Is the Mid-Budget Movie an Endangered Species?
Greetings from Los Angeles, where we are pondering the state of the box office, where many smaller-budgeted films have underperformed in recent weeks; contemplating George Clooney’s decision to jump into the streaming world with the six-part Hulu adaptation of Catch-22 and his star, Girls alum Chris Abbott; examining Conan O’Brien’s over settlement his joke-theft lawsuit; and reviewing Poms under the gaze of Huston’s scorn.