Movie City News Archive for August, 2015
Alison Bechdel “Sheepish” Over “Bechdel Test”
Alison Bechdel “Sheepish” Over “Bechdel Test”
Read the full article »Sidebar Jury President Jonathan Demme To Receive Venice Visionary Award
Sidebar Jury President Jonathan Demme To Receive Venice Visionary Award
Read the full article »A UK Plea To Save Soho Sex And Smut
A UK Plea To Save Soho Sex And Smut
Read the full article »MacArthur Foundation Lists The 200-Plus Docs It’s Financed Across 30 Years
MacArthur Foundation Lists The 200-Plus Docs It’s Financed Across 30 Years
Read the full article »Ice-T Responds To Twitter Pestering Over An Episode Of “SVU”
Ice-T Responds To Twitter Pestering Over An Episode Of “SVU”
Read the full article »Quoted Jason Bailey Takes Deserved Whack At NYTMag “Creative Apocalypse” Piñata
“It’s an object lesson in the shortcomings of data-driven journalism, particularly in reporting the arts. These aren’t cattle futures or mortgage rates we’re talking about here—these industries aren’t about raw numbers, or average incomes, or total revenues. They’re about creative work produced by human beings.” Quoted Jason Bailey Takes Deserved Whack At NYTMag “Creative Apocalypse”…
Read the full article »When The Going Was Good: Daily Beast Derp-Sixes Comment Section
When The Going Was Good: Daily Beast Derp-Sixes Comment Section
Read the full article »“We have proof that diversity sells movies — so why can’t all of Hollywood catch up?”
“We have proof that diversity sells movies—so why can’t all of Hw’d catch up?”
Read the full article »Considering “Go Set A Watchman” As “Found Money”
Considering “Go Set A Watchman” As “Found Money”
Read the full article »Alex Ross Perry Argues Indie Filmmakers Can Afford Film
“In America, some money is better than no money.” Alex Ross Perry Argues Convincingly Why Indie Filmmakers Can Afford Film
Read the full article »Behind IFC’s “Documentary Now!” Spoofs
Behind IFC’s “Documentary Now!” Spoofs
Read the full article »Daniel Carlson Muses On Night Moves
Daniel Carlson Muses On Night Moves
Read the full article »Fall Fashion Is Starting To Look A Lot Like Wes Anderson
Fall Fashion Is Starting To Look A Lot Like Wes Anderson
Read the full article »David Hadju On The Economics And Esthetics Of Streaming Music
“The fact that Swift demurred at first with Apple Music, holding out for a better offer, sipping her drink, sitting sideways at the bar, shows only that she and streaming are truly made for each other.” David Hadju On The Economics And Esthetics Of Streaming Music
Read the full article »Antonioni’s Widow Says “He Was A Man You Could Never Quite Reach”
Antonioni’s Widow Says “He Was A Man You Could Never Quite Reach”
Read the full article »An Argument For The Sulzbergers To Offload The NYTimes
An Argument For The Sulzbergers To Offload The NYTimes
Read the full article »“As someone who never knew David Foster Wallace personally but to whom Wallace meant a great deal, I have no idea whether Lipsky’s account is truer to the real Wallace than Glenn Kenny’s. Maybe it isn’t; maybe it’s totally inauthentic. All I can say is that, watching the film, it felt authentic to me.”
“As someone who never knew David Foster Wallace personally but to whom Wallace meant a great deal, I have no idea whether Lipsky’s account is truer to the real Wallace than Glenn Kenny’s. Maybe it isn’t; maybe it’s totally inauthentic. All I can say is that, watching the film, it felt authentic to me.”
Read the full article »“The Culture Of What’s Buzzing” Website, Uproxx, Hires Editor Of The Dissolve
“The Culture Of What’s Buzzing” Website, Uproxx, Hires Editor Of The Dissolve
Read the full article »“Yeah, a long time ago Terry Malick wanted me to be in a movie, and I always wished… There’s another one of my many mistakes. They’re in the museum of mistakes! All the scripts I rejected!” Says Al Pacino
“Yeah, a long time ago Terry Malick wanted me to be in a movie, and I always wished… There’s another one of my many mistakes. They’re in the museum of mistakes! All the scripts I rejected!” Says Al Pacino
Read the full article »“No Escape has nothing to do with an actual place in Asia and everything to do with affirming a outsider view of the region as a hotbed of corruption and sex work, filled with people looking to either rip foreigners off or, given the opportunity, kill them.”
“No Escape has nothing to do with an actual place in Asia and everything to do with affirming a outsider view of the region as a hotbed of corruption and sex work, filled with people looking to either rip foreigners off or, given the opportunity, kill them.”
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