Movie City News Archive for January, 2015
Behind The Scenes At Sundance With Foodies At The Jonathan Gold Doc
Behind The Scenes At Sundance With Foodies At City Of Gold Doc
Read the full article »Dead Author Can’t Stop Lisbeth Salander
Dead Author Can’t Stop Lisbeth Salander
Read the full article »Chenjerai Kumanyika On The Whiteness Of The “Public Radio Voice”
Chenjerai Kumanyika On The Whiteness Of The “Public Radio Voice”
Read the full article »Cara Buckley Carpetbags The Emergence Of American Sniper As Cultural Phenom
“As American Sniper continues to spawn think pieces, internecine celebrity squabbles and diatribes from hand-wringing lefties and chest-thumping righties, it’s interesting to remember the naysaying about the film’s prospects that swirled just last month.” Cara Buckley Carpetbags The Emergence Of American Sniper As Cultural Phenom
Read the full article »Timbuktu Strikes Nerve In France Post-Charlie Hebdo, Playing On At Least A Third Of Local Screens
Timbuktu Strikes Nerve In France Post-Charlie Hebdo, Playing On At Least A Third Of Local Screens
Read the full article »Studio Exec Alan J. Hirschfield Was 79; Ran Columbia In 1970s During “Indecent Exposure”-Shampoo-Taxi Driver-Close Encounters Era
Studio Exec Alan J. Hirschfield Was 79; Ran Columbia In 1970s During “Indecent Exposure”-Shampoo–Taxi Driver–Close Encounters Era
Read the full article »Online Pioneer Andrew Sullivan To Call It Quits After 15 Years Of Blogging
Online Pioneer Andrew Sullivan To Call It Quits After 15 Years Of Blogging
Read the full article »Sundance Selects Gourmandizes City Of Gold
Sundance Selects Gourmandizes City Of Gold
Read the full article »Fox Searchlight Buys Brooklyn
Fox Searchlight Buys Brooklyn
Read the full article »Variety Cover-Stories “Broken H’wd”: Are There Fixes?
“Every day we face new technology challenges. We have to look at our models—the theatrical model, the VOD model. We have to think about what we do with the lack of a DVD business. That was once an insurance policy for the industry. How do we deal with the newer technologies that are emerging and…
Read the full article »Sundance 2015 Review: Advantageous
In Phang’s imaginary future, it’s pretty much the same-old, same-old: As men grow older and wiser, they morph into handsome “silver foxes” without losing stride on the career or social desirability fronts. As women grow older and wiser, though, their perceived worth diminishes while those aging men chase after younger, newer versions to upgrade to. Phang’s tale imagines a reality where a woman could choose to “upgrade” herself to a younger and thereby more desirable version. You don’t have to be a woman working in the film industry to relate to (or fear) such a thing, though Hollywood is perhaps closer to the future we see here than anywhere else and, sadly, populated by a lot of women who would quite likely line up around the block to take advantage of it.
Read the full article » 1 Comment »Eric Hynes Talks To Kim Longinotto About Dreamcatcher At Sundance
Eric Hynes Talks To Kim Longinotto About Dreamcatcher At Sundance
Read the full article »Juliane Moore Believes In Therapy, Not God
“I’ve completely created my own life. Structure, it’s all imposed.” Juliane Moore Believes In Therapy, Not God
Read the full article »“what it’s like to be a woman forced to sit through ‘Blackhat’ and its macho ilk.”
“What it’s like to be a woman forced to sit through Blackhat and its macho ilk”
Read the full article »Steven Hyden On Gene Hackman As America’s Greatest Actor Even After 11 Years Of Silence
Steven Hyden On Gene Hackman As America’s Greatest Actor Even After 11 Years Of Silence
Read the full article »Guardian Site Drops Ad Rollouts Before All Videos
Guardian Site Drops Ad Rollouts Before All Videos
Read the full article »Wesley Morris Finds “Exploitation Blues” At Sundance In Dope, Tangerine And End Of The Tour
“More power to him. But he’s feeding them black shit white people like.” Wesley Morris Finds “Exploitation Blues” At Sundance In Dope, Tangerine And End Of The Tour
Read the full article »Sean Baker On Making Tangerine On An iPhone 4S With An $8 App
Sean Baker On Making Tangerine On An iPhone 4S With An $8 App
Read the full article »Does “Empire”‘s Runaway Success Make Lee Daniels The King Of Fox?
Does “Empire”‘s Runaway Success Make Lee Daniels The King Of Fox?
Read the full article »How Leslie Jones Got To Ghostbusters
How Leslie Jones Got To Ghostbusters
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