the target audience — anyone compelled to watch a documentary about early childhood education in the first place — in all likelihood already embraces this foundational philosophy. , thoughtfully packaging its message in visually coherent, engaging ways.
Directors Danny Alpert, Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel are fairly astute at visually contextualizing their reams of data. They’ve seemingly thought of everything to make their cinematic call to arms aesthetically absorbing, right down to their locales, strengthening subtle thematic connections. Stereotypical, straightforward interviews...
Directors Danny Alpert, Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel are fairly astute at visually contextualizing their reams of data. They’ve seemingly thought of everything to make their cinematic call to arms aesthetically absorbing, right down to their locales, strengthening subtle thematic connections. Stereotypical, straightforward interviews...
- 6/26/2020
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
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