https://staging2.theplaylist.net/cannes-netflix-ban-20180324/ Sun, 25 Mar 2018 23:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/cannes-netflix-ban-20180324/#comment-159347 Sun, 25 Mar 2018 23:13:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.net/?p=382502#comment-159347 The French industry rules aren’t that a film that plays Cannes has to be released theatrically. That is Cannes own newly instituted rules. The rule that started the whole kerfuffle is that films cannot go to VOD in France until 36 months after their theatrical release, which Netflix wasn’t willing to wait for.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/cannes-netflix-ban-20180324/#comment-159335 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 19:26:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.net/?p=382502#comment-159335 Cannes, I’m sure, is a great vacation, but it is becoming less and less relevant as a festival and a taste maker. Its always been up its own ass, so let’s not fault it for that, but with moves like this it’s starting to seem awfully musty.

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