NEWRead Jean Constant informal film, stream, and TV reviews on LetterboxdThis week update: Flow (2024)⭐⭐⭐⭐, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) ⭐⭐⭐, Juror #2 (2024)⭐⭐⭐. * Wikipedia defines letterboxing as the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio. Generally this is accomplished by adding mattes (or ‘black bars’) above and below the picture area. Letterboxd - the site is a global social network for grass-roots film discussion and discovery... |
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The world is reeling from Donald Trump’s grand tariff announcement, which was positioned by the POTUS as “liberation day.” Virtually no nation (bar notable exceptions including Russia) has escaped the tariffs, which have been mentioned almost daily by Trump since he returned to the White House and are at a 10% baseline, rising above 50% in places like China. Sources from the international sector have been getting in touch with concerns over what may happen to their ability to sell shows into the U.S., whether American production abroad will be stymied and the future of local streamer obligations, the latter of which have been feeling the heat of the Trump administration over the past few weeks. The good news is that it appears from early conversations that tariffs will not be specifically slapped on the production or sale of TV shows or movies into the U.S. These are services rather than goods, and producers and distributors have been telling us that their ability to sell to the States will not suddenly be dented. However, marketing budgets may be slashed as tariffs hit local economies and there could be further impact on Americans choosing to spend less on advertising abroad and Marketing budgets may be slashed as tariffs hit local economies and there could be further impact on Americans choosing to spend less on advertising abroad. 