Movie City News Archive for December, 2015
Is It Time Already For The First Terrence Malick-Knight Of Cups Thinkpiece?
“Malick seizes the ineluctable pertinence of the spiritual question for a noble conscience, amidst the abundance of cultural shards, and the progressive loss of meaning entailed by the lethargy of our assailed senses. This is an art that possesses the intelligence of myths-to-come, and which reactivates the value of Mystery.” Is It Time Already For…
Read the full article »Vittorio Storaro On His Latest Project With A Couple Of His Prep Collages
Vittorio Storaro On His Latest Project With A Couple Of His Prep Collages
Read the full article »Girish Shambu On The Apu Trilogy In Buffalo On The Big Screen
Girish Shambu On The Apu Trilogy In Buffalo On The Big Screen
Read the full article »Eric Hynes Defines An Era Of Film Production In Two Paragraphs
Eric Hynes Defines An Era Of Film Production In Two Sweet Paragraphs: “Don’t Fuck It Up”
Read the full article »Amy Kaufman On How Young Actors Deal With Sudden fame
Amy Kaufman On How Young Actors Deal With Sudden fame
Read the full article »Documentary Friends And Colleagues Remember Haskell Wexler
Documentary Friends And Colleagues Remember Haskell Wexler
Read the full article »Art Of The Title Credits 2015’s 10 Best Openers
Art Of The Title Credits 2015’s 10 Best Openers
Read the full article »Cinémathèque Française Dedicates A Floor To “Scorsese” Exhibition
Cinémathèque Française Dedicates A Floor To “Scorsese” Exhibition
Read the full article »The FT On Why The UK Must Stop Strangling The BBC
The FT On Why The UK Must Stop Strangling The BBC
Read the full article »Ian Fleming And The Golden Typewriter
Ian Fleming And The Golden Typewriter
Read the full article »For Force Awakens Score, John Williams Says He “Felt A Renewed Energy And A Vitality”
“I fell in love immediately with Daisy Ridley. She is just a superstar born.” For Force Awakens, John Williams Says He “Felt A Renewed Energy And A Vitality”
Read the full article »Hw’d Publicist And Awards Consultant Murray Weissman Was 90; Key Player In Miramax Oscar Campaigns, Other Clients Included Crash, “Hogan’s Heroes,” Judy Garland
Hw’d Publicist And Awards Consultant Murray Weissman Was 90; Key Player In Miramax Oscar Campaigns, Other Clients Included Crash, “Hogan’s Heroes,” Judy Garland
Read the full article »Ren Klyce On Designing The Sound Inside Inside Out
Ren Klyce On Designing The Sound Inside Inside Out
Read the full article »Justin Davidson On The Virtues Of 2015 Film Scores
Justin Davidson On The Virtues Of 2015 Film Scores
Read the full article »Matthew Hiltzik Dares The Force And Its Fans
“As a ‘rebooting,’ the term ubiquitously applied to The Force Awakens, it feels entirely market-oriented, the way the Tide logo gets periodically redesigned to look fresh or the trademark figures of Betty Crocker and the Gerber Foods baby are redrawn to stay ‘modern.’ But redesigning logos and brand icons is a technique drawn from Madison Avenue, not…
Read the full article »Mike Adamick Gets It
“No, Rey is not the perfect role model for little girls. She’s a role model for boys. Indeed, she’s the perfect role model for little boys, and a whole bunch of supposedly grown-ass men as well. She’s the role model they need. Frankly, she’s the role model our expanding universe of epic sexist bullshittery needs. And it’s about damn time,…
Read the full article »Producer Stacy Sher On Shooting Hateful Eight At Almost 10,000 Feet Above Sea Level
Producer Stacy Sher On Shooting Hateful Eight At Almost 10,000 Feet Above Sea Level
Read the full article »Donald Trump Reacts To Manchester Union Leader Publisher Comparing Him To “Biff” From Back To The Future
“He’s a real lowlife, there’s no question about it. He’s a very dishonest man.” Donald Trump Reacts To Manchester Union Leader Publisher Comparing Him To “Biff” From Back To The Future In Front Page Editorial
Read the full article »Brie Larson On Preparing For Room
“We haven’t yet got to the point where there’s an over-saturation of strong female characters. There’s only a couple of them that happen every year.” Brie Larson On Preparing For Room
Read the full article »Kevin Gosztola On Haskell Wexler’s Political Activism Until The End Of His Long Life
Kevin Gosztola On Haskell Wexler’s Political Activism Until The End Of His Long Life
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