Movie City News Archive for March, 2012
Canada’s Harper Government Slashes Support For Film, Television, Art And The National Film Board
“The wolves are at the door and circling.” Canada’s Harper Government Slashes Support For CBC As Well As – 10% From Film And The National Film Board
Read the full article »Google Using ReCAPTCHA To Decode Street-View Addresses
Google Using ReCAPTCHA To Decode Street-View Addresses
Read the full article »Academy Acquires 70,000 Vintage Production Stills From Bison Archive
Academy Acquires 70,000 Vintage Production Stills From Bison Archive (See The Gish Sisters On Set Of Orphans Of The Storm and Welles Shooting Opening Of Touch Of Evil—In Color)
Read the full article »ACADEMY ACQUIRES 70,000 VINTAGE PRODUCTION STILLS FROM BISON ARCHIVES
March 29, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has acquired more than 70,000 photographs from the Bison Archives, the private collection of renowned film historian Marc Wanamaker, Academy COO Ric Robertson announced today. The images document nearly every facet of film production between 1909 and…
Read the full article » 5 Comments »Brody Thinks On Why Young Actresses—Faris, Stone, Dennings—Don’t Get The Roles They/We Deserve
Brody Thinks On Why Young Actresses—Faris, Stone, Dennings—Don’t Get The Roles They/We Deserve
Read the full article »Billionaire Robert Johnson, Former Head Of BET, In Talks To Acquire Image’s 3,700-Film Library
Billionaire Robert Johnson, Former Head Of BET, In Talks To Acquire Image’s 3,700-Film Library
Read the full article »Best Buy To Shed 50 Brick-‘n’-Mortar Big Boxes
Best Buy To Shed 50 Brick-‘n’-Mortar Big Boxes
Read the full article »Amid The Eclectic Hunger Games Score: Rare 1970s Electronic Music
Amid The Eclectic Hunger Games Score: Rare 1970s Electronic Music
Read the full article »Man Of Letters Harry Crews, 76; Wrote The Hawk Is Dying, Acted In The Indian Runner
Man Of Letters Harry Crews, 76; Wrote The Hawk Is Dying, Acted In The Indian Runner And – About His Body Of Work Plus – “When you get as old as I am, about the only goddamned thing you’ll have left is your word. If I tell somebody I’m gonna do something, by God I…
Read the full article »Behind The Caped Crusader Who Drives His Batmobile To Visit Sick Kids In Hospitals
Behind The Caped Crusader Who Drives His Batmobile To Visit Sick Kids In Hospitals
Read the full article »Uploads To YouTube Hit One Hour Per Second
Uploads To YouTube Hit One Hour Per Second
Read the full article »Lord Puttnam Says Only The Arts Will Save Britain From Civil War
Lord Puttnam Says Only The Arts Will Save Britain From Civil War
Read the full article »Vanishing Manhattan: Greenwich Village’s World Of Video Vaporized After 29 Years
Vanishing Manhattan Greenwich Village’s World Of Video Vaporized After 29 Years And – Bleecker Bob’s Records Shuttering In East Village Over Rent
Read the full article »“Whatever wrongs Megaupload has committed, it’s doubtful that theft is among them. Treating different forms of property deprivation as different crimes may seem untidy, but that is the nature of criminal law.”
“Whatever wrongs Megaupload has committed, it’s doubtful that theft is among them. Treating different forms of property deprivation as different crimes may seem untidy, but that is the nature of criminal law.”
Read the full article »VF On The Profitable Nepotism Of H’wd Families
VF On The Profitable Nepotism Of H’wd Families
Read the full article »TROPFEST PARTNERS WITH TOP TIER SPONSORS, MEDIA AND INDUSTRY LEADERS TO BRING WORLD’S LARGEST SHORT FILM FESTIVAL TO NEW YORK
Citi, STARZ CINEMA, NBC 4 NEW YORK, WNYC, Thompson Hotels become Tropfest New York Partners and Film Society of Lincoln Center becomes Industry Partner New York – March 28, 2012 – Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival, today announced it will collaborate with prominent media outlets STARZ CINEMA, NBC 4, and WNYC Radio as…
Read the full article »At 69, Werner Herzog Seems Like The Most Prolific Man In Show Business
At 69, Werner Herzog Seems Like The Most Prolific Man In Show Business
Read the full article »Longworth And Stillman Talk Damsels
“I’m very worried,” Stillman says, his eyes fixed on a spot on the table somewhere past his chicken. “I’m a worrying person.” Longworth And Stillman Talk Damsels
Read the full article »MARTIN SCORSESE TO RECEIVE 2012 MOTH STORYTELLING AWARD AT STAR-STUDDED MOTH BALL GALA ON MAY 8
NBC’s Bonnie Hammer to be honored; Al Sharpton to present Moth scholarship to NYC high school student; Simon Doonan to host New York, March 29, 2012 – The Moth will present Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese with the 2012 Moth Award, Honoring the Art of the Raconteur, at its annual Moth Ball on Tuesday, May…
Read the full article »“Newsies, The Musical” About To Open
“Newsies, The Musical” About To Open
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