Movie City News Archive for May, 2011
Can Mayor Emanuel Make Chicago A Rahm With A Filmmaking View Once More?
Can Mayor Emanuel Make Chicago A Rahm With A Filmmaking View Once More?
Read the full article »Former Manager Jeff Wald On His “Gritty” “Grisly” “Harrowing” Life As A H’wd Drug Addict
Former Manager Jeff Wald On His “Gritty” “Grisly” “Harrowing” Life As A H’wd Drug Addict
Read the full article »PBS Will Add Commercials Inside Programs
PBS Will Add Commercials Inside Programs, Breaking In Every 15 Minutes
Read the full article »Cinematographer John Bailey On Joseph Nicéphore Niépce And “The World’s First Photograph”
Cinematographer John Bailey On Joseph Nicéphore Niépce And “The World’s First Photograph”
Read the full article »“Timeless Taboos: Why 19th-Century Novels Appeal To Filmmakers”
“Timeless Taboos: Why 19th-Century Novels Appeal To Filmmakers”
Read the full article »Wilmington on Movies: Meek’s Cutoff
Meek’s Cutoff (Three and a Half Stars) U. S.: Kelly Reichardt, 2011 Meek’s Cutoff, like the Coen Brothers’ True Grit, is an art film Western for a contemporary audience, and an unusually good one — made by a director and writer (Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond), who show a real feeling for what it…
Read the full article »Hobbit Double Feature Gets Entitled
Hobbit Double Feature Gets Entitled
Read the full article »Maya Lin On Making The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Maya Lin On Making The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Read the full article »Jon Blake, 52, Australian Star Disabled After Role In The Lighthorsemen
Jon Blake, 52, Australian Star Disabled After Role In The Lighthorsemen
Read the full article »Memorial Weekend 4-Day Box Office Charts
Estimates for the 4-day weekend are in… and what happens in Bangkok stays in the record books.
Read the full article »Slideshow: What Was The Summer Movie Season Like Before Bruce? Ba-bum. Ba-bum…
Slideshow: What Was The Summer Movie Season Like Before Bruce? Ba-bum. Ba-bum…
Read the full article »Filmmaker Adam Curtis’ Latest Woolly Surmise Is On Warring Philosophies Of “Ecosystems”
Filmmaker Adam Curtis‘ Latest Woolly Surmise Is On Warring Philosophies Of “Ecosystems”
Read the full article »Was Ingmar Bergman Switched At Birth?
Was Ingmar Bergman Switched At Birth?
Read the full article »Florida GOP Gov Vetoes Public Broadcasting Funding
Florida GOP Gov Vetoes Public Broadcasting Funding Earlier – Kansas GOP Gov Veto Obliterates Arts Commission
Read the full article »Carr Media-Equates Janice Min’s H’wd Reporter
“There is something flattering and exciting about the permanence of paper, and we committed to doing serious journalism at a time when there has been this onslaught of hit-and-run bloggers.” Carr Media-Equates Janice Min’s H’wd Reporter
Read the full article »NPR Goes Long On What It Calls The “Fa” Word
NPR Goes Long On What It Calls The “Fa” Word
Read the full article »Yup, Allen’s Hangover II Yellow Lab T-Shirt, Yours For $18.99
Yup, Allen’s Hangover II Yellow Lab T-Shirt, Yours For $18.99
Read the full article »Spielberg On Raiders At 30
“Raiders was the first movie where I actually shot the movie without thinking. I like to say that the line that most typifies the production of that movie was when Harrison says, ‘I’m making this up as I go along.’” Spielberg On Raiders At 30
Read the full article »Schickel Takes To Outlet Less Known Than Time To Point Pop Gun At Tree Of Life; Invokes, Yes, Preston Sturges’ 70-Year-Old Gag About The “Deep-Dish Movie”
“He plays the role of the dedicated artist convincingly. This makes it extremely difficult for critics to believe that a man so devoted to his creations, so uninterested in grosses or the trappings of fame, could actually be quite an inept filmmaker. But such is the case. It has to be said: There is something mulish…
Read the full article »The Weekend Report: May 29, 2011
Despite withering reviews The Hangover Part II lived up to industry expectations to take the crown for the three-day portion of the Memorial weekend with an estimated $86.5 million. The frame’s other national debut Kung Fu Panda 2 ranked second with a lower than anticipated tally of $48.2 million.
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