Movie City News Archive for January, 2012
Friday Estimates, January 27, 2012
Open Road’s first big opening comes with The Grey, which should be in the top 5 of all indie openings for the last year. Meanwhile, Lionsgate returns to HeiglLand, not breaking any records, but continuing to make an argument that Ms. Heigl can consistently open movies to 8 figures. And SummitGate’s Man On A Ledge fell off.
Read the full article »Still More Questionable Legislation After SOPA: How About ACTA, A Secret Treaty On Intellectual Propery?
Still More Questionable Legislation After SOPA: How About ACTA, A Secret Treaty On Intellectual Propery?
Read the full article »Bill Gates Brags On His Last Contacts With Steve Jobs
Bill Gates Brags On His Last Contacts With Steve Jobs
Read the full article »Melbourne’s Astor Theatre Outlines A Digital Projection Keyword Authorization Nightmare
Melbourne’s Astor Theatre Outlines A Digital Projection Keyword Authorization Nightmare
Read the full article »Jonathan Zimmerman On “The Mythology Of Film School”
Jonathan Zimmerman On “The Mythology Of Film School”
Read the full article »Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors Approves Merger Package with AFTRA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES (January 27, 2012) – The Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors today voted overwhelmingly to approve and recommend a plan to merge with AFTRA. The board met in a regularly scheduled plenary meeting in the James Cagney Board Room at the Guild’s Los Angeles headquarters and voted after reviewing…
Read the full article »DP/30: Sundance 2012 Interviews Sneak Peek
The experience of Sundance is a melange of images, ideas, personalities, and passions. And that’s before you even see the movies. Here is a quick look at some of that energy via the filmmakers.
Read the full article » 2 Comments »Of Course, Any Artist Blooper Reel Would Be Without Dialog
Of Course, Any Artist Blooper Reel Would Be Without Dialog
Read the full article »Ai Weiwei On Why He Was In Absentia At Sundance Preem Of No Worries
Ai Weiwei On Why He Was In Absentia At Sundance Preem Of No Worries
Read the full article »Heigl Gets Grouponed For The Money
Heigl Gets Grouponed For The Money And – Midwestern Theaters Tell Lionsgate They Won’t Have Any Of It
Read the full article »Dargis Just Wild About Beasts Of The Southern Wild
“I heard one industry type wonder aloud if Hushpuppy was ‘retarded or just black and poor.’ Happily for that fool, the festival was dominated by the familiar complement of drifty and droopy white young things.” Dargis Just Wild About Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Read the full article »Why Don’t We Live In A World Of Trailers Voiced By Women?
Why Don’t We Live In A World Of Trailers Voiced By Women?
Read the full article »Participant And AFFRM Pick Up Sundance’s Middle Of Nowhere
Participant And AFFRM Pick Up Sundance’s Middle Of Nowhere
Read the full article »Academy Rules Tree Of Life Can List Academy Rules Tree Of Life Can List Four Producers (Instead Of Just 3); Still, Pitt’s Not ItFour Producers (Instead Of Just 3)
Academy Rules Tree Of Life Can List Four Producers (Instead Of Just 3); Still, Pitt’s Not It
Read the full article »PRODUCER CREDITS DETERMINED FOR 2011 BEST PICTURE NOMINEE TREE OF LIFe
January 27, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beverly Hills, CA – Producer credits for 84th Academy Awards® Best Picture nominee “The Tree of Life” have been determined by the Producers Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The official nominees for the film are Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and…
Read the full article »JENS ASSUR WINS 2012 SUNDANCE/NHK INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER AWARD
MEDIA ALERT WHAT: Sundance Institute and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have announced Jens Assur, director of the upcoming film, Close Far Away, as winner of the 2012 Sundance/NHK International Filmmaker Award. Created in 1996 to celebrate 100 years of cinema, the annual award recognizes and supports a visionary filmmaker on his or her next film….
Read the full article »Slideshowing The Production Design Of Midnight In Paris
Slideshowing The Production Design Of Midnight In Paris
Read the full article »Sexual Tell-All Of Old Hollywood!
Sexual Tell-All Of Old Hollywood!
Read the full article »The Dark Implications Of Google’s Merger Of Private Data From All Its Services
“We may replace past names associated with your Google Account so that you are represented consistently across all our services. In short, we’ll treat you as a single user across all our products.” The Dark Implications Of Google’s Merger Of Private Data From All Its Services
Read the full article »Charles Simic On “When Movies Kept Us Awake At Night”
Charles Simic On “When Movies Kept Us Awake At Night”
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