IFW 7.6.17: Canon's Big Misstep & Is Rotten Tomatoes Ruining Moviegoing?

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IFW 7.6.17: Canon's Big Misstep & Is Rotten Tomatoes Ruining Moviegoing?

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In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, Emily Buder, Jon Fusco and Charles Haine discuss Hollywood studios' beef with Rotten Tomatoes and what the highest-grossing films of the year so far have to do with it all. They also talk about Canon's latest misfire with the 6D Mark II, Christopher Nolan's 70mm Dunkirk release, and Emily's favorite movie of the year thus far: David Lowery's A Ghost Story.
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