Movie City News Archive for January, 2017
Michael Phillips Talks About His Relationship With Ebert
Michael Phillips Talks About His Relationship With Ebert
Read the full article »Toronto Repertory Cinemas Get Feisty
“One of our friends said that going to the Royal back then felt like doing homework. It wasn’t fun. We wanted to reinvigorate it.” Toronto Repertory Cinemas Get Feisty
Read the full article »Kris Tapley On Lionsgate’s Diverse Approaches Promotion Each Of Their Oscar Nominated Movies
Kris Tapley On Lionsgate’s Diverse Approaches Promotion Each Of Their Oscar Nominated Movies
Read the full article »Fox Broadcasting Pioneer, Tinder Mogul Billionaire Barry Diller Takes Some Time Out To Trash Modern Media
“I really do think that right now, certainly advertisers and anyone who is involved in any part of the media really does have to question the results of the kind of decades, decades-long sleazy reality TV, radio talk show that goes so over the top, etcetera. I think it is worth thinking about that stuff…
Read the full article »In Brooklyn, The New Inquiry Will Serve Punch While Screening Clips From Movies With Nazis Getting Punched In The Face
In Brooklyn, The New Inquiry Will Serve Punch While Screening Clips From Movies With Nazis Getting Punched In The Face
Read the full article »Lola Landekic Credits Trainspotting At Art Of The Title
Lola Landekic Credits Trainspotting At Art Of The Title
Read the full article »Drew Barrymore Remains Dishy
“I’m a dirty hippie. I love patchouli; I just love it straight. Give me Venice Beach, 1982. I love cedar wood, too. I love woody accords — sandalwood, Nag Champa.” Drew Barrymore Remains Dishy About Beauty
Read the full article »Lunching With Orson Welles Taking A Big Bite Of Casablanca
Lunching With Orson Welles Taking A Big Bite Of Casablanca
Read the full article »Filmmaker Anna Broinowski On Being An Extra In A North Korean Propaganda Film
“You bowl, then turn with great joy to your husband, and say: ‘Strike!’” Filmmaker Anna Broinowski On Being An Extra In A North Korean Propaganda Film
Read the full article »Oscar-Winning Sound Engineer Richard Portman Was 82
Oscar-Winning Sound Engineer Richard Portman Was 82; Won For Deer Hunter; Worked On Star Wars, Nashville, The Godfather, Harold And Maude, Young Frankenstein, The Candidate, California Split, 3 Women, Carnal Knowledge, Body Heat; Also Taught Barry Jenkins
Read the full article »SXSW Announces Its First 125 Features For 2017
SXSW Announces Its First 125 Features For 2017
Read the full article »“There’s nothing wrong with seeing Donald Trump in every piece of art you come across (although it’s surely unpleasant), and I understand it may seem silly to suggest critics shouldn’t be telling people what movies to see. Isn’t that their job? But there’s a difference between recommending a film and prescribing it.”
“There’s nothing wrong with seeing Donald Trump in every piece of art you come across (although it’s surely unpleasant), and I understand it may seem silly to suggest critics shouldn’t be telling people what movies to see. Isn’t that their job? But there’s a difference between recommending a film and prescribing it.”
Read the full article »London Mayor Sadiq Khan Welcomes Filmmakers And Filmmaking Rejected By Trump
London Mayor Sadiq Khan Welcomes Filmmakers And Filmmaking Rejected By Trump
Read the full article »“The Jerry Maguire Video Store” Stocks Only Jerry Maguire, 14,000 Copies Of Jerry Maguire, Only On VHS
“The Jerry Maguire Video Store” Stocks Only Jerry Maguire, 14,000 Copies Of Jerry Maguire, Only On VHS
Read the full article »Jonathan Rosenbaum Reprints A 2009 Piece On Sátántangó That Béla Tarr Asked Him To Write For A Hungarian Newspaper On Its 15th Anniversary
Jonathan Rosenbaum Reprints A 2009 Piece On Sátántangó That Béla Tarr Asked Him To Write For A Hungarian Newspaper On Its 15th Anniversary
Read the full article »“Netflix is competing not so much with the established Hollywood infrastructure as with its real nemeses: Facebook, Apple, Google and others. There was a time not long ago when tech companies appeared to stay in their lanes, so to speak: Apple made computers; Google engineered search; Microsoft focused on office software. It was all genial enough that the CEO of one tech giant could sit on the board of another. These days, however, the major tech companies are competing viciously for the same thing: your attention.”
“Netflix is competing not so much with the established Hollywood infrastructure as with its real nemeses: Facebook, Apple, Google and others. There was a time not long ago when tech companies appeared to stay in their lanes, so to speak: Apple made computers; Google