The Last Week in End Times Cinema digest began on St. Patrick’s Day, 2024, after a week in which I noticed a number of maddening news stories from the world of the movies. I decided to list these items in an Instagram Stories post.

The next week I noticed more movie news stories that roused the same kind of anger. Of course there were more. We are living through a time of great technological ruin and corporate destruction in the film industry, at all levels. So I posted those stories too. I decided I would only post bad news. In putting these together, nothing would dilute my ire.

People seemed to like seeing this every Sunday, and told me so. Meanwhile, I began noticing more and more stories I could include. After five weeks, I decided to email Last Week in End Times Cinema to people I had asked to subscribe. That ended the Instagram Stories posts. I had neglected to add them as Highlights on Instagram, so here they are. The newsletter continues, every Sunday.