Movie City News Archive for January, 2016
Former Exec David Kirkpatrick Joins The THR Chorus Of Oscar Voters
“For those in the Board of Governors who may not know who Gene Kelly was, he was a pathfinder in the American film musical. ‘I am not exactly hirable as a dancer or a director these days. My legs are shot,’ he said, with his legendary twinkle in his eye, ‘but I am still a…
Read the full article »Québec Actor Takes On The Revenant For Portrayal Of French-Canadian Fur Traders Known As Coureurs des Bois
“They were the ones who embraced their culture, who learned their language, who had children and married.” Québec Actor Takes On The Revenant For Portrayal Of French-Canadian Fur Traders
Read the full article »Eugene Hernandez On The Sundance Birth Of A Nation Moment
“On Sunday afternoon, at a reception hosted by the Academy at the Festival, filmmakers and insiders chatted with each other and questioned AMPAS reps about the new initiative.” Eugene Hernandez On The Sundance Birth Of A Nation Moment
Read the full article »Ira Deutchman, Anne Thompson And Sam Adams Talk Representation And Film Critics At Arthouse Convergence
“Having a social media presence: The critics who survived are the ones that created online numbers. [An editor at EW told me that] they moved out senior critics like Ken Tucker and Lisa Schwarzbaum not because of their expense, but because they didn’t have a social media presence.” Ira Deutchman, Anne Thompson And Sam Adams Talk…
Read the full article »Santa Barbara Film Festival Names All Five Best Director Nominees As Directors Of The Year
[PR] The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced today that Lenny Abrahamson, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Tom McCarthy, Adam McKay and George Miller will receive the 2016 Outstanding Directors of the Year award. They will each be celebrated individually for their films ROOM, THE REVENANT, SPOTLIGHT, THE BIG SHORT and MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, respectively. The individual…
Read the full article » 4 Comments »Universal Music Group Gets Behind Lee Daniels Apollo Theatre Doc
[PR] Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels (LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER, PRECIOUS and creator and producer of the Fox hit series EMPIRE) will direct the documentary feature film THE APOLLO THEATER FILM PROJECT – the authorized history of New York’s famed Apollo Theater, it was announced today by White Horse Pictures’ Nigel Sinclair and Jeanne Elfant Festa….
Read the full article »Cara Buckley Editorializes What Matters Is Representation Behind The Scenes, Not “The End Of The Sausage-Making Machine,” i.e., Oscar
“Few of the roughly 300 features eligible for best picture last year told stories from the points of view of women or minorities. Besides, we’ve been fed narratives from an overwhelmingly white male perspective since Hollywood began. Isn’t it high time for some alternate narratives, at the very least? Isn’t the purpose of art to…
Read the full article »The DVD Wrapup: Burnt, Assassin, New Girlfriend, Patels, Mr. Robot and more
As mouth-watering as Burnt is, I would discourage anyone from assuming that all foodie movies taste the same. The cranky-perfectionist conceit works better in Daniel Cohen’s Le Chef, Jon Favreau’s Chef, Lasse Hallström’s The Hundred-Foot Journey, Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci’s Big Night and Brittany Murphy’s largely undiscovered gem, The Ramen Girl. Also tempting are Mostly Martha and its Hollywood remake No Reservations, Woman on Top. Tampopo, Ratatouille, Julie and Julia and, of course, Babette’s Feast and Like Water for Chocolate.
Read the full article »Lou Lumenick Reports Employee Out Front Says Last Show Of Force Awakens Tonight Will Be Curtains For NYC’s Ziegfeld
Lumenick Reports Employee Out Front Says Last Show Of Force Awakens Tonight Will Be Curtains For NYC’s Ziegfeld
Read the full article »Mentor-Director-Oscar Voter Sam Weisman Joins THR Open-Letter Section
“Being a voting member of the Academy is an important way for me to affirm my life experience.” Mentor-Director-Oscar Voter Sam Weisman Joins THR Open-Letter Section
Read the full article »Jonathan Rosenbaum Four-Stars Son Of Saul
“Saul smiles, beatifically, out of the simple pleasure of seeing a living child.” Jonathan Rosenbaum Four-Stars Son Of Saul
Read the full article »President Obama Weighs In On Oscar
“I think when everybody’s story is told, then that makes for better art. That makes for better entertainment. It makes everybody feel part of one American family.” President Obama Weighs In On Oscar autoplay
Read the full article »Says Candidate Clinton
“Just think of the great films that not only display the diversity of America, but the diversity of the human experience.” Says Candidate Clinton
Read the full article »Murdoch Says Brit “Posh Boy” Politicos Cut Google An “Easy” Tax Deal
Murdoch Says Brit “Posh Boy” Politicos Cut Google An “Easy” Tax Deal
Read the full article »Jada Yuan Cherrypicks 17 Lowlights From Weiner
Jada Yuan Cherrypicks 17 Lowlights From Weiner
Read the full article »Is Streaming Beating Digital Pirates?
Is Streaming Beating Digital Pirates?
Read the full article »Why Aren’t Modern Movie Posters Any Good?
Why Aren’t Modern British Movie Posters Any Good?
Read the full article »Veteran Female Animator (And Oscar Voter) Open-Letters Academy
Veteran Female Animator (And Oscar Voter) Open-Letters Academy
Read the full article »Chang-Debruge-Lodge Approve Of Sundance 2016 Diversity
“The good news is that these movies somehow managed to get made in a system that so seldom entrusts anyone but white guys to tell its stories—though it should be said that even the white guys run into trouble when they try to color outside the lines.” Chang–Debruge–Lodge Approve Of Sundance 2016 Diversity
Read the full article »Hw’d, According To Stephanie Allain, Alan Yang And Justin Simien
“It’s also about critics: the male gaze on things, the white gaze on things. It’s about, ‘I value that which I understand and which I relate to.’ It’s really systemic. It’s throughout the culture.” Hw’d, According To Stephanie Allain, Alan Yang And Justin Simien
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