Martin Scorsese is sick of hearing about how much money movies make and says it’s ‘really insulting’ to cinema

Martin Scorsese at this year’s New York Film Festival. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images Martin Scorsese said at the New York Film Festival on Wednesday that cinema is being “belittled.” He thinks the “focus on numbers” — a movie’s box office performance — is “repulsive” and “insulting.” The theatrical business is under the microscope as it tries…

Fired Nintendo QA contractor to receive $26k settlement

Former Nintendo game tester Mackenzie Clifton, who claimed they were fired after asking about unionisation, has agreed to accept a settlement of $25,910 (around £23k) in pay, interest and damages. This agreement with the US National Labor Relations Board concludes Clifton’s long-running dispute with Nintendo and its contractor agency Aston Carter, through which they were…