Movie City News Archive for February, 2016
Responding To THR’s Anonymity-Wielding “Brutally Honest” Series, Oscilloscope Laboratories’ Daniel Berger Tells Oscar Voters, “Just Watch The Fucking Pictures”
Responding To THR’s Anonymity-Wielding “Brutally Honest” Series, Oscilloscope Laboratories’ Daniel Berger Tells Oscar Voters, “Just Watch The Fucking Pictures”
Read the full article »The Academy Insures That Oscar Remains “Priceless”
The Academy Insures That Oscar Remains “Priceless”
Read the full article »Ridley Scott And Carrie Fisher Talk AI For IBM
Ridley Scott And Carrie Fisher Talk AI For IBM
Read the full article »A Look At The Unappreciated Work Of Bollywood’s Script Supervisors
A Look At The Unappreciated Work Of Bollywood’s Script Supervisors
Read the full article »Hannibal Buress Hosts Flint, Michigan Benefit On Oscar Night With Ryan Coogler And Ava DuVernay
Hannibal Buress Hosts Flint, Michigan Benefit On Oscar Night With Ryan Coogler And Ava DuVernay
Read the full article »“I’m more concerned with the people who are making movies, the people who have access to resources, and funds, and distribution deals to make movies. I think that’s where my focus on diversity really is, not with the Academy. The Academy may or may not recognize your film—whether you’re black, white, Asian, Native American. It’s more, where can we get funding for these stories of color and where can they be distributed?”
“I’m more concerned with the people who are making movies, the people who have access to resources, and funds, and distribution deals to make movies. I think that’s where my focus on diversity really is, not with the Academy. The Academy may or may not recognize your film—whether you’re black, white, Asian, Native American. It’s more,…
Read the full article »Danish Filmmaker Tobias Lindholm On A War And War Crimes In The 21st Century
Danish Filmmaker Tobias Lindholm On A War And War Crimes In The 21st Century
Read the full article »Robbie Collin Has A Fresh, If To-Be-Expected Unrevealing Chat With Coens
Robbie Collin Has A Fresh, If To-Be-Expected Unrevealing Chat With Coens
Read the full article »Remembering The Tragic Life Of The Killing Fields’ Haing Ngor, First Asian Supporting Actor Oscar Winner
Remembering The Tragic Life Of The Killing Fields‘ Haing Ngor, First Asian Supporting Actor Oscar Winner
Read the full article »Crouching Tiger Sequel-In-Name Debuts At AMC Jersey Gardens IMAX In Elizabeth, NJ
Crouching Tiger Sequel-In-Name Debuts At AMC Jersey Gardens IMAX In Elizabeth, NJ And – “From my Miramax era until now, I’ve released about 200 hundred Chinese films, including many of Master Yuen’s classics.”
Read the full article »Michael Moore Goes North Of The 49th To Tell Peter Howell The U. S. Is A Nation Of “Scaredy-Cats”
Michael Moore Goes North Of The 49th To Tell Peter Howell The U. S. Is A Nation Of “Scaredy-Cats”
Read the full article »The Economist Twiddles Up A Chart On How To Craft A Hw’d Blockbuster
The Economist Twiddles Up A Chart On How To Craft A Hw’d Blockbuster
Read the full article »Room’s Anna Donoghue On Adaptation And Discovering Actors
Room’s Anna Donoghue On Adaptation And Discovering Actors
Read the full article »Robert Polito On Editing The Collected Manny Farber
Robert Polito On Editing The Collected Manny Farber
Read the full article »Affable Canadian Filmmaker Martin Lavut Was 81
Affable Canadian Filmmaker Martin Lavut Was 81
Read the full article »A Look At The Creative Output Of Anne-Marie Miéville, Godard’s Partner And Collaborator For Forty Years
A Look At The Creative Output Of Anne-Marie Miéville, Godard’s Partner And Collaborator For Forty Years
Read the full article »Actor Tony Burton, 78, Rocky’s Cornerman, Also In The Shining; Central To Assault On Precinct 13
Actor Tony Burton, 78, Rocky‘s Cornerman, Also In The Shining; Central To Assault On Precinct 13
Read the full article »Friday Box Office Estimates
To the surprise of no one, Deadpool kills it for a third weekend. Newcomer Gods of Egypt won’t get close to $15m, while Triple 9 would be happy to get to triple 6 with 4 zeros. And feel-good movie Eddie the Eagle is going to need to spread its wings over time if it isn’t going to be grounded.
Read the full article »Media-Starved Iceland Still Only 106th Of 184 Nations In Netflix Libraries
Media-Starved Iceland Still Only 106th Of 184 Nations In Netflix Libraries
Read the full article »French Cesars Headed By Fatima; Arnaud Desplechin For Best Director
French Cesars Headed By Fatima; Arnaud Desplechin For Best Director
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