Movie City News Archive for November, 2012
Comics Pioneer Spain Rodriguez Was 72
Comics Pioneer Spain Rodriguez Was 72
Read the full article »“John Hyams Is the Best Action Director Working Today,” Schager Sez
“John Hyams Is the Best Action Director Working Today,” Schager Sez
Read the full article »Eight Of Sixteen Prime Sundance Slots Filled By Women
Eight Of Sixteen Prime Sundance Slots Filled By Women
Read the full article »Sundance 2013 Announces U.S., World Cinema Dramatic And Documentary Competitions As Well As “<=>“
Including Shane Carruth, Lynn Shelton, David Lowery, Jerusha Hess, Jehane Noujaim, Andrew Bujalski, Kim Longinotto, James Ponsoldt, Audrey Ewell & Aaron Aites, Matthew Porterfield, Carl Deal & Tia Lessin, Plus: Pussy Riot Sundance 2013 Announces U.S., World Cinema Dramatic And Documentary Competitions As Well As “<=>”
Read the full article »2013 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FILMS IN U.S. AND WORLD COMPETITIONS, NEXT <=>
Park City, UT, November 28, 2012 — Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition NEXT <=> section of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Robert Redford, President & Founder of Sundance Institute…
Read the full article »Deakins Pictures Skyfall
Deakins Pictures Skyfall
Read the full article »Wilmington on DVDs: Umberto D.
Italy. The early ‘50s. The Post-war era. On a crowded Roman street, a group of old men who live on pensions from the Italian government, try to demonstrate for a raise in their meager incomes. Police break up the march, and the old men scatter, including the neatly-dressed, white-haired man whom we will follow for 88 minutes in the story that has just begun. He is an elderly ex-government worker named Umberto Domenico Ferrari, or “Umberto D.“ for short. Umberto has a threadbare dark suit and sad, watchful eyes and he takes with him, almost everywhere, his little white-and-brown-haired dog, Flike. Like most of the other old men, his situation has become desperate.
Read the full article » 1 Comment »What Is Celebrity “SWATting” And Why Are L. A. Police All Over It?
What Is Celebrity “SWATting” And Why Are L. A. Police All Over It?
Read the full article »Pitt Tells People Fatherhood Made Him “A Better Man”
Pitt Tells People Fatherhood Made Him “A Better Man”
Read the full article »Bill Murray Takes Itzkoff On An Adventure
Bill Murray Takes Itzkoff On An Adventure
Read the full article »ZEMECKIS TO RECEIVE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD AT 24th ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS GALA
Director of the Year Award for Flight.
Read the full article »The Gronvall Files: To Canada (And Beyond?): PIXAR Canada Creative Director Dylan Brown
“Steve Jobs used to say, “Do one thing, and just make it great.” And John Lasseter says that quality is the best business plan. When you go to see a Pixar movie in a theatre, you will get, first, the trailer for one of our upcoming movies, then a short, and then the feature attraction. [To make a comparison,] the way they package objects in stores in Japan is as careful, thoughtful, and artful as the gift itself. We are a well vertically integrated company.”
Read the full article » 1 Comment »The DVD Wrapup: MiB3, Lawless, Beijing Punk… More
Seven years ago, director John Hillcoat collaborated with writer-composer Nick Cave and actor Guy Pearce on the excellent Outback Western, “The Proposition.” They combined their talents again on “Lawless,” a slick hillbilly gangster flick set during America’s Prohibition experiment. Like “The Proposition,” “Lawless” is a smart and exciting genre that isn’t afraid to ratchet up the violence when things get too contemplative and self-consciously hip. Even more so than Hillcoat’s revisionist Western, though, his moonshine drama probably would be a better fit at a drive-in theater than an arthouse.
Read the full article »Jonnie Rosenbaum Would Differ With Spielberg’s Lincoln
“Part of what keeps Lincoln so far away from any mythical past I can believe in is a form of political correctness.” Jonnie Rosenbaum Would Differ With Spielberg’s Lincoln
Read the full article » 1 Comment »Fintan O’Toole On The Diaries Of Richard Burton, “The Great Actor Who Hated Acting”
Fintan O’Toole On The Diaries Of Richard Burton, “The Great Actor Who Hated Acting”
Read the full article »Tulipsyn’s “Notes on Fame (Do you Know Who You Are?)”
“What it means to be young on camera.” Tulipsyn‘s “Notes on Fame (Do You Know Who You Are?)” And – Being “Microfamous”
Read the full article »Gervasi On Hitchcock Criticism
“By the way, it’s a MOVIE.” Gervasi On Hitchcock Criticism
Read the full article »Spielberg Sez Cubby Broccoli Turning Him Down Early On For 007 Helped Lead To Indy
Spielberg Sez Cubby Broccoli Turning Him Down Early On For 007 Helped Lead To Indy
Read the full article »Ebert Goes Oscar
“If I had my way, and I don’t, a Best Picture nomination would certainly go to Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Ebert Goes Oscar
Read the full article »Further Evidence Links Creativity, Dishonesty
Further Evidence Links Creativity, Dishonesty
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