Movie City News Archive for September, 2016
James Ellroy On Curtis Hanson
“He was a voyeur, he was a camera.” James Ellroy On Curtis Hanson
Read the full article »Pride, Unprejudiced: DEKALOG, THE NEON DEMON, CITY OF GOLD
Made for Polish television for 1988 broadcast, the ten short films of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s glorious masterpiece, Dekalog, are loosely based on the ten commandments, loosely enough that the then-47-year-old filmmaker resisted identifying which installment was based on which commandment
Read the full article »Ewan McGregor On Directing American Pastoral And Working With Danny Boyle Again
Ewan McGregor On Directing American Pastoral And Working With Danny Boyle Again
Read the full article »Mekado Murphy On The Box Office Power Of Denzel Washington
Mekado Murphy On The Box Office Power Of Denzel Washington
Read the full article »Paul Verhoeven And Adam Nayman Talk Elle
Paul Verhoeven And Adam Nayman Talk Elle
Read the full article »“We Tell Ourselves Franchises In Order To Live,” By Dan Schoenbrun
“We Tell Ourselves Franchises In Order To Live,” By Dan Schoenbrun
Read the full article »At IFP Film Week, A Good Give-And-Take On Whether Filmmakers Should Shoot On 16mm
At IFP Film Week, A Good Give-And-Take On Whether Filmmakers Should Shoot On 16mm
Read the full article »AMC Says It’s All Reserved Seating At Its 400 Locations “In The Medium-Term Future”
AMC Says It’s All Reserved Seating At Its 400 Locations “In The Medium-Term Future”
Read the full article »Disney May Have Taste For Twitter
Disney May Have Taste For Twitter
Read the full article »Yoga Gives Back Gives David Lynch 2016 Namaste Award
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Read the full article » 1 Comment »Brit Director Amma Asante Says Film Industry Has “Misguided Distrust” Of Female Filmmakers
Brit Director Amma Asante Says Film Industry Has “Misguided Distrust” Of Female Filmmakers
Read the full article »Writes Anne Thompson
“This year’s film slate will inevitably yield an Oscars Less White.” Writes Anne Thompson
Read the full article »John Boorman, Bored With Prospect Of Writing A Filmmaking Text At 83, Writes His Lessons As A Novel Instead
John Boorman, Bored With Prospect Of Writing A Filmmaking Text At 83, Writes His Lessons As A Novel Instead
Read the full article »Herschell Gordon Lewis, 87, “Godfather Of Gore” Also Noted For Expertise In Copywriting, Direct Mail Marketing
“Cahiers du Cinema called you ‘a subject for further research.’” “That’s what they say about cancer!” Herschell Gordon Lewis, 87, “Godfather Of Gore” Also Noted For Expertise In Copywriting, Direct Mail Marketing
Read the full article »Eric Hynes On How Today’s Nonfiction Filmmaking Resembles 1960s “New Journalism”
A Major, Personal Piece By Eric Hynes On How Today’s Nonfiction Filmmaking Resembles 1960s “New Journalism”
Read the full article »Jesse Green On Years Of Interviewing Edward Albee
“Albee said that theater had a responsibility to hold up a mirror to humanity, not to explain it. Anyway, explaining was a bore, and another of the theater’s responsibilities, he said, was to entertain.” Jesse Green On Years Of Interviewing Edward Albee
Read the full article »“It takes two years to make a movie, two hours to watch one, and two minutes to demolish it. That’s the fundamental indecency of criticism. I’m sympathetic to Cianfrance and to any filmmaker whose work gets bad reviews, even if the work isn’t good; they’re people.”
“It takes two years to make a movie, two hours to watch one, and two minutes to demolish it. That’s the fundamental indecency of criticism. I’m sympathetic to Derek Cianfrance and to any filmmaker whose work gets bad reviews, even if the work isn’t good; they’re people.”
Read the full article »Rob Meurer, 65, Songwriter Who Worked With Christopher Cross
Rob Meurer, 65, Songwriter Who Worked With Christopher Cross
Read the full article »Lionsgate Could Make More Twilight
Lionsgate Could Make More Twilight
Read the full article »Director Brenda Chapman On Life After Pixar
Director Brenda Chapman On Life After Pixar
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