Movie City News Archive for November, 2014
20 Weeks To Oscar: The Trouble With Biopics
We’re close to an all-biopic Oscar season. Maybe that’s why it’s such a blur right now. The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything, Selma, Unbroken, Foxcatcher, Mr. Turner, Big Eyes, and American Sniper are all specifically biopics. Boyhood and Birdman are fiction, but have major biographical elements driving them. Lots of bios.
Read the full article » 3 Comments »Alex Clark Likes Listening To Annette Bening’s Laugh
Alex Clark Likes Listening To Annette Bening’s Laugh
Read the full article »Two Shia LaBeouf Collaborators On The Skywriting Plagiarist’s Alleged Rape During His Performance Art
Two Shia LaBeouf Collaborators On The Skywriting Plagiarist’s Alleged Rape During His Performance Art
Read the full article »SW7 Trailer Recast As Lego
SW7 Trailer Recast As Lego
Read the full article »Lower Revenues But Higher Profits Predicted For Australian Cinemas
Lower Revenues But Higher Profits Predicted For Australian Cinemas
Read the full article »Critical Elder David Thomson Cites Stanley Kauffman, Trashes Manny Farber And Sighs That The Newly-Restored Hiroshima Mon Amour Is “On Its Way To Being Forgotten”
Critical Elder David Thomson Cites Stanley Kauffman, Trashes Manny Farber And Sighs That The Newly-Restored Hiroshima Mon Amour Is “On Its Way To Being Forgotten”
Read the full article »Bill Irwin Talks Some More About Miming The Kit-Kat Robot In Interstellar
“We never used the word puppetry, we never used the word robot. “ Bill Irwin Talks Some More About Miming The Kit-Kat Robot In Interstellar
Read the full article »Robert Mays Consumes The All-You-Can-Eat Interstellar Pass For 15 Hours
“Entering as a blank slate allowed the craziness that comes with 15 relentless hours of Nolan world-layering and time-shifting to wash over me unimpeded, but it also meant I’d have about six minutes between screenings to consider how I felt about the movie, like a normal person.” Robert Mays Consumes The All-You-Can-Eat Interstellar Pass
Read the full article »Michael Cieply Finds Words For Seth Rogen’s Co-Directed, Co-Written Latest Comedy
“Mr. Rogen, who helped direct The Interview and has a writing credit on its script, has seized the country’s displeasure as a publicity tool.” Michael Cieply Redefines Co-Writer-Co-Director-Co-Producer Seth Rogen’s Latest Comedy
Read the full article »Remembering The Late, Great Production Designer Anton Furst, The Man Who Built Gotham, 25 Years After Batman
Remembering The Late, Great Production Designer Anton Furst, The Man Who Built Gotham, 25 Years After Batman
Read the full article »Sony Computer Hack Appears To Include Leak Of Awards-Season Screeners
Sony Computer Hack Appears To Include Leak Of Awards-Season Screeners
Read the full article »The Weekend Report
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 held top spot over the extending Thanksgiving holiday with an estimated $56.9 million. Turkey days featured two new national releases that came up short of expectations. Animated Penguins of Madagascar bowed in second spot with $25.7 million and the sequel of revenge Horrible Bosses 2 ran fifth at $15.5 million. Exclusive newcomers included Oz horror yarn The Babadook with $18,800 from two engagements. The biggest clues were left by Oscar hopeful The Imitation Game, that bowed to $484,000 on just four secret estates.
Read the full article »Frank Yablans, 79, Headed Paramount In Its 1970s Heyday, Then Became Ventureseome Indie Producer
Frank Yablans, 79, Headed Paramount In Its 1970s Heyday, Then Became Ventureseome Indie Producer
Read the full article »“Being homeless is better than working for Amazon”
“Being homeless is better than working for Amazon”
Read the full article »NYT Only Appears To Search For Flaws In Netflix’s Perceived Armor, Including $90 Spend For Weinstein’s “Marco Polo” Ten-Parter
“Netflix is the one that everybody speaks about, but there are lots and lots and lots and lots of others. New streaming services are launching every week.” NYT Only Appears To Search For Flaws In Netflix’s Perceived Armor, Including $90 Spend For Weinstein’s “Marco Polo” Ten-Parter
Read the full article »WashPost Profiles Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, Doesn’t Even Blush From Its Heights Of Praise
WashPost Profiles Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, Doesn’t Even Blush From Its Heights Of Praise
Read the full article »With The Interview In The Offing, Sony Pictures Hack Could Be The Handiwork Of North Korean Absolute Leader Kim Jong-Un
With The Interview In The Offing, Sony Pictures Hack Could Be The Handiwork Of North Korean Absolute Leader Kim Jong-Un
Read the full article »Sight & Sound Crix Top-Ten Linklater, Godard, Zvyagintsev, Costa, Glazer, Anderson, Ceylan, Slaboshpytski, Pawlikowski, Alonso
Sight & Sound Crix Top-Ten Linklater, Godard, Zvyagintsev, Costa, Glazer, Anderson, Ceylan, Slaboshpytski, Pawlikowski, Alonso
Read the full article »Cahiers Du Cinema Crix Top-Ten Dumont, Godard, Glazer, Cronenberg, Miyazaki, Trier, Dolan, Sachs, Cavalier, Hong
Cahiers Du Cinema Crix Top-Ten Dumont, Godard, Glazer, Cronenberg, Miyazaki, Trier, Dolan, Sachs, Cavalier, Hong
Read the full article »Max Nelson On James Harvey On Star Presence
Max Nelson On James Harvey On Star Presence
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