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The rookie co-hosts on the Golden Globes show Sunday had their ups and downs, so perhaps the Oscars would do better to pursue proposals of going without hosts at all, especially since the job of clearing an emcee is proving ever more tenuous, as we discuss on this week’s episode of The Bart & Fleming Podcast. The…

By inviting viewers to create and effectuate their own favored endings to shows, Netflix via its recent movie Black Mirror: Bandersnatch may be opening audiences to participate positively in the filmmaking process, but may also be opening a can of worms, as we discuss in the latest episode of Deadline’s The Bart & Flem…

Despite the much publicized gains of Netflix and other streamers, Hollywood studios got good news this week about solid increases in ticket sales and attendance, as we discuss in this week's episode of The Bart & Fleming Podcast. And the good numbers stemmed not just from sequels but from several well-performing…

In the latest episode of The Bart & Fleming Podcast, we look back on the year in the movie business, and what it means going forward. Led by Netflix, 2018 saw more money and attention spent on films meant not for theatrical release but home viewing. The ground continues to shift, with the aftermath still to be felt…

With Disney's acquisition of Fox now imminent, Hollywood is only now coming to terms with its impact in terms of lost jobs and the emerging predominance of the new entity in film and TV, as we discuss in the latest episode of The Bart & Fleming Podcast. On the movie side, with a hefty lineup of tentpoles and sequels…

Does the giant box office business but poor reviews of films like Bohemian Rhapsody suggest film critics are underrating fare that offer pure entertainment values? We discuss that question and other issues in our latest edition Deadline’s The Bart & Fleming Podcast. Also on the docket: Is the public ready to embrace…

The Golden Globe nominations that will be announced December 6 symbolize the unofficial start of awards season and also spark snarky commentaries about the impact of the musical/comedy category at the show, as we discuss in our latest edition of The Bart & Fleming Podcast. The Globes awards succeed in expanding the…

This is the moment when insiders try to guess whether there'll be a “surprise movie” of the awards season — the film that comes in late but builds instant enthusiasm, as we discuss in the latest edition of The Bart & Fleming Podcast. Some guess Roma, but it's in Spanish; others guess The Favourite, but it's as…

As the awards season picks up steam, stars and star filmmakers face a great opportunity to reach voters in the Q&A sessions, but also must tread a careful path because of heightened sensitivities. Some filmmakers already have run into problems with #MeToo and N-word issues. This all comes as many industry jobs are in…

Awards season is in swing, and we are back in podcast mode. Today, we weigh in on a plethora of fact-based films, and the question of how authentic they really are. The main topics: Green Book, a road trip through the Jim Crow-era deep South that unites two unlikely partners in a brilliant black classical pianist…

Almost every movie ad seems to claim a "best picture of the year” critics quote, reflecting the closeness of this year’s awards race, as we discuss in this week’s episode of The Bart & Fleming Podcast. To be sure though, the majors’ focus is not only the awards race but also the maze of sequels and remakes scheduled…

Year-end trends and portents resist analysis in a year like 2017, which ended with giant mergers that will change Hollywood's landscape, and ongoing industrywide sexual harassment scandals, as we discuss in our year-end The Bart & Fleming Podcast. Box office turned hot and cold as streaming took command last year…