Courtney Brannon Donoghue
@cbrannondonoghue.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Media Industries. University of North Texas. Author of The Value Gap: Female-Driven Films from Pitch to Premiere (UT Press) & Localising Hollywood (BFI Press).
Whoa.
Get ready for HBOParaMax. And the Superman-Star Trek crossover I've personally been dying for. www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Paramount Skydance Prepares Ellison-Backed Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
The bid will be for the entire company, including its cable networks and movie studio, according to people familiar with the situation.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Whoa.
The overused word in every conversation and panel at TIFF this year is “authenticity.”
September 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The overused word in every conversation and panel at TIFF this year is “authenticity.”
Girl, same.
July 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Girl, same.
I second this!!!
The Hollywood Conference affirmed my love of small, thematic conferences. I saw so many inspiring talks, and there was enough downtime to have actual conversations with people I have known for a long time and with people I just met here. I hope there will be a second iteration. #HWC2025
July 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I second this!!!
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My heart is with everyone impacted by the devastating floods across Texas—those who have lost loved ones & those still searching.
Many of the impacted families are from right here in Dallas. We’re mourning with you and praying for comfort, healing, & peace in the days ahead.
TX-30 stands with you.
Many of the impacted families are from right here in Dallas. We’re mourning with you and praying for comfort, healing, & peace in the days ahead.
TX-30 stands with you.
July 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My heart is with everyone impacted by the devastating floods across Texas—those who have lost loved ones & those still searching.
Many of the impacted families are from right here in Dallas. We’re mourning with you and praying for comfort, healing, & peace in the days ahead.
TX-30 stands with you.
Many of the impacted families are from right here in Dallas. We’re mourning with you and praying for comfort, healing, & peace in the days ahead.
TX-30 stands with you.
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Here’s one example:
Harris County, the 3rd largest county in America by population (5 million) and covering 1,703sqmi, is only permitted ONE MAIL BALLOT DROP BOX, on ELECTION DAY ONLY.
One mail ballot drop box. One day (technically, 12 hours) only. For 2.7M registered voters.
Harris County, the 3rd largest county in America by population (5 million) and covering 1,703sqmi, is only permitted ONE MAIL BALLOT DROP BOX, on ELECTION DAY ONLY.
One mail ballot drop box. One day (technically, 12 hours) only. For 2.7M registered voters.
I realize people are mad and frustrated, but that doesn't mean you can be dumb. You can write off millions of Democrats in states like Texas, or you can learn how Republicans have engineered permanent majorities in the state House and Senate and how they've won every statewide election for 30 years.
July 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Here’s one example:
Harris County, the 3rd largest county in America by population (5 million) and covering 1,703sqmi, is only permitted ONE MAIL BALLOT DROP BOX, on ELECTION DAY ONLY.
One mail ballot drop box. One day (technically, 12 hours) only. For 2.7M registered voters.
Harris County, the 3rd largest county in America by population (5 million) and covering 1,703sqmi, is only permitted ONE MAIL BALLOT DROP BOX, on ELECTION DAY ONLY.
One mail ballot drop box. One day (technically, 12 hours) only. For 2.7M registered voters.
Y’all my book The Value Gap is at @tiffnet.bsky.social gift shop. What a thrill!! TIFF was an important site of fieldwork for this book & is my fav festival in the entire world. Really feels like coming full circle. (S/o @justinrawlins.bsky.social for the picture!)
Was at TIFF for an event last night and look what I spotted, @cbrannondonoghue.bsky.social!
June 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Y’all my book The Value Gap is at @tiffnet.bsky.social gift shop. What a thrill!! TIFF was an important site of fieldwork for this book & is my fav festival in the entire world. Really feels like coming full circle. (S/o @justinrawlins.bsky.social for the picture!)
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Texas film incentive bill moves to the Governor's desk after passage by the House. The ten-year funding horizon represents a significant shift from prior every two year renewal cycle.
thetexan.news/issues/texas...
thetexan.news/issues/texas...
Texas House Approves 'New Hollywood' $300 Million Film Tax Incentive Program
Hunter said he’d be willing to review increased incentives for companies that hire more Texans.
thetexan.news
May 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Texas film incentive bill moves to the Governor's desk after passage by the House. The ten-year funding horizon represents a significant shift from prior every two year renewal cycle.
thetexan.news/issues/texas...
thetexan.news/issues/texas...
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It takes all of 2 minutes to leave a public comment in favor of continuing to make COVID booster shots available to all who want them this year --> www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Push back on the bullies!
Push back on the bullies!
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It takes all of 2 minutes to leave a public comment in favor of continuing to make COVID booster shots available to all who want them this year --> www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Push back on the bullies!
