Ryan O'Loughlin

A Goofy Movie was my first ever film credit. The Sydney studio animated a few sequences. I inbetweened the final shot!

Here’s Nick Cave replying to a correspondent called Valerio who was asking him about how to respond to a growing sense of cynicism - here. www.theredhandfiles.com/do-you-still...

The New Beverly Cartoon Club presents an animated favorite! A GOOFY MOVIE (1995) screens in 35mm Saturday, November 8th, at 10:00am. Tickets: buff.ly/tw1I1Ox

The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes

Two starring Jimmy Wang Yu! ZATOICHI MEETS THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1971) screens at 6:30pm followed by BLOOD OF THE DRAGON (1971) at 8:35pm TODAY, Sunday October 19th, both in 35mm. Tickets: buff.ly/iZQEwvw

There's so little for teens at the box office that Netflix released a movie that had been streaming for two months already and it still made $18M in just one weekend. KPOP DEMON HUNTERS is a great example of doing it right in 2025.

PIVOT!!

Really want to encourage libraries - especially school libraries - to put no-AI content into your collection development policy. At the very least, if you have a clause in there about requiring accurate information, you can use that to weed out or prevent genAI purchases.

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat. People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and Los Angeles’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.

The most important human story in the entertainment industry right now is the severe downturn in film and TV production in LA and how it's affecting middle-class crew workers. I spoke to dozens of them for this story about the depressed Hollywood economy. www.wsj.com/business/med...

So this is a very, very desperate move - a very silly app of generative AI slop that will be incredibly expensive for OpenAI to run, and on top of it, they're requiring rights holders to *opt out* once they see violations. You can't do it in advance. They're washed, and trying everything to survive.

"single-use plastic of the mind" had me GAGGED

We're about to find out if Silicon Valley owns Gavin Newsom A guide to the AI and tech bills that have passed the California legislature, and await the governor's signature — or veto.

This has been pushed to the background, but pay attention:

Right now, a stack of bills aimed at reining in AI companies and big tech sits on Gavin Newsom's desk in California. These are the bills Silicon Valley and the GOP tried to ban outright. Now they await Newsom's signature—or veto.

wide shot of Jackie Chan at the center of an early 1900s Chinese town square during the daytime, some bad dudes surrounding him looking ready to fight. Jackie is doing a bonkers anti-gravity backbend while chuggin booze (there's a guy on the ground rolling away from him who was previously supporting Jackie's weight)

red-faced Jackie clutching his chest like he's in pain, caption reads "Wow, what kind of wine was that?"

Anita Mui with a crowd behind her looking concerned, holding a green bottle. caption reads "The label has a skull on it. I don't know what that is."

Jackie Chan smiling and looking excited, perked back up, caption reads "Oh, that's the good stuff"

not sure I'll ever get tired of Drunken Master II, one of the best Jackie Chan movies - and one of the best actioners - ever made

Union strong✊

if DoorDash is asking me to veto a bill "to keep delivery affordable," I'm pretty sure that means I should write in to make sure the bill gets approved

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From the 2D openings by chinese FLiiiP Design studio for "I am What I am" & "I am What I am 2" CG animated feature films.
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Sesame Street will be coming to YouTube in January 2026.

Gachiakuta Creator Kei Urana discusses the benefits of Hand-drawn and Digital Art!

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"KPop Demon Hunters" is now the most-streamed movie in Netflix history (236 million views).
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It’s funny to be so committed to your anti-theater approach you can’t brag you have the number one movie in America (but let’s see if they decide to tout it come Monday)

Netflix, Sony’s 'KPop Demon Hunters' Hits No. 1 At The Box Office Despite being available for two months and being seen over 200 million times already, 'KPop Demon Hunters' posted the weekend's top box office performance.

In the story of the summer, Netflix just scored its first-ever No. 1 at the U.S. box office with 'KPop Demon Hunters,' a two-month-old film that has already been streamed 300 million times.
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Physical media forever 😎

YouTube video by Netflix Anime Blue Eye Samurai: Season 2 | Official Start of Production | Netflix

Blue Eye Samurai Season 2 Teaser! From one of the upcoming episodes I directed. Amazing work by our incredible team! Hope you all enjoy…
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We’re teaming up with @netflix.com to bring you the Blue Eye Samurai: Mizu Statue!

Limited to only 500 units, pre-order today & embrace the journey before it's gone 👉 bit.ly/3UOGIzl

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