Movie City News Archive for January, 2012
Adam Curtis Muses On The Perfect Doc On Modern Cruise Ships
Adam Curtis Muses On The Perfect Doc On Modern Cruise Ships
Read the full article »Why Were So Many Sundance Movies This Year About Splitting The Sheets?
Why Were So Many Sundance Movies This Year About Splitting The Sheets?
Read the full article »“Please note that the use of any recording equipment to capture this film is strictly forbidden, including: camcorders, cameras, cell phones, charcoal, ink, paint (oil or water-based), and the human brain.”
“Please note that the use of any recording equipment to capture this film is strictly forbidden, including: camcorders, cameras, cell phones, charcoal, ink, paint (oil or water-based), and the human brain.”
Read the full article »Gettin’ Emotional In Events Leading Up To Oscar
Gettin’ Emotional In Events Leading Up To Oscar
Read the full article »Hasbro Relocating “Candyland” Project To Sony To Star Adam Sandler
Hasbro Relocating “Candyland” Project To Sony To Star Adam Sandler
Read the full article »The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces 12th Edition of FILM COMMENT SELECTS, February 17-March 1
PRESS RELEASE New York, NY, January 31,—The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced the schedule for the 12th edition of FILM COMMENT SELECTS (February 17-March 1), Film Comment magazine’s essential and eclectic film festival. Featuring a handpicked lineup of films that are alternately previewing prior to their theatrical runs or quite possibly never coming back to…
Read the full article »Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi On Václav Havel
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi On Václav Havel
Read the full article »Sean Penn Talks Sorrentino At Sundance
“I’m dazzled by this director.” Sean Penn Talks Sorrentino At Sundance
Read the full article »Robert Elswit Talks Tech On Shooting Mission: Impossible – GP
Robert Elswit Talks Tech On Shooting Mission: Impossible – GP
Read the full article »Universal Sez No Mo’ Hasbro
Good Bye, You Sunk My Franchise Universal Sez No Mo’ Hasbro
Read the full article »LIONSGATE ENTERS WITNESS PROTECTION WITH TYLER PERRY
Eugene Levy, Doris Roberts, Tom Arnold, Denise Richards, John Amos, Marla Gibbs And Romeo Star In Next Installment Of Tyler Perry’s Beloved Madea Franchise SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 30, 2011—LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, together with Tyler Perry, today announced the commencement of production of MADEA’S WITNESS PROTECTION. The film marks the prolific filmmaker and…
Read the full article »John Bailey On “Trisha Ziff And The Mexican Suitcase”
John Bailey On “Trisha Ziff And The Mexican Suitcase“
Read the full article »Wilmington on Movies: Man on a Ledge
Man on a Ledge has that slick, self-satisfied gleam movies can get when they cost too much and they’re stuffed with formula and clichés and stars, and nobody can do anything about it. It also has a plot so preposterous, motivations so inane, and an ending so bonkers that the only possible way to play them may be for laughs, if the show were good at comedy.
Read the full article »TribCo Bankruptcy Costs Hit $231 Million
TribCo Bankruptcy Costs Hit $231 Million
Read the full article »SnagFilm Adds $7 Million In Funding For Expansion
SnagFilm Adds $7 Million In Funding For Expansion
Read the full article »After A Year, $315 Million HuffAOL Merger Nets Loss Of 5.3 Million Visitors
After A Year, $315 Million HuffAOL Merger Nets Loss Of 5.3 Million Visitors
Read the full article »Slate’s Oscars For Dummies Suggests Increasing Acting Noms To 10
Slate’s Oscars For Dummies Suggests Increasing Acting Noms To 10
Read the full article »Brody On Newly-Published Conversations Between Godard and Ophüls
Brody On Newly-Published Conversations Between Godard and Ophüls
Read the full article »Slate Turns “Contrarian” Peashooter To Larger Game: Wyman Sez Meh To Spielberg
Slate Turns “Contrarian” Peashooter To Larger Game: Wyman Sez Meh To Spielberg
Read the full article »Commenters Illuminate Small Blog Entry About Response To The Comedy Screening At Sundance
“Hi. I’m Tim Heidecker the “star” of The Comedy. There is clearly a destructive agenda running through the piece, starting with the incendiary, hyperbolic, misrepresentative title of the article.” Commenters Illuminate Small Blog Entry About Response To The Comedy Screening At Sundance
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