Movie City News Archive for May, 2015
An Excerpt From J. R. Jones’ “The Lives Of Robert Ryan” On The Actor’s Pronounced Politics
An Excerpt From J. R. Jones‘ “The Lives Of Robert Ryan,” On The Actor’s Pronounced Politics
Read the full article »The Cable Execs, Traders And Bankers Who Will See The Most Profit From Charter-Time Warner Cable Merger
The Cable Execs, Traders And Bankers Who Will See The Most Profit From Charter-Time Warner Cable Merger
Read the full article »Jason Blum Describes The Blumhouse Model
“‘We tried to make a wide release movie, it doesn’t really feel like it, let’s not make someone spend $30 million and the movie open to $7 million, let’s go to Netflix or iTunes and have a little theatrical or no theatrical,” and that’s how the process works. Occasionally, the director and us disagree, and…
Read the full article »For Fassbinder’s 70th, David Hudson Visits Berlin’s “Fassbinder—NOW” Exhibit
For Fassbinder’s 70th, David Hudson Visits Berlin’s “Fassbinder—NOW” Exhibit
Read the full article »Jill Soloway Says Women In H’wd Must Cry At Work
Jill Soloway Says Women In H’wd Must Cry At Work, “Don’t Be Like Anyone Else”
Read the full article »Julie Bosman Offers Background As Spike Lee Starts His Chicago Gun Violence Movie
“Way, way back when I made Do the Right Thing, there were people who said this film would cause riots all across America, that black people were going to run amok. They wrote a whole bunch of things. But those people ended up being on the wrong side of history. And the same is going to…
Read the full article »For Sunday Morning, Buzzfeed Publishes “The Hardest Game Of ‘—-, Marry, Kill’ For Anybody Who Is Attracted To Hot Ladies”
“Our mission’s to do great journalism and tell people about the world,” Buzzfeed Publishes “The Hardest Game Of ‘—-, Marry, Kill’ For Anybody Who Is Attracted To Hot Ladies”
Read the full article »The Weekend Report
The earth moved but there was no fault line for San Andreas as it buried the competition in the rubble with an estimated $53 million debut. The other national newcomer Aloha lei-ed an egg with a $9.8 million opening.
Read the full article »“Unlike Stone’s character, I have a darker complexion and black hair. Moreover, like most Eurasian people I know, have never been able to ‘pass.’ If anything, my racial identity has necessarily entailed a great deal of explanation to clarify that I am in fact Chinese-American/French-Canadian and not, say, Brazilian, Tibetan, Colombian or Filipino.”
“Unlike Stone’s character, I have a darker complexion and black hair. Moreover, like most Eurasian people I know, have never been able to ‘pass.’ If anything, my racial identity has necessarily entailed a great deal of explanation to clarify that I am in fact Chinese-American/French-Canadian and not, say, Brazilian, Tibetan, Colombian or Filipino.”
Read the full article »“Kael wrote with the same spontaneity and intelligence about popular entertainment as about the films of Renoir and Antonioni. The key was that her criticism continued to flow from the experience of viewing the film–if it made her feel good, then it was good.”
“Kael wrote with the same spontaneity and intelligence about popular entertainment as about the films of Renoir and Antonioni. The key was that her criticism continued to flow from the experience of viewing the film–if it made her feel good, then it was good.”
Read the full article »“186 Movies That Should Be In The Criterion Collection”
“186 Movies That Should Be In The Criterion Collection”
Read the full article »An Extensive Before-And-After Comparison Of All Manner Of VFX In Fury Road
An Extensive Before-And-After Comparison Of All Manner Of VFX In Fury Road And – “Center-framed and barreling right at the audience.”
Read the full article »How The Safdies Discovered Their Heaven Knows What Star When She Was A Homeless Junkie
“She would just go stand for nine hours at a time at an Apple store. She would just write and write and write. It was no bullshit, so conversational and unpretentious. ‘Look, I want to adapt these into a movie,’ and she said, ‘That sounds awesome,’ and I was like, ‘I want you to play…
Read the full article »“Showbusiness sucks,” Says Brian Cox, “It’s run by people I have little respect for”
“Showbusiness sucks,” Says Brian Cox, “It’s run by people I have little respect for”
Read the full article »Nick Schager Highlights 10 Moments Of Milla Jovovich “Badassery,” Because, Milla
Nick Schager Highlights 10 Moments Of Milla Jovovich “Badassery,” Because, Milla
Read the full article »Helen Mirren Says When She’s On B’wy, She Lives Like A “—-ing Nun”
Helen Mirren Says When She’s On B’wy, She Lives Like A “—-ing Nun”
Read the full article »“The political sensitivities of young critics these days are so finely tuned that it’s hard to know sometimes whether a protest is part of an attempt to create a new critical paradigm centered around diversity, or just some kind of high-functioning troll activity.”
“The political sensitivities of young critics these days are so finely tuned that it’s hard to know sometimes whether a protest is part of an attempt to create a new critical paradigm centered around diversity, or just some kind of high-functioning troll activity.”
Read the full article »Picturing Wim Wenders’ Borders And Open Roads
Picturing Wim Wenders’ Borders And Open Roads
Read the full article »Joanne Harris Tracks Loki From Icelandic Mythology To Present-Day Popularity
Joanne Harris Tracks Loki From Icelandic Mythology To Present-Day Popularity
Read the full article »What Peter Bradshaw Learned At Cannes: “Scoping”
What Peter Bradshaw Learned At Cannes: “Scoping”
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