Richard Rushfield

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Plus: Is 'Materialists' a comedy?

1 week ago | theankler.com | Richard Rushfield |Ted Gioia

This week on The Rushfield Lunch — my series of live video conversations with the most interesting thinkers and doers of these tumultuous days — I was joined by Ted Gioia, the man who has become the crucial voice for navigating these times, a cultural critic and omnivore par excellence.

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“From the World ofJohn Wick” does not equal John Wick, as audiences announced loud and clear this weekend. With Ballerina landing below expectations, the box office results for the John Wick spinoff resulted in “a lot of lessons in proving the obvious,” says Richard Rushfield.

2 weeks ago | theankler.com | Richard Rushfield

Welcome to my first edition of The Mavens this week, a series of conversations with some of the smartest people I know in this industry to talk about the state of the business. These are people who have accomplished big things in their time and continue doing so, and who have, notably, built careers with longevity, and more importantly, have the ability to share their thoughts uncensored today.

2 weeks ago | theankler.com | Richard Rushfield

This week, I welcomed one of the leading lights of Filmstack and a representative of Young Hollywood into the crusty, hidebound sanctum of The Rushfield Lunch. Tepper, whose Tepper Talks Substack newsletter has become an indispensable industry read, joined me to discuss the current state of affairs in Hollywood for her and her peers. Tepper works as a writer’s assistant with a sideline in marketing, and she shared her breaking-in story that has sustained her through Covid, strikes and pullbacks.