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You might have heard the old Paul Simon song “Kodachrome," a lyric inspired by the Kodak film, but now in the new similarly titled film that Netflix unleashes on Friday, it is a wholly different story altogether. Kodachrome, which had its world premiere at last year’s Toronto Film Festival where the streamer won distri…

EXCLUSIVE: In a deal worth $4 million, Netflix has acquired Kodachrome, the Mark Raso-directed drama that stars Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis and Elizabeth Olsen. The film is set during the final days of the still-photo development system known as Kodachrome. When it ended abruptly and Kodak got out of that game, if you…

Over the last decade or two, the medium of film has been on the decline, with the stratospheric rise of digital technology. Noting the business component of “show business,” this makes sense: Increasingly abundant and cheaper by the day, professional grade digital cameras provide a cheaper and easier workflow than any…