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The flop, as a cultural category, is being rehabilitated inside five years instead of twenty-five. An essay on why, and what is gained and lost in the accelerated cycle.
Letterboxd's aggregate star rating is now the first thing most viewers see about a film, and it is quietly replacing the job criticism used to do. An argument against treating aggregation as judgement.
Francis Ford Coppola self-funded his first film in thirteen years. It is nearly unwatchable in specific places and almost-great in others. The project is the point.