Movie City News Archive for September, 2014
Jonathan Lethem On David Cronenberg’s New, First Novel
“In some 20 feature films, Cronenberg’s specialty as a director has been a meticulous probing of the juncture where the resemblance between illness and sexuality becomes a metaphor for our relationship to our technologies—including the arts.” Jonathan Lethem On David Cronenberg’s New, First Novel
Read the full article »Happy 95th, Musso & Frank Grill!
Happy 95th, Musso & Frank Grill!
Read the full article »Could Facebook’s “Real Name” Policy Turn It Into Friendster?
Could Facebook’s “Real Name” Policy Turn It Into Friendster?
Read the full article »“Ello, it’s been brief but I’m leaving you for your own good.
The Digital Life! “Ello, it’s been brief but I’m leaving you for your own good. I can only assume that they were naïve about what taking venture capital would mean for a project like this. Which, to put it bluntly, is the nail in its coffin.”
Read the full article »John Carpenter Offers Epic Banter On His Career, Studio Dealings And The Term “Slasher” As Well As Top Gun
“I don’t know that I was offered it, but I did read it. I wouldn’t have done it even if they did offer it to me. It was ridiculous!” John Carpenter Offers Epic Banter On His Career, Studio Dealings And The Term “Slasher” As Well As Top Gun
Read the full article »Interstellar Posters Suggest Muy Widescreen Landscapes May Be Afoot
Interstellar Posters Suggest Muy Widescreen Landscapes May Be Afoot
Read the full article »LA Chinese Theater To Install 70mm IMAX Projectors For Interstellar Engagement
LA Chinese Theater To Install 70mm IMAX Projectors For Interstellar Engagement
Read the full article »Nic Cage Movie About Crusaders Cast Out In China
Nic Cage Movie About Crusaders Cast Out In China
Read the full article »“I am listening to Szymanowski’s Second Violin Concerto and thinking about Netflix and the end of Canadian culture as I used to know it. And not just Canada’s. Any government that seeks to protect its national culture from the forces of globalization will fail. The digital universe is too powerful.”
“I am listening to Szymanowski’s Second Violin Concerto and thinking about Netflix and the end of Canadian culture as I used to know it. And not just Canada’s. Any government that seeks to protect its national culture from the forces of globalization will fail. The digital universe is too powerful.”
Read the full article »Jeff Wells Goes Team Gone Girl
“Gone Girl is a gas, and I mean that in a truly fascinating ass-wind sense. Fincher delivers a blistering assessment of American upscale marriages and social values and self-f—itude like you’ve never quite seen. How do I get outta here? Look at how miserable we manage to make each other… togetherness! And the pigslop media brigade can…
Read the full article »Scientists Who Named The Pokemon Gene Sued For Copyright Infringement
Scientists Who Named The Pokemon Gene Sued For ©opyright Infringement
Read the full article »Ray Bradbury Charity Auction Yields Nearly Half-A-Million
Ray Bradbury Charity Auction Yields Nearly $500,000
Read the full article »Colorado Bestows $5 Million Incentive Package For QT’s Eighth Feature, “Hateful 8”
Colorado Bestows $5 Million Incentive Package For QT’s 8th Feature, Hateful 8
Read the full article »The Dissolve Hums “The Movies’ 50 Greatest Pop Music Moments”
The Dissolve Hums “The Movies’ 50 Greatest Pop Music Moments”
Read the full article »Good Dr. Bordwell Remembers Peter Von Bagh, Filmmaker, Historian, Critic, Programmer, Friend
Good Dr. Bordwell Remembers Peter Von Bagh, Filmmaker, Historian, Critic, Programmer, Friend
Read the full article »Antoine Fuqua On Choreographing Home Improvement Store Shootouts With Denzel
Antoine Fuqua On Choreographing Home Improvement Store Shootouts With Denzel
Read the full article »Ethan Hawke On Turning Documentarian
Ethan Hawke On Turning Documentarian
Read the full article »“Cats” Choreographer Gillian Lynne On Still Making Dance At The Age Of 88
“Cats” Choreographer Gillian Lynne On Still Making Dance At The Age Of 88
Read the full article »Disney-Marvel Settles With Jack Kirby’s Family
“Financial terms were not disclosed.” Disney-Marvel Settles With Jack Kirby’s Family
Read the full article »Bizarre, Threat-Filled Meltdown Gets Curmudgeonly Book Blogger Ed Champion Booted Off Twitter
The Digital Life! Meltdown Rife With Bizarre Threats Gets Curmudgeonly Book Blogger Ed Champion Booted Off Twitter (with a bonus, most splendid comment thread)
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