Movie City News Archive for January, 2016
John August Calculates That 86 Of The 100 All-Time Worldwide Top-Grossing Movies Are Part Of A Franchise
John August Calculates That 86 Of The 100 All-Time Worldwide Top-Grossing Movies Are Part Of A Franchise
Read the full article »Spotlight Prompts More Victims To Come Forward
Spotlight Prompts More Victims To Come Forward
Read the full article »Craig Keller On The Death Of Jacques Rivette
Craig Keller On The Death Of Jacques Rivette
Read the full article »A. O. Scott Previews His Forthcoming “Better Living Through Criticism”
“If the academy is out of touch, what does that make me? A dinosaur. A stagecoach driver in the age of Uber. An old man yelling at a cloud.” A. O. Scott Previews His Forthcoming “Better Living Through Criticism”
Read the full article »Colin Treverrow Hopes To Shoot Part Of Star Wars IX In Space
Colin Treverrow Hopes To Shoot Part Of Star Wars IX In Space
Read the full article »Bilge Ebiri Salutes Sundance’s Little Men
“Ira Sachs has become the quintessential auteur of today’s New York–the one of class inequality, and of relationships transformed by the changing city around them.” Bilge Ebiri Salutes Sundance’s Little Men
Read the full article »Michael Koresky On Nonfiction Sophistication At Sundance, With Cameraperson And Kate Plays Christine
Michael Koresky On Nonfiction Sophistication At Sundance, With Cameraperson And Kate Plays Christine
Read the full article »Director Tim Miller On The Rebirth Of Foul-Mouthed, Jokey Deadpool
Director Tim Miller On The Rebirth Of Foul-Mouthed, Pansexual, Sarcastic Deadpool
Read the full article »Ed Lachman Expands On The Lush, Loving Look Of Carol
Ed Lachman Expands On The Lush, Loving Look Of Carol
Read the full article »Werner Herzog In The Modern World
“The internet I do use, mostly email, and it’s a fine instrument. Those who read gain the world, and those who are too much on the internet lose it.” Werner Herzog In The Modern World
Read the full article »What Happened Miss Simone’s Liz Garbus On Playing “First Boss”
What Happened Miss Simone‘s Liz Garbus On Playing “First Boss”
Read the full article »Tony Rayns Open-Letters For Sustaining The Work Of Busan International Film Festival Director Lee Yongkwan
Tony Rayns Open-Letters For Sustaining The Work Of Busan International Film Festival Director Lee Yongkwan
Read the full article »Mo’Nique On Oscar
“’You will have to fly Mo’Nique and her team out and you would have to pay for her team—for hair and makeup and wardrobe—because that’s a night where there’s a lot of picture-taking and it’s TV.’ And they said, ‘That’s not something that we do. We don’t fly anyone in and pay for anyone and…
Read the full article »Zoe Kazan’s “Useful Lessons I Have Learned From Having Screenwriters For Parents”
“Notes may seem stupid. It is your job to look past their bad solution to the problem they are responding to–and come up with a better solution.” Zoe Kazan’s “Useful Lessons I Have Learned From Having Screenwriters For Parents”
Read the full article »Canny Alliance: Amazon Studios Sundance Buy, Gleason, To Be Distributed By Open Road (Owned By Two Of The Largest Theater Chains)
Canny Alliance: Amazon Studios Sundance Buy, Gleason, To Be Distributed Theatrically Via Open Road (Owned By Two Of The Largest Chains)
Read the full article »Democratic Political Operative Donna Brazile Has An Oscar Campaign
“Baseball and football have taken proactive steps to solve the problem and have made significant progress. The Academy has now embarked on a path that will hopefully also produce positive results with enough effort and intent.” Democratic Political Operative Donna Brazile Has An Oscar Campaign Written In Deadly Politic-ese
Read the full article »Sony Classics Adopts John Krasinski Sundance Pic
[PR] NEW YORK (January 29, 2016) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all rights in the US and Asia to John Krasinski’s THE HOLLARS. Directed by Krasinski (BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN) with a script from Jim Strouse (PEOPLE PLACES THINGS), the film is premiering tonight at the Sundance Film Festival….
Read the full article »“MAD MAX: FURY ROAD,” “THE BIG SHORT” AND “INSIDE OUT” WIN BIG AT THE 66TH ANNUAL ACE EDDIE AWARDS RECOGNIZING THE BEST FILM EDITING OF THE YEAR
Beverly Hills, January 29 – “Mad Max: Fury Road” (edited by Margaret Sixel) and “The Big Short” (edited by Hank Corwin, ACE) won Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy) respectively at the 66th Annual ACE Eddie Awards tonight where trophies were handed out recognizing the best editing of 2015 in ten…
Read the full article »Friday Box Office Estimates
Easily the softest launch for a Kung Fu Panda movie… but also the first non-summer release in the series and the first encumbered by a lot of TV/streaming programming around the characters. Po will not save DWA… nor will he sink it. (And $600m overseas – which is possible – could make it a big round hit, regardless of the U.S.) The Finest Hours is the second reminder (after 13 Hours) that the January Warrior niche is not a lock at the box office. That audience is there, waiting… but like the faith audience, you need to hit them just right. And no one was much interested in Fifty Shades of Black… a parody of a parody. This is the softest open for a Wayans (any Wayans) movie in a long time.
Read the full article »Universal Takes Michael Shannon Erotic Thriller Frank And Lola For $2 Million
Universal Takes Michael Shannon Erotic Thriller Frank And Lola For $2 Million
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