The downside of the merger has begun. AT&T is the owner of WarnerMedia, Turner andWarner Bros. Digital Networks, and they've decided to shut down Filmstruck because it isn't a cash cow. I've been a subscriber since late last year and absolutely fell in love with the site, a partnership with Criterion, which has hundreds upon hundreds of hard-to-find classic films. Filmstruck will be axed on November 29th. Variety is reporting that AT&T “is looking to eliminate peripheral projects that aren’t major producers of revenue.” Fuck 'em.
“Hope,” Na’s first film in ten years — his last one being the exemplary “The Wailing” —is a gloriously messy, blood-soaked sci-fi epic that may become a cult classic despite—or because of—its polarizing nature.