Movie City News Archive for July, 2015
Desmond Tutu On The Look Of Silence
Desmond Tutu On The Look Of Silence
Read the full article »Waxman On The Wane Of Relativity, The Little Studio That Didn’t
Waxman On The Wane Of Relativity, The Little Studio That Didn’t
Read the full article »Adjusted World-Wide Grosses Based On Estimated China Rental
In the last 2 years – so far… more to come – there are seven films that have grossed $100m or more of their worldwide total in China. Prior to 2014, it happened 3 times.
Here is a very rough estimation based on the Chinese gross returning 45% (or less) of what theatrical runs in other countries would return to distributors.
Read the full article » 5 Comments »Alicia Van Couvering And James Ponsoldt On The End Of The Tour
Alicia Van Couvering And James Ponsoldt On The End Of The Tour
Read the full article »Rumorings: Peter Travers Out At Rolling Stone
“No shouting matches, slammed doors or threats of lawyers, just the mundane details of negotiating an agreement.” Reports Peter Travers
Read the full article »Traverse City Premieres Matthew Modine-Produced Doc About The Impact Of Fox News, “The Brainwashing Of My Dad”
Traverse City Premieres Matthew Modine-Produced Doc About The Impact Of Fox News, The Brainwashing Of My Dad
Read the full article »26 Weeks To Oscar: Resetting The Field For The Very First Time
It’s early in the awards season… movies come and go. Where do things lay for the Best Picture competitors after Toronto announced its line-up this week?
Read the full article » 3 Comments »Weinstein COO Glasser Moves On After 7 Years
Weinstein COO Glasser Moves On After 7 Years
Read the full article »Natural Born Killers Co-Producer Jane Hamsher Hands Her Politics Website On To A New Generation
Natural Born Killers Co-Producer Jane Hamsher Hands Her Politics Website On To A New Generation
Read the full article »“Media goodbyes must be the equivalent of root canals for readers. The sentimentality. The faux humility. The ego. Somewhere, someone has to stop it. But it won’t be me.”
“Media goodbyes must be the equivalent of root canals for readers. The sentimentality. The faux humility. The ego. Somewhere, someone has to stop it. But it won’t be me.”
Read the full article »Eric Hynes Makes It Reel With Listen To Me Marlon
Eric Hynes Makes It Reel With Listen To Me Marlon
Read the full article »KINO LORBER ACQUIRES ALL NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO MIGUEL GOMES’ CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED “ARABIAN NIGHTS” TRILOGY
ALL THREE FILMS TO OPEN AT THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER STARTING DECEMBER 4 New York, NY – July 30, 2015 – Kino Lorber is proud to announce the acquisition of all North American rights to Miguel Gomes’ ARABIAN NIGHTS, a critically acclaimed and visionary six-hour trilogy about social and economic woes in…
Read the full article »John Green On “Cara Delevingne, Press Junketry And Me”
“At one point between interviews, I said to Nat, “I can’t remember if I even like Cheetos.” And he said, “That’s okay, man. I can’t remember if your understanding of the story was vital to us.” John Green On “Cara Delevingne, Press Junketry And Me”
Read the full article »Ben Slater Remembers Producer-Fixer Pierre Cottrell
“Cottrell went off to America (when he was 18!) , a self-imposed exile after he was threatened with a gun by another Cahiers writer and would-be film-maker, Jean Eustache.” Ben Slater Remembers Producer-Fixer-“Subtitlist” Pierre Cottrell And – The Appreciative Liberation Obit en français
Read the full article »Comcast NBCUniversal Reported Set To Invest $250 Million In BuzzFeed, As Well As VoxMedia
Comcast NBCUniversal Reported Set To Invest $250 Million In BuzzFeed, As Well As VoxMedia
Read the full article »James Woods Sues Anonymous Twitter User For $10 Million
James Woods Sues Anonymous Twitter User For $10 Million
Read the full article »Netflix Plans For Beasts Of No Nation Suggests “Hybrid” Theatrical Distribution Still Hazy
Netflix Plans For Beasts Of No Nation Suggests “Hybrid” Theatrical Distribution Still Hazy
Read the full article »Kenneth Turan On The UCLA Retrospective Of Pioneering Director Dorothy Arzner
Kenneth Turan On The UCLA Retrospective Of Pioneering Director Dorothy Arzner
Read the full article »Mark Olsen On The “Nonjudgmental” Diary Of A Teenage Girl
Mark Olsen On The “Nonjudgmental” Diary Of A Teenage Girl
Read the full article »“I was there at the Inception of Christopher Nolan’s film career”
“I was there at the Inception of Christopher Nolan’s film career”
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