# distribution watch (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover distribution watch. Page: Feed: --- ## [Locarno 2026: Brave New Love, Nobody's Violence, 16 Moments of My Life, I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/locarno-2026-brave-new-love-nobodys) _2026-08-10 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ A look at new films by Albert Serra, Denis Côté, Isabelle Stever, and Maria Bäck ## [Distribution Watch: Venice 2026](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/distribution-watch-venice-2026) _2026-08-03 · Acquired Cinema_ Tracking which titles from Venice 2026 have North American distribution ## [Interactive Jensen–Shannon Divergence Visualisation](https://robotchinwag.com/posts/jensen-shannon-divergence-visualisation/) _2026-05-10 · Josh Levy-Kramer · Robot Chinwag_ An interactive visualisation of Jensen–Shannon divergence - the symmetric, always-finite cousin of KL. Shape two distributions and watch JSD, its ceiling of one bit, and the per-point contribution respond in real time. ## [Interactive KL Divergence Visualisation](https://robotchinwag.com/posts/kl-divergence-visualisation/) _2026-05-07 · Josh Levy-Kramer · Robot Chinwag_ An interactive visualisation of Kullback–Leibler divergence. Shape two distributions and watch forward vs reverse KL, the pointwise integrand, and the effects of asymmetry, support mismatch and discretisation. ## [Distribution Watch: Cannes 2026](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/distribution-watch-cannes-2026) _2026-05-04 · Acquired Cinema_ Tracking which titles from the 2026 Cannes Film Festival have North American distribution ## [New Directors/New Films 2026](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/new-directorsnew-films-2026-part) _2026-04-08 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ Some words on festival selections Erupcja, Chronovisor, and Agon ## [A Look at Slamdance 2026](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/a-look-at-slamdance-2026) _2026-04-06 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ If you're willing to put in the work, Slamdance provides an accessible path to discover hidden gems on the festival circuit. ## [Slamdance 2026: Interview with The Bulldogs Filmmakers Noah Dixon and Ori Segev](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/slamdance-2026-interview-with-the) _2026-02-23 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ The directors talk about documenting the people of East Palestine, Ohio after the devastating train derailment in 2023 ## [Distribution Watch: Berlinale 2026](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/distribution-watch-berlinale-2026) _2026-02-10 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ Tracking which titles have North American distribution from the 2026 edition of the Berlinale ## [Counterprogramming: Montreal Critics' Week 2026](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/counterprogramming-montreal-critics) _2026-02-09 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ The Montreal Critics' Week provides a glimpse at how festivals can create alternative spaces to engage with films compared to their high profile counterparts ## [Auto-trade Cross-Exchange Gaps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oGjK8l32xOWQ) _2026-02-09 · **Sponsored**_ Find cross-exchange spreads, backtest strategies, and execute automatically with risk controls. ## [Review: Urchin (2025, dir. Harris Dickinson)](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/review-urchin-2025-dir-harris-dickinson) _2025-11-03 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ Dickinson's feature debut is a blend of good and bad instincts in its portrayal of a homeless drug addict ## [The Pleasures (and Displeasures) of Provocation](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/the-pleasures-and-displeasures-of) _2025-10-29 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ On Todd Rohal's Fuck My Son! and Radu Jude's Dracula ## [Distribution Watch: Venice 2025](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/distribution-watch-venice-2025) _2025-08-19 · Acquired Cinema_ Tracking which titles from Venice 2025 have North American distribution ## [Locarno 2025: Dry Leaf, A Balcony in Limoges, Phantoms of July, Two Seasons Two Strangers](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/locarno-2025-dry-leaf-a-balcony-in) _2025-08-18 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ Thoughts on four films from the Locarno Film Festival, including this year's Golden Leopard winner ## [Locarno 2025: With Hasan in Gaza](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/locarno-2025-with-hasan-in-gaza) _2025-08-12 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ Kamal Aljafari's documentary, compiled from MiniDV tapes in 2001, is a powerful rumination on memory in the face of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza ## [Locarno 2025: Legend of the Happy Worker](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/locarno-2025-legend-of-the-happy) _2025-08-07 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ Duwayne Dunham wraps a critique of capitalism in a hokey, Disney-like fable with mixed results ## [The 2025 Half-Year Check In](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/the-2025-half-year-check-in) _2025-06-30 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ Sinners! Warfare! and 9 other films ## [Distribution Watch: Cannes 2025](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/distribution-watch-cannes-2025) _2025-04-15 · Acquired Cinema_ Tracking which titles from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival have North American distribution ## [Slamdance 2025 Part Three](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/slamdance-2025-part-three) _2025-03-02 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ Reviews of Portal to Hell, Banr, American Theater, and The Hole Story ## [Slamdance 2025 Part Two](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/slamdance-2025-part-two) _2025-02-27 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ Reviews of Richard Hunter's Foul Evil Deeds and Bean McKee's Fanboy ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3YpnJ4TRoYr9) _2025-02-27 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [Slamdance 2025 Part One](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/slamdance-2025-part-one) _2025-02-24 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ Some thoughts Slamdance's opening night selection Out of Plain Sight and the festival's major changes for its 31st edition ## [Distribution Watch: Berlinale 2025](https://acquiredcinema.substack.com/p/distribution-watch-berlinale-2025) _2025-02-04 · C.J. Prince · Acquired Cinema_ Tracking which titles have North American distribution from the 2025 edition of the Berlinale ## [Einsum, Deriving the Gradient for the Backward Pass](https://robotchinwag.com/posts/einsum-gradient/) _2024-11-22 · Josh Levy-Kramer · Robot Chinwag_ Obtaining the gradient of the matrix inverse ## [Matrix Inverse, Deriving the Gradient for the Backward Pass](https://robotchinwag.com/posts/maxtrix-inverse-gradient/) _2024-11-22 · Josh Levy-Kramer · Robot Chinwag_ Obtaining the gradient of the matrix inverse ## [Cross-Entropy Loss (Softmax) Gradient Used In Deep Learning](https://robotchinwag.com/posts/crossentropy-loss-gradient/) _2024-11-22 · Josh Levy-Kramer · Robot Chinwag_ Obtaining the gradient of the Cross-entropy loss (softmax and negative log-likelihood loss function