The News Thread

[baby doll]

They pick and choose. They saw Booksmart back at Fantastic Fest and got on their knees this weekend for people to see it.

I haven't read too much about that one, but from what I understand, it's a crowd-pleasing high school comedy that checks all the right SJW boxes signifying "contemporary relevance," and therefore much more likely to cross over to a non-festival audience (i.e., nuance-averse liberal hipsters who care more about a film having the right politics than the right aesthetics) than Claire Denis at her most unrelentingly dour.

[Ezee E]

I haven't read too much about that one, but from what I understand, it's a crowd-pleasing high school comedy that checks all the right SJW boxes signifying "contemporary relevance," and therefore much more likely to cross over to a non-festival audience (i.e., nuance-averse liberal hipsters who care more about a film having the right politics than the right aesthetics) than Claire Denis at her most unrelentingly dour.

You're definitely right there from just the trailers alone.

[Irish]

I haven't read too much about that one, but from what I understand, it's a crowd-pleasing high school comedy that checks all the right SJW boxes signifying "contemporary relevance," and therefore much more likely to cross over to a non-festival audience (i.e., nuance-averse liberal hipsters who care more about a film having the right politics than the right aesthetics) than Claire Denis at her most unrelentingly dour.

Heh.