Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The New York Times Stops Reviewing Every Movie
The New York Times has changed its movie reviewing policy and is no longer weighing in on every movie that opens in the city. The paper quietly adopted this policy a few months ago. The reason? There are simply too many new movies: nearly 700 opened last year, more than twice as many as 20 years ago.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe New York Times has changed its movie reviewing policy and is no longer weighing in on every movie that opens in the city. The paper quietly adopted this policy a few months ago. The reason? There are simply too many new movies: nearly 700 opened last year, more than twice as many as 20 years ago.
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The full episode
5 of 5Fighting Hollywood Development, Gay Marriage Study Falls Apart, Movies- 0:00Robert Silverstein’s “David v. Goliath” Battle
- 8:59LA Rewrites Its Code
- 17:00How the Gay Marriage Canvassing Study Fell Apart
- 26:05Memorial Day Movie Roundup
- 40:30The New York Times Stops Reviewing Every Movie You’re reading this