Movie City News Archive for January, 2015
Writes A. O. Scott Reports Manohla Dargis
“The nominated shorts offer a vision of what the Academy Awards should and could be but very rarely are: eclectic, cosmopolitan, scrappy and surprising.” Writes A. O. Scott “Waiting for bliss is a fool’s game at Sundance, whose screeners and programmers sift through thousands of titles for a selection that’s too big to see in…
Read the full article »Lindsay Bahr On A Park City Week With James Franco
“There’s a youthful energy. I love being here.” Lindsay Bahr On A Park City Week With James Franco
Read the full article »Citizenfour’s Laura Poitras On “Heroic Acts”
Citizenfour‘s Laura Poitras On “Heroic Acts”
Read the full article »Judge Throws Out A Gravity Screenplay Lawsuit
Judge Throws Out A Gravity Screenplay Lawsuit
Read the full article »Sarah Lyall Hopes To Think Like A Film Critic After Watching 12 Films In Two Days; Wreaking Nearly 3,000 Words
Sarah Lyall Hopes To Think Like A Film Critic After Watching 12 Films In Two Days; Wreaking Nearly 3,000 Words
Read the full article »Lee Ann Norman On Still-Productive Renaissance Man Melvin Van Peebles
Lee Ann Norman On Still-Productive Renaissance Man Melvin Van Peebles
Read the full article »“When An Obit Calls Revered Author Fat, Twitter Exacts Its Revenge”
“When An Obit Calls Revered Author Fat, Twitter Exacts Its Revenge”
Read the full article »Sundance Sale: Joe Swanberg’s Digging For Fire Planted In The Orchard
Sundance Sale: Joe Swanberg’s Digging For Fire Planted In The Orchard
Read the full article »Joe Swanberg’s Digging For Fire Planted In The Orchard
The Orchard announced today that the company is acquiring North American rights to Joe Swanberg’s DIGGING FOR FIRE. The film is co-written by Jake Johnson and Swanberg and it stars Jake Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Orlando Bloom, Brie Larson, Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick and Mike Birbiglia. DIGGING FOR FIRE was produced by Swanberg, Alicia Van Couvering and Jake Johnson. The film had its world premiere…
Read the full article »Sara Stewart Sees Golden Age Of Nude Dudes
Sara Stewart Sees Golden Age Of Nude Dudes
Read the full article »McDonald’s Won’t Sic Legal Hamburglers On Michael Keaton-Starring Ray Kroc Biopic, Reportedly Since Kroc Admitted Much Of The Script’s Allegations
McDonald’s Won’t Sic Legal Hamburglers On Michael Keaton-Starring Ray Kroc Biopic, Reportedly Since Kroc Admitted Much Of The Script’s Allegations
Read the full article »Watching American Sniper In Baghdad
Watching American Sniper In Baghdad
Read the full article »Sam Adams Sez Film Critics Not The Worst People At Sundance
Sam Adams Sez Journos Not The Worst People At Sundance “As journalists, we are being subsidized to watch movies, talk to cool people and then process what we’ve learned into articles the world can read. So lighten up, journalists. We’re here to cover the cool kids, not pretend to be them.” But – Jordan Crucchiola Declares…
Read the full article »NYT Op-Docs Elizabeth Lo’s Silicon Valley Poverty Film Hotel 22 8’09
NYT Op-Docs Elizabeth Lo’s Silicon Valley Poverty Film Hotel 22 8’09”
Read the full article »20 Weeks To Oscar: Is The Door Wide Open Again?
Could the Academy’s bizarre preferential balloting system be the defining issue in coming to a Best Picture winner this year?
And let me note again, before going any further, that the existence of the preferential ballot system at The Academy is IDIOTIC and I will forever believe that this was a bad joke foisted on The Academy by an exiting Bruce Davis.
Read the full article »Oliver Farry On Anachronisms In Films And Why They’re OK
Oliver Farry On Anachronisms In Films And Why They’re OK
Read the full article »Colleen McCullough, 77, Australian Author Of “Thorn Birds”
Colleen McCullough, 77, Australian Author Of “Thorn Birds”
Read the full article »Focus World Cuffs Cop Car
Focus World Cuffs Cop Car
Read the full article »Focus World Takes US And UK Rights To Cop Car
Focus World, the alternative distribution initiative owned and operated by Focus Features, has acquired US and UK rights to Cop Car out of Sundance where the film premiered in the midnight section and has been receiving rave reviews. The film is directed by Jon Watts and stars Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Shea Whigham and Camryn…
Read the full article »IRRATIONAL MAN
Film marks eighth collaboration with the filmmaker and Sony Classics NEW YORK (January 29, 2014) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all North American rights to Woody Allen’s upcoming film, IRRATIONAL MAN, from Gravier Productions. Produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Edward Walson, the film features a prestigious cast including…
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