Push back on the bullies!
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who could have foreseen that abandoning the brand name with immense value was a mistake??? Aside from every sentient human not named Zaslav????
When your new name for your streaming service is your old name for your streaming service:
a man is holding a can of soda in front of his mouth and says `` time is a flat circle '' .
Alt: Rust Cohle says that time is a flat circle
media.tenor.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
who could have foreseen that abandoning the brand name with immense value was a mistake??? Aside from every sentient human not named Zaslav????
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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
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As the box office press—or as we call them, the Asterisk People—were changing their tune on #Sinners after its second weekend, @kristenwarner.bsky.social and I had a conversation about the discord around the way they reported on its first.
Long story short? Facts and feelings don't mix.
Long story short? Facts and feelings don't mix.
Week-to-Week: Sinners' Box Office vs. the Asterisk People
Kristen Warner returns to break down the discourse around the contentious performance of Ryan Coogler's latest film
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April 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As the box office press—or as we call them, the Asterisk People—were changing their tune on #Sinners after its second weekend, @kristenwarner.bsky.social and I had a conversation about the discord around the way they reported on its first.
Long story short? Facts and feelings don't mix.
Long story short? Facts and feelings don't mix.
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Female cinematographers are far and few between. Per the annual industry report the Cellulod Ceiling, female DPs shot just 12 percent of the 250 top-grossing movies in 2024. So, when a high-profile male director hires women it’s a big deal; when he keeps hiring women it’s a big fucking deal.
If you’ve seen “Sinners” you may enjoy this (spoiler-ish) interview from @jazzt21.bsky.social with the movie’s terrific cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw, who also shot “The Last Showgirl.” ALL of Coogler’s features have been shot by women DPs. variety.com/2025/artisan...
How ‘Sinners’ Cinematographer Pulled Off That Surreal Juke Joint Music Sequence and Made History By Shooting on 65mm Imax Film
How 'Sinners' cinematographer Autumn Arkapaw shot that Juke Joint music sequence
variety.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Female cinematographers are far and few between. Per the annual industry report the Cellulod Ceiling, female DPs shot just 12 percent of the 250 top-grossing movies in 2024. So, when a high-profile male director hires women it’s a big deal; when he keeps hiring women it’s a big fucking deal.
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One thing I wish I had said in this interview re: SINNERS' opening weekend audience being 50% Black and whether that was an indication of its international potential..
"When was the last time anyone asked the same thing about a movie whose primary audience in the US was white?"
"When was the last time anyone asked the same thing about a movie whose primary audience in the US was white?"
New pod: A candid conversation about Sinners, Hollywood studios, race, the media, and how box office narratives take hold. With @franklinleonard.bsky.social and @lucasshaw.bsky.social. Listen! open.spotify.com/episode/3qyC...
April 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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April 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Boulder, Colorado. Wow.
March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Boulder, Colorado. Wow.
Oh my.
It's official: The Sundance Film Festival has chosen to move from Park City, Utah, to Boulder, Colorado. Announcement is coming soon. End of an era for America's most influential film fest.
March 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Oh my.
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She is simply the person I teach everywhere all the time. "Film bodies: gender, genre, excess" is a key text in all of film studies for me.
I'm very sad to hear that we have lost the brilliant feminist film scholar Linda Williams, whose book "Hard Core" was one of the first feminist historical studies of porn. I was lucky to work with her on the "Porn Studies" collection & her books "Screening Sex" & "On The Wire." Rest in peace, Linda.
March 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
She is simply the person I teach everywhere all the time. "Film bodies: gender, genre, excess" is a key text in all of film studies for me.
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
Also thrilled for Sean Baker and his creative collaborators. It is impossible to teach my indie film & festival classes without his work. Long live independent film!!! #oscars
March 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Also thrilled for Sean Baker and his creative collaborators. It is impossible to teach my indie film & festival classes without his work. Long live independent film!!! #oscars
Thrilled for Walter Salles & cinema brasileiro!!! He was a huge influence when I starting researching & writing about the Brazilian film industry back in grad school. #oscars
March 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Thrilled for Walter Salles & cinema brasileiro!!! He was a huge influence when I starting researching & writing about the Brazilian film industry back in grad school. #oscars
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This is Brazil celebrating the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for I’m Still Here 🎉 #Oscars
É NOSSO PORRAAAAAAA
March 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Hulu ruining the Oscars is really poetic coming after Sean Baker’s speech about streaming services killing the movies
March 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Hulu ruining the Oscars is really poetic coming after Sean Baker’s speech about streaming services killing the movies
