Movie City News Archive for June, 2016
Viacom CEO Dauman Asks Judge For Immediate Mental Exam For Sumner Redstone
Viacom CEO Dauman Asks Judge For Immediate Mental Exam For Sumner Redstone
Read the full article »Los Angeles Times Mocks Director Peter Atencio’s Twitter Posts About Keanu’s Kitten-Centric Promtion, Embedding A Shitload Of Tweets But Making No Apparent Attempt To Contact Filmmaker
Los Angeles Times Mocks Director Peter Atencio’s Twitter Posts About Keanu’s Kitten-Centric Promtion, Embedding A Shitload Of Tweets But Making No Apparent Attempt To Contact Filmmaker
Read the full article »I Am The Colorist Of Terrence Malick
“Terry sometimes cuts the movie to the look of things — or even to the exposure — rather than directly to the story, because he’s looking for more of a feeling. With me doing the dailies, Terry could go in and start editing according to how things flow color-wise. So we were very conscious about it during…
Read the full article »Ramin Setoodeh Thinkpieces Three Reasons Independence Day Not Resurgent Stateside (Aside From Quality, Or Lack Thereof)
Ramin Setoodeh Thinkpieces Three Reasons Independence Day Not Resurgent Stateside (Aside From Quality, Or Lack Thereof)
Read the full article »“I didn’t really understand where I stood in relationship to the film, the story, Rupert Pupkin, and Jerry Langford, too, until I was in the process of making the film—the shooting, the editing. I don’t think I necessarily liked what I found.”
“I didn’t really understand where I stood in relationship to the film, the story, Rupert Pupkin, and Jerry Langford, too, until I was in the process of making the film—the shooting, the editing. I don’t think I necessarily liked what I found.”
Read the full article »“Stanley Kubrick” Joins Twitter
“Stanley Kubrick” Joins Twitter
Read the full article »Hw’d Shrink On Reacting To Being Fired From The Dream Factory
Hw’d Shrink On Reacting To Being Fired From The Dream Factory
Read the full article »StalkRoulette: Facebook Using Your Phone Location To Suggest New Friends Near You
StalkRoulette: Facebook Using Your Phone Location To Suggest New Friends Near You
Read the full article »Cover Story-ing Eva Green
“It is very paradoxical. I am so shy, and, at the same time, I expose myself literally to thousands of people. I don’t really understand why I do that. I need to go through therapy!” Cover Story-ing Eva Green
Read the full article »Stephen Galloway Argues H’wd Commits Hari-Kiri Once A Decade
“It used to be that success meant stability. Not any more. Today, even when you’re doing great, you’re not safe.” Stephen Galloway Argues H’wd Hari-Kiris Each Decade
Read the full article »Terence Davies Tells Steve Erickson About “Nostalgia Without Sentiment”
Terence Davies Tells Steve Erickson About “Nostalgia Without Sentiment”
Read the full article »Fat Polynesian God In Moana Prompts Preemptive Criticism
Fat Polynesian God In Moana Prompts Preemptive Criticism
Read the full article »Dog Eat Dog Screenwriter Matthew Wilder On “My Struggle With The Cannes Film Festival”
“What a perfect topsy-turvy relationship for the age of Trump: by making his most splattery, toxic, self-consciously wacky and absurdly punk-rock movie, Schrader assured that he would be received with the calmly respectful applause of an old master.” Dog Eat Dog Screenwriter Matthew Wilder On “My Struggle With The Cannes Film Festival”
Read the full article »Pride, Unprejudiced: The Look Of Silence
“The films avoid a kind of journalistic or historical account. They provide only enough information as required for the viewer to understand the next scene. The film doesn’t become a primer about Indonesian history. I think the films avoid being about Indonesia as such, by focusing on the perpetrator and the men around him in The Act of Killing, and one family in The Look of Silence. Instead of becoming smaller, they grow, because they could be your brothers.”
Read the full article »The Heavy-Duty Working Class Documentaries Of Michael Glawogger, Seen By Jonathan Kiefer
The Heavy-Duty Working Class Documentaries Of Michael Glawogger, Seen By Jonathan Kiefer
Read the full article »Brexit Could Convulse British Broadcasting, Including Forcible Relocation of Channel 4 To Birmingham
Brexit Could Convulse British Broadcasting, Including Forcible Relocation of Channel 4 To Birmingham
Read the full article »Chicago Tribune Architecture Critic Blair Kamin On George Lucas’ “Arrogance” And Hiding Behind Unpopular Mayor To Represent Him
Chicago Tribune Edit Board Finds Five Silver Linings To Vamoosing Of George Lucas’ Memorabilia Museum “Lucas himself was the man behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz — the unseen force pulling the levers, known to everyone but accountable to no one. He did not deign to speak to reporters. He denied their requests…
Read the full article »The Weekend Report
The story was Dory as the Blue Tang clan of Finding Dory boop boop ditem whatem an estimated $73.2 million in its second weekend. That was bad news for Independence Day: Resurgence that settled into second with $41.6 million. The session’s other two national openers saw upbeat results for The Shallows , churning $16.2 million, while Civil War lesson Free State of Jones struggled to $7.5 million.
Read the full article »New York Times Fashion Photographer Bill Cunningham Was 87
“To see a Bill Cunningham street spread was to see all of New York.” New York Times Fashion Photographer Bill Cunningham Was 87
Read the full article »Reviews: Free State of Jones and Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Free State of Jones harkens back to the Civil War era and its aftermath for an arcane and fascinating piece of time that eluded even Ken Burns. Set in Jones County, Mississippi, It centers on disaffected Southerners struggling through a war and a cause unrelated to their daily existence but nonetheless demanding sacrifice they find unduly oppressive.
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