January for films has become ubiquitous with “dumping ground.” Studios have a habit of releasing their prestige films just in time for Awards season and dumping poorer films out in January. Is this trend starting to break though?
Ben Mankiewicz (host of Turner Classic Movies), Alonso Duralde (TheWrap.com and Linoleum Knife podcast) and Christy Lemire (ChristieLemire.com) discuss the trend.