Movie City News Archive for April, 2015
Charles Benton, 84, Public Media Advocate, Late Of Films, Inc., Home Vision Entertainment And Encyclopedia Brittanica
Charles Benton, 84, Public Media Advocate, Late Of Films, Inc., Home Vision Entertainment And Encyclopedia Brittanica
Read the full article »Robert Downey, Jr. On Why He Will Not Be In Your Small Indie Movie
Robert Downey, Jr. On Why He Will Not Be In Your Small Indie Movie
Read the full article »“How Photography Was Optimized For White Skin Color”
“How Photography Was Optimized For White Skin Color”
Read the full article »After Secret’s Shushed And Twitter Slacked, Circa Seeks Cash Sufferance
Startup Stutters: After Secret’s Shushed And Twitter Slacked, Circa Seeks Cash Sufferance
Read the full article »POV’s Simon Kilmurry Shifts After 16 Years To Exec-Direct IDA, The Int’l Doc Ass’n
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES POV’S SIMON KILMURRY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORThursday April 30, 2015 – Los Angeles, CA – The International Documentary Association (IDA) is proud to announce the appointment of Simon Kilmurry to the position of Executive Director. Kilmurry will relocate from New York to Los Angeles to begin work on July 6, 2015. Kilmurry…
Read the full article »John Sloss On A Boyhood Sequel And The Virtues Of Self-Releasing
“The real question becomes where do people see films first more than whether there are too many features being made or too many features being released.” John Sloss On A Boyhood Sequel, The Virtues Of Self-Releasing, And Proper “Windowing”
Read the full article »Peter Cowie Remembers Richard Corliss
Peter Cowie Remembers Richard Corliss
Read the full article »AT&T Charges 83-Year-Old Man $25,000 For AOL Dialup
AT&T Charges 83-Year-Old Man $25,000 For AOL Dialup
Read the full article »Calum Marsh Considers The Marvel Factory As An “Anticipation Machine,” With The Movies Almost Beside The Point
“What’s alarming is the climate of which the plan is symptomatic. We’ve come to prefer anticipation to reflection—to thinking idly about a film that’s coming soon than to thinking seriously about one that’s already out. Publications tease and rumor-monger rather than digest and analyze; release dates and casting decisions are more widely shared and read…
Read the full article »A 1968 James Blue Interview With Satyajit Ray On The Directing Of The Non-Actor, On The Occasion Of The Apu Restoration
A 1968 James Blue Interview With Satyajit Ray On The Directing Of The Non-Actor, On The Occasion Of The Apu Restoration
Read the full article »How Eric Rohmer’s The Green Ray Inspired A Young Poet’s New Book
How Eric Rohmer’s The Green Ray Inspired A Young Poet’s New Book
Read the full article »Filmmaker Michael Galinsky On The Shifting Fates Of His Doc, Who Took Johnny
“While many people talk about the way that the Internet has democratized things, the film world is still stuck in old-media based patterns that rely on gatekeepers to keep things flowing. The flood of well-made films that was unleashed by the increased availability of the means of production has only made this pattern more entrenched.”…
Read the full article » 2 Comments »Why Are So Many Movies Laughing At Sex Now? The Filmmakers Reply
Why Are So Many Movies Laughing At Sex Now? The Filmmakers Reply
Read the full article »Remembering Mountaineer-Filmmaker Tom Taplin, 61, After Everest Avalanche
Remembering Mountaineer-Filmmaker Tom Taplin, 61, After Everest Avalanche
Read the full article »THR Sets Down 100 Powerful H’wd Attorneys
THR Sets Down 100 Powerful H’wd Attorneys
Read the full article »Furious 7 Most Successful Film Ever In Sino Kino
Furious 7 Most Successful Film Ever In Sino Kino; Parking On 70% Of Chinese Screens And 90,000 Daily Showtimes Could Be Factor
Read the full article »Nadja Tesich Remembers The Paris Of When She Starred In Eric Rohmer’s 1964 Nadja à Paris
Nadja Tesich Remembers The Paris Of When She Starred In Eric Rohmer’s 1964 Nadja à Paris
Read the full article »Surveying How The Studios And Stars Address The California Drought
Surveying How The Studios And Stars Address The L.A. Drought
Read the full article »Avengers: Ultron: It’s Liberal! It’s Conservative! It’s Peacenik! It’s Pro-War! It’s Two Constituencies In One!
Avengers: Ultron: It’s Liberal! It’s Conservative! It’s Peacenik! It’s Pro-War! It’s Two Constituencies In One!
Read the full article »Robert Greene Thinks Up Another Customarily Thoughtful Doc Thinkpiece
“If we can get people to watch documentaries better, with a better comprehension of the inbuilt complexities of the form, perhaps we can get them to watch the news better, or to be better equipped to deal with the often crude narratives they’re presented with daily.” Robert Greene Thinks Up Another Customarily Thoughtful Doc Thinkpiece
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