Movie City News Archive for October, 2011
Some Like It Marilyn, Again
Some Like It Marilyn, Again
Read the full article »Dennis Harvey On Two Decades Of Twin Peaks
Dennis Harvey On Two Decades Of Twin Peaks And – Richard Beymer’s On-Set Stills
Read the full article »Warner Withholds Product From Blockbuster
Warner Withholds Product From Blockbuster While – Studios Consider 60 Days Before Redbox, Netflix Rentals
Read the full article »The Electronic Frontier Foundation On The Perilous And Pernicious New “Internet Death Penalty”
The Electronic Frontier Foundation On The Perilous And Pernicious New “Internet Death Penalty”
Read the full article »Adrian Martin On The Uses Of Sadness In Film And The World
Adrian Martin On The Uses Of Sadness In Film And The World
Read the full article »Wilmington on Movies: The Rum Diary
The Rum Diary (Three Stars) U.S.: Bruce Robinson, 2011 The movie The Rum Diary, which I liked, is based — loosely, but that’s all right — on the novel that Hunter S. Thompson wrote when he was 22, a young guy, before “Hell’s Angels,” before “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” before “The Great Shark…
Read the full article » 5 Comments »Frank Rich On Pauline Kael
“She fired up her exultantly vernacular American prose as if she were writing high-octane fiction, not passing judgment on Cabaret.” Frank Rich On Pauline Kael And – Louis Menand’s 1995 NYRB Essay On The “Promiscuity” Of Her Attentions Plus – Renata Adler’s Notorious 1980 Shakedown Of Kael, Cited By Rich
Read the full article »Friday Estimates: October 28, 2011
Puss In Boots delivers a decent off-season number for an animated film, winning the weekend, but not setting off fireworks. Modest launches for In Time and The Rum Diary. Paranormal Activity, taking an outsized hit vs last Friday’s numbers, is holding surprisingly well. And DW’s Real Steel takes a punch badly for the first time, probably at the hands of DWA’s Puss.
Read the full article »Ron Rosenbaum’s “10 Things I Hate About Anonymous And The Stupid Shakespearean Birther Cult Behind It”
Shaks. Smear? “To remain silent in the face of stupidity this blatant is to acquiesce to a kind of culture-destroying ugliness.” Ron Rosenbaum‘s “10 Things I Hate About Anonymous And The Stupid Shakespearean Birther Cult Behind It”
Read the full article »Justin Time: Timberlake Tracked For Coen Bros’ 60s Folk Music Tuner
Justin Time: Timberlake Tracked For Coens’ Folk Music Tuner
Read the full article »Citing Profit Issues, Netflix Won’t Expand To Spain In 2012
Citing Profit Issues, Netflix Won’t Expand To Spain In 2012
Read the full article »Creating Reality With Errol Morris
Creating Reality With Errol Morris
Read the full article »Justin Bieber Wants To Jail Amy Klobuchar, A Sponsor Of The “Stop Online Piracy” Act
Justin Bieber Wants To Jail Amy Klobuchar, A Sponsor Of The “Stop Online Piracy” Act
Read the full article »One More BritWit Takes A S—: Guardian Showcases Its Fourth Tintin Takedown
“Not just a failure; it is an assault on a great body of art so thuggishly moronic as to make one genuinely depressed.” One More BritWit Takes A S—: Guardian Showcases Its Fourth Tintin Takedown
Read the full article »David Lynch On His Exhibition Blending Mathematicians And Artists
David Lynch On His Exhibition Blending Mathematicians And Artists
Read the full article »Casting Its Net Overseas, Can B’wd Keep Its Heart?
Casting Its Net Overseas, Can B’wd Keep Its Heart?
Read the full article »Philip Seymour Hoffman On Moody Youth
Philip Seymour Hoffman On Moody Youth
Read the full article »California State Media Psychology Prof On Why Some People Are Just More Afraid Of Scary Movies Than Other People
California State Media Psychology Prof On Why Some People Are Just More Afraid Of Scary Movies Than Other People
Read the full article »Swashing The Buckle On The Big Screen
Swashing The Buckle On The Big Screen
Read the full article »VOD Streamer Zediva To Pay 6 Studios $1.8 Million And Cut It Out
VOD Streamer Zediva To Pay 6 Studios $1.8 Million And Cut It Out
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