Movie City News Archive for September, 2015
David Ehrlich Offers Warm Tongue Bath Of Praise For A24 Distribbery
“A24 has established itself as the film industry’s most forward-thinking company by releasing the kind of midsized, stylish, quality films that seemed on the verge of going extinct, transforming them into a collective theatrical experience, and aiming them squarely at a demographic that would rather watch movies on their phones.” David Ehrlich Offers Warm Tongue…
Read the full article »Michael Moore’s Latest Lands At New Shingle Headed By Tom Quinn-Jason Janego-Tim League
Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore announced this morning he’s chosen the distributor for his hotly-pursued new film WHERE TO INVADE NEXT — and ended up breaking some news in the process. RADiUS Founders and former Co-Presidents Tom Quinn and Jason Janego are teaming with Alamo Drafthouse Founder and CEO Tim League to form a new distribution label — and are…
Read the full article »New Wave Film Directors Seen As Comic Book Characters
New Wave Film Directors Seen As Comic Book Characters
Read the full article »Laura Poitras, Charlotte Cook And AJ Schnack On The “Field Of Vision” Doc Series
Laura Poitras, Charlotte Cook And AJ Schnack On The “Field Of Vision” Doc Series
Read the full article »Two Minutes Of New Scenes Grace New Edition Of Iron Giant
Two Minutes Of New Scenes Grace New Edition Of Iron Giant
Read the full article »“Lost Forever?” More From Cinematographer John Bailey On Movies Imperiled And Movies Saved
“Lost Forever?” More From Cinematographer John Bailey On Movies Imperiled And Movies Saved
Read the full article »Another Former BBC Exec Disses Broadcaster Toward, Gasp, Own Agenda
I’m a huge BBC fan but how often do I hear an estuary accent on Radio 4? It’s fighting for its life and needs to engage with millions of people just like the Goggleboxers. There should be a new dish in the BBC canteen–humble pie.” Another Former BBC Exec Disses Broadcaster Toward, Gasp, Own Agenda
Read the full article »Vivendi Building 10 Open-Air Theaters In Africa Under “CanalOlympia” Label
Vivendi Building 10 Open-Air Theaters In Africa Under “CanalOlympia” Label
Read the full article »YouTube Set To Paste Shopping Ads Atop Any Video It Can
YouTube Set To Paste Shopping Ads Atop Any Video It Can
Read the full article »Ben Sachs Looks Back On Dennis Hopper’s “Sad,” “Exhilarating” “Galvanic” Film Of “Raw Power,” Out Of The Blue
Ben Sachs Looks Back On Dennis Hopper’s “Sad,” “Exhilarating” “Galvanic” Film Of “Raw Power,” Out Of The Blue
Read the full article »“Sir Ridley Learned About Water On Mars Before We Did, But Not In Time To Change The Martian”
“Sir Ridley Learned About Water On Mars Before We Did, But Not In Time To Change The Martian“
Read the full article »John Cassidy On “The Financial Times And The Future Of Journalism”
John Cassidy On “The Financial Times And The Future Of Journalism”
Read the full article »Media Measurement Co’s Rentrak And ComScore To Merge
Media Measurement Co’s Rentrak And ComScore To Merge
Read the full article »A Report On The Walk Making 3D Viewers Nauseous Relies On A Single Tweet By Mark Harris
A Report On The Walk Making 3D Viewers Nauseous Relies On A Single Tweet By Mark Harris
Read the full article »A Full Transcript Of Brian Eno’s BBC John Peel Lecture On Culture, Pop And Not pdf download
“I’m going to make a quite narrow definition of culture. And I’m going to call culture the creative arts. But I’m going to make a very broad definition of what art is. And my definition is quite simply art is everything that you don’t have to do.” Full Transcript Of Brian Eno‘s BBC John Peel…
Read the full article »“Tiny Canadian” Ellen Page On This Historic Moment
“Tiny Canadian” Ellen Page On This Historic Moment
Read the full article »Eric Hynes And Dustin Guy Defa On His New Shepard Fairey Doc, God Is An Artist
“I’m not a control freak necessarily, but there’s direction to my direction when I’m making a movie. In this case I wasn’t in control. I was accepting that feeling and I was excited about the idea of not having control.” Eric Hynes And Dustin Guy Defa On His New Shepard Fairey Doc, God Is An…
Read the full article »Filmmaker Will Ross On The Vancouver Int’l Film Fest From A Local Perspective
“Vancouver is a service city, Transaction Town, and if you’ve got something to say, you ought to keep your head down unless it’s got dollars and cents at its center. I urge VIFF not to measure its homegrown talent on these terms.” Filmmaker Will Ross On The Vancouver Int’l Film Fest From A Local Perspective
Read the full article »Poitras-Schnack-Cook “Field Of Vision” Series Launches First Weekly Mini-Docs
Co-creators Laura Poitras, AJ Schnack and Charlotte Cook are proud to announce their launch today of Field of Vision, a new, filmmaker-driven documentary unit that will commission and create forty to fifty original episodic and individual short-form nonfiction films each year, pairing filmmakers with developing and ongoing stories around the globe. The program of commissioned short-form documentaries…
Read the full article »As Privatization Continues Apace, Britain’s Channel 4 Chairman To Step Away
As Privatization Continues Apace, Britain’s Channel 4 Chairman To Step Away
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