The AI Gold Rush at AFM 2025: Hope, Hype, and the Hard Truths Reshaping Hollywood
From my vantage point at the Fairmont, the buzz was back. But beneath the surface of every AI pitch and financing handshake lay an industry grappling with an irreversible transformation.
The American Film Market is back in Los Angeles. After a brief... - READ MORE
Shoptalk 2025: The Delusions and Disruptions of Modern Commerce
There is a peculiar dissonance in attending an industry conference like Shoptalk—a gathering ostensibly about the future—while the present feels so precarious. The Mandalay Bay convention center hummed with the energy of commerce: vendors peddlin... - READ MORE
Amnesty International Declares Genocide: The Global Alarm We Cannot Ignore
This week, Amnesty International joined the growing list of human rights organizations—including UNSUGARCOATED Media, Human Rights Watch, and others—that have unequivocally concluded that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza... - READ MORE
What Hatred Reveals: A Message to the Woman at Panera
An Open Letter from Editor-in-Chief, Aalia Lanius
Let me introduce myself. I am a human being—a mother, grandmother, and a soul with half a century of life’s wisdom. With my years has come the unshakable belief in treating others as I wish to be... - READ MORE
AFM 2024: Navigating Authenticity in a World on Fire
The American Film Market (AFM) made a bold move this year, shifting its long-standing venue from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. This change of scenery was intended to invigorate the event, but as I sat in the audience during the panel The Untold Realities... - READ MORE