Hello Reader,

Last week, a listener who had heard my episode on Small Things Like These expressed to me that she couldn't believe how hard it was to see the film. "I live in Brooklyn, and it's only playing in one cinema! This film has terrible distribution!" That is, the film's rollout to cinemas is terrible.

And that got me thinking.

That is terrible distribution.

And yet Small Things Like These actually has very good distribution for an indie movie, especially given its subject matter, even though it stars newly minted Oscar Winner Cillian Murphy. That's why the film's distribution is as good as it is!

It's getting harder and harder to see movies for grownups in cinemas. If they even make it to your local cinema, you might have two weeks or less to see it before it disappears.

It's not impossible to see the new Cillian Murphy movie Small Things Like These in a cinema.

So you can only imagine how much worse it is for movies that aren't in English and don't have major movie stars behind them! Especially when they're subtle, thoughtful films.

On today's podcast episode, I put Small Things Like These in the context of similar films to show you why, even though it's a pain in the neck to try to see it...it's much easier to see Small Things Like These in a cinema than most films of its ilk.

In the episode, I discuss:

• Why I wouldn't have expected Small Things Like These to be as easy to see as it is (and it isn't easy)
• How Small Things Like These compares to other Cillian Murphy indies re: whether you could see them in a cinema
• How Small Things Like These compares to other Berlinale Competition titles from this year
• Other worthwhile indie projects from even bigger stars than Murphy and why they're even harder to see

​Listen on Apple Podcasts​

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Happy watching/listening!

Alex

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