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ScreenAnarchy

ScreenAnarchy, previously known as Twitch Film or Twitch, is an English-language website featuring news and reviews of mainly international, independent and cult films. The website was founded in 2004 by Todd Brown. In addition to films, the website covers various film festivals from Sundance, Toronto and Fantasia to Sitges, Cannes and the Berlinale. They partnered with Instinctive Film in 2011 to found Interactor, a crowdfunding and viral marketing site, and with Indiegogo in 2013. Brown is a partner at XYZ Films, and Variety credits Twitch Film as helping to popularize the production company's films. In 2008, Bloody Disgusting wrote that Twitch "quickly established itself as the online world's leading source for international, independent, cult, arthouse and genre film news, review and discussion". He also wrote: "Over the years I have become increasingly impressed by what Todd Brown has done with Twitch Film, he has cornered the market for all edgy international releases and has given life to foreign films that might never have seen the light here in the States". Ain't It Cool News has linked to Twitch Film pages and UGO Networks quoted a Twitch editor among its list of "critics" at its appearance at Sundance 2010.

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ScreenAnarchy, previously known as Twitch Film or Twitch, is an English-language website featuring news and reviews of mainly international, independent and cult films. The website was founded in 2004 by Todd Brown. In addition to films, the website covers various film festivals from Sundance, Toronto and Fantasia to Sitges, Cannes and the Berlinale. They partnered with Instinctive Film in 2011 to found Interactor, a crowdfunding and viral marketing site, and with Indiegogo in 2013. Brown is a partner at XYZ Films, and Variety credits Twitch Film as helping to popularize the production company's films. In 2008, Bloody Disgusting wrote that Twitch "quickly established itself as the online world's leading source for international, independent, cult, arthouse and genre film news, review and discussion". He also wrote: "Over the years I have become increasingly impressed by what Todd Brown has done with Twitch Film, he has cornered the market for all edgy international releases and has given life to foreign films that might never have seen the light here in the States". Ain't It Cool News has linked to Twitch Film pages and UGO Networks quoted a Twitch editor among its list of "critics" at its appearance at Sundance 2010.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2004 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2004". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376108619

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.