Movie City News Archive for September, 2014
Mark Olsen Sees the “New Dangerous” at the Movies and He Likes It
“Filmmakers are pushing not just our cultural buttons but the edges of their own abilities.” Mark Olsen Sees the “New Dangerous” at the Movies and He Likes It
Read the full article »What Would SoftBank Be Buying With Its $3.4 Billion Bid For DreamWorks Animation?
What Would SoftBank Be Buying With Its $3.4 Billion Bid For DreamWorks Animation?
Read the full article »Video Gallery, Another NYC Video Store, Vanishes
Video Gallery, Another NYC Video Store, Vanishes
Read the full article »Ben Sachs on the Challenge of Representing Mental Illnesses Onscreen
Ben Sachs on the Challenge of Representing Mental Illnesses Onscreen
Read the full article »66 Nations Submit For Best Foreign Language Oscar; Titles Include Ida, Leviathan, Mommy, Winter Sleep and Two Days, One Night
66 Nations Submit For Best Foreign Language Oscar; Titles Include Ida, Leviathan, Mommy, Winter Sleep and Two Days, One Night
Read the full article »Netflix Headed to Belgium
Netflix Headed to Belgium
Read the full article »James Spader on “Extremity” and Compulsion
James Spader on “Extremity” and Compulsion
Read the full article »David Lynch “Filled With Hope” He Can Make Another Film With Laura Dern
David Lynch “Filled With Hope” He Can Make Another Film With Laura Dern
Read the full article »Air Hollywood Airplane Soundstage Also Holds Fear Of Flying Classes
Air Hollywood Airplane Soundstage Also Holds Fear Of Flying Classes
Read the full article »David Fincher Met With Lucasfilm About Star Wars: Episode 7; Complications Ensued
David Fincher Met With Lucasfilm About Star Wars: Episode 7; Complications Ensued
Read the full article »Amazon-Publisher Dispute Heats Up With Philip Roth, Ursula K. Le Guin, Salman Rushdie, Milan Kundera
Amazon-Publisher Dispute Heats Up With Philip Roth, Ursula K. Le Guin, Salman Rushdie, Milan Kundera And The Estate Of Hunter S. Thompson
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Does Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Prefers Some Writers Over Others?
Read the full article »Don’t Cover Up Wonder Woman’s Feminism!
Don’t Cover Up Wonder Woman’s Feminism!
Read the full article »The Weekend Report
The Equalizer vanquished the opposition with an opening tally estimated at $35.2 million. The session’s other national deb, Laika’s stop-motion animation The Boxtrolls, bowed to $17.3 million, ranking third overall.
Read the full article »“Internationally acclaimed barrister Amal Alamuddin marries an actor”
Beat That Headline “Internationally acclaimed barrister Amal Alamuddin marries an actor”
Read the full article »“Don Keefer, 98, Actor Who Had Bad Thoughts on ‘Twilight Zone’”
“Don Keefer, 98, Actor Who Had Bad Thoughts on ‘Twilight Zone’”
Read the full article »Jon Favreau Still Knows The Cuban Sandwich Is The Second-Best Promo For Chef
Jon Favreau Still Knows The Cuban Sandwich Is The Second-Best Promo For Chef
Read the full article »J. Hoberman on Criterion’s Big Chill Release
“The Big Chill opened both the Toronto and New York Film Festivals; as a member of the New York festival selection committee that year, I can attest to how anxious the festival was to have it, even over my own metaphoric dead body.” J. Hoberman on Criterion’s Big Chill Release; A Preference For That Era’s Ghostbusters…
Read the full article »Not That Journos or Film Crickets Should Care, But Here’s “Why Academics Stink at Writing”
Not That Journos or Film Crickets Should Care, But Here’s “Why Academics Stink at Writing”
Read the full article »Nic Refn On His Doubts And Bravado Behind The Scenes
“I make a certain type of movie and I like my creative and financial freedom. We also want to live a life of rock stars.” Nic Refn On His Doubts And Bravado Behind The Scenes
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