There’s a multibillion-dollar business growing right under Hollywood’s nose: <a href="https://theankler.com/p/microdrama-boom-why-your-next-job">microdramas</a>, those soapy, 60-second episodes Gen Z binges on their phones with storylines that can sound like bad 'Twilight' fan-fiction. <a href="https://theankler.com/p/microdramas-are-minting-new-six-figure">Vertical dramas</a> are a booming market in China, and now entertainment vets stateside like Lloyd Braun and Susan Rovner are getting in on the action. Elaine Low, Natalie Jarvey and Sean McNulty tackle the big questions for the micro-curious: How seriously should Netflix view microdramas as a rival? Can <a href="https://likeandsubscribenews.substack.com/p/a-60-min-microdrama-100k-budget-1m?r=23exy">anyone actually make a profit</a>? And will it take household names to make them succeed — or is this another Quibi-in-waiting? Plus, Richard Rushfield makes his glorious return to the podcast with tales of TIFF: the best films, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOOfL6ODLta/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==">the Criterion Closet</a> and his all-important <a href="https://theankler.com/p/clear-eyes-full-house-toronto-takeaways">Sydney Sweeney selfie</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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