I’m not going to review the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. I’m not even anywhere near the Tribeca Film Festival. I am not even close to New York, which is why I can’t get a decent espresso for love or […] Continue Reading…
For the past several months, there has been the steady drum beat proclaiming that despite the current economic crisis, the film industry remains recession proof. The reason is simple…. Oddly enough, this is when the drummers go silent and […] Continue Reading…
It wasn’t Dr. Krugman’s hate-mail treatment of securitization that made my brain go tilt.(I say this even though we concur with Barry Ritholz’s reasoning in his blog article, “Paul Krugman is Wrong About Securitization.” )What really got to […] Continue Reading…
By admin | Published:
April 11, 2009
R&R’s Ann Rutledge discusses how flawed securitization set off the economic crisis in the cover story of the current issue of National Journal Magazine:”Until the early part of this decade, Rutledge says, most of the blueprints for building structured […] Continue Reading…
There are many ways to raise money for a low-budget independent film. Bank robbery is one. Unfortunately, the current economic crisis makes it one of the less rewarding ways (unless you happen to be a banker, in which case […] Continue Reading…
Once more the guns of America have roared across the land, leaving a trail of bodies, blood, tears and the terrible acknowledgment of our national heritage. We’re a gun-totin’ culture, partner, and it ain’t just the cowboys who are […] Continue Reading…
Ticket sales are booming, and Hollywood is the economic wunderkind of the current recession.If the Variety report is to be believed, that was the direction that Dan Glickman, CEO and chair of the Motion Picture Association of America, was […] Continue Reading…
Yes, the internet stampede is on. Like the Oklahoma Land Rush, everyone is racing into the vast wilderness of cyberspace. Netflix has already unveiled their system for downloadable movies. Now Blockbuster is entering the field while Warner Bros plans […] Continue Reading…
By admin | Published:
March 25, 2009
“‘Banks can pay bonuses without eroding capital if they were funded from profitable trades that were settled through financing provided by the government to AIG,’ said Sylvain Raynes, a derivative consultant in New York and author of The Analysis […] Continue Reading…
At this very moment, throughout this great land of ours, ordinary people dwelling far away from the chaotic nonsense known as Wall Street are probably wondering how so much money could be wasted by so few people — people […] Continue Reading…