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The Foreign Language Film Crisis: Are Subtitled Movies Fading on U.S. Screens?

Published: August 2, 2015  |  Filed under: Panels

October 24, 2015


The U.S. box office for foreign-language films has declined precipitously in the last several years. And with cable and VOD outlets not particularly hospitable to subtitled movies either, where is the next Bergman, Godard, or Almodóvar to go? This panel examines the current state of foreign films on U.S. screens.

Panelists: Scott Tobias (film critic), Richard Lorber (Kino/Lorber), Ed Arentz (Music Box Films), Nancy Gerstman (Zeitgeist Films), Milos Stehlik (Facets)

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