Movie City News Archive for December, 2013
Gurus o’ Gold: Holiday Contender Watch Guide
The Gurus are heading out for the holiday. But we have suggestions for your awards viewing over the holidays.
What Screeners You Should Dig Out Of The Pile (Short Term 12 and Before Midnight lead); What Films You Should You See On The BIG Screen (Gravity leads), and What Films We Will Watch Again Over The Holiday (Her leads).
May you all have a merry Christmas and a Gurus new year!
Read the full article » 2 Comments »Spike Jonze On The Lost Beastie Boys Film
Spike Jonze On The Lost Beastie Boys Film
Read the full article »The Hardest Scene To Write In Inside Llewyn Davis
The Hardest Scene To Write In Inside Llewyn Davis
Read the full article »Wilmington on DVDs: A Christmas Carol (1951); It’s a Wonderful Life
It’s one of those movies that almost all moviegoers know, many love and a few (the unhappy few) pooh-pooh. But Capra‘s populist gem deserves its primal place in our Christmas memories. It‘s a stirring, exhilarating mix of Norman Rockwell and film noir.
Read the full article » 1 Comment »Kelly Marcel On Drinking In Mr. Banks
Kelly Marcel On Drinking-In Mr. Banks
Read the full article »Treihaft Picks 5 Cinema Sex Scenes For 2013
Treihaft Picks 5 Cinema Sex Scenes For 2013
Read the full article »“Jordan Belfort, aka the Wolf of Wall Street, hates it when people describe him as a criminal. ‘Convicted stock swindler.’ I know it was true, but it’s not who I am. We are not the mistakes of our past. We’re the resources and capabilities that we glean from our past. And it’s so true.”
“Jordan Belfort, aka the Wolf of Wall Street, hates it when people describe him as a criminal. ‘Convicted stock swindler.’ I know it was true, but it’s not who I am. We are not the mistakes of our past. We’re the resources and capabilities that we glean from our past. And it’s so true.”
Read the full article »On Watching The 25 Features In the 52-Disc Complete Eric Rohmer Box Set In Under 30 Days
On Watching The 25 Features In the 52-Disc Complete Eric Rohmer Box Set In Under 30 Days
Read the full article »Joe Swanberg Has Not Gone H’wd, Hw’d Reporter Sez In Profile
Joe Swanberg Has Not Gone H’wd, Hw’d Reporter Profiles
Read the full article »Dressing A World Of Her
“We thought what really made more sense is access. You can choose from everything in the world, so clothes become more individual. The word ‘bespoke; kept coming up. If you had all the things in the world, what would you gravitate to? For a lot of people it would be something warm and comfortable.” Dressing…
Read the full article »Stiller Sez, Yep, He’s Mitty
“Ben needs time to think and make choices. When he doesn’t have that, he gets frustrated, whether it’s casting, locations or the color of a wall in a scene. He would want four different versions of the wall. It never got nasty, but it did get uncomfortable.” Stiller Claims, Yep, He’s Mitty
Read the full article »The Growing Influence Of The Sundance Institute On Theater
The Growing Influence Of The Sundance Institute On Theater
Read the full article »Christmas Story’s Path To Cult Classic
Christmas Story‘s Canadian Path To Cult Classic
Read the full article »Cinema Paradiso Inspiration Mimmo Pintacuda Was 86
“I remember Tornatore very well. He was as curious as Toto; he wanted to find out everything he could about photography and cinema. I was happy to teach him all I knew and, once, I gave him a camera as a present.” Cinema Paradiso Inspiration Mimmo Pintacuda Was 86
Read the full article »Peter Cowie Flashes Back To First Meeting Orson Welles
Peter Cowie Flashes Back To First Meeting Orson Welles
Read the full article »“Britain has put in place a set of filters and restrictions as ambitious as anything this side of China, dividing the internet into ‘acceptable’ and ‘unacceptable’ categories, and cutting people off from huge swathes of it at the stroke of a key.”
“Britain has put in place a set of filters and restrictions as ambitious as anything this side of China, dividing the internet into ‘acceptable’ and ‘unacceptable’ categories, and cutting people off from huge swathes of it at the stroke of a key.”
Read the full article »1010 WINS Stan Brooks Was 86
“He was 86 years and 11 months old. He worked until he was 86 years and 10 months old.” 1010 WINS Stan Brooks Was 86
Read the full article »A Veteran Anchorman Views And Rues Anchorman 2
“For the old-time news people watching, this is pure tragedy because it is essentially the truth.” A Veteran Anchorman Views And Rues Anchorman 2
Read the full article »@jack Joins Mickey
@jack Joins Mickey
Read the full article »“When I was halfway up Everest, there were moments when I wished I was somewhere warm – just like the characters in Frozen.”
“When I was halfway up Everest, there were moments when I wished I was somewhere warm – just like the characters in Frozen.”
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