Movie City News Archive for November, 2011
Gotham Noms For Beginners Remind That Mike Mills Is A Happy Kinda Guy
Gotham Noms For Beginners Remind That Mike Mills Is A Happy Kinda Guy
Read the full article »Prints From “Stanley Kubrick’s New York” On Sale For First Time
Prints From “Stanley Kubrick’s New York” On Sale For First Time
Read the full article »Tribeca Takes New Artistic Director
Tribeca Takes New Artistic Director
Read the full article »TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL NAMES FREDERIC BOYER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Veteran Leader of Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight Arrives As TFF Starts Preparations For 11th Edition in April 2012 New York, NY (Nov. 28, 2011) – The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) announced today that Frederic Boyer, a veteran executive who most recently ran the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, has…
Read the full article »Dennis Lim Obits Ken Russell
“I believe in what I’m doing wholeheartedly, passionately, and what’s more, I simply go about my business. I suppose such a thing can be annoying to some people.” Dennis Lim Obits Ken Russell
Read the full article »KEN RUSSELL WAS 84
KEN RUSSELL WAS 84
Read the full article »“Ken Russell was a larger-than-life character who was one of the most controversial directors in British cinema.”
“Ken Russell was a larger-than-life character who was one of the most controversial directors in British cinema.”
Read the full article »“Before that he was a sane, likeable TV director. Now he’s an insane, likeable film director.”
“Before that he was a sane, likeable TV director. Now he’s an insane, likeable film director.”
Read the full article » 1 Comment »An AP Obit Of Mr. Russell
An AP Obit Of Mr. Russell
Read the full article »The BFI Bio Of Ken Russell
The BFI Bio Of Ken Russell And – Iain Fisher’s “Savage Messiah” Site
Read the full article »“Spider-Man” At One Year: Turn On The Ca$h
“Spider-Man” At One Year: Turn On The Ca$h
Read the full article »Hard-Luck Kid Terry Gilliam Turns 71
“I believe in the things I make. The fact that God doesn’t want me to make them is beside the point.” Hard-Luck Kid Terry Gilliam Turns 71
Read the full article »Hugo Sparks Méliès Drama
Hugo Sparks Méliès Drama
Read the full article »Spielberg Sez Not Many Good Movies Made Anymore
“There’s not a lot of films I’d watch that are made over the past 20 years, because I’m much more of a romantic.” Spielberg Sez Not Many Good Movies Made Anymore
Read the full article » 1 Comment »20W2O Special: New York First! Film Critics Circle Get Tattooed
“Real” critics groups should not be in the role of negotiating screenings or demanding anything from the studios of film producers. The idea of NYFCC being a proactive player in the awards season, positioning itself to be FIRST! and presuming that studios will follow is a business call, not a show call. And though many of us write about the business in the course of being critics – certainly too much these days… mea culpa – if there is any time that calls for a pure “show” mindset, it’s year-end awards.
Read the full article » 29 Comments »H’wd Labor Tangle Likely Over Waning Benefits?
H’wd Labor Tangle Likely Over Waning Benefits?
Read the full article »“Maybe what Segel’s film shows us is that Henson and Frank Oz, the puppeteers extraordinaire who through their voices and hands gave so many of these characters their spirit, are irreplaceable.”
“Maybe what Segel’s film shows us is that Henson and Frank Oz, the puppeteers extraordinaire who through their voices and hands gave so many of these characters their spirit, are irreplaceable.”
Read the full article »TribCo Creditors Set To “Claw Back” Even Smallest Past Investors In Co.
“What seems grossly unfair is there doesn’t seem to be any adult supervision looking out for the average investor like myself. You have unemotional, ruthlessly efficient and litigious investors attempting to extract whatever they can from whomever they can.” Bankrupt TribCo’s Creditors Set To “Claw Back” Bucks From Even Smallest Past Investors
Read the full article »Together Again For The Very First Time! Weinstein Meets Cieply!
“He is playing to the movie industry’s wobbly sense of self, exactly at a time when it is fretting about declining attendance, weak economics and constant pressure from other media.” Together Again For The Very First Time! Weinstein As Seen By Cieply! And – “I told my girls that I have a weakness for movies about…
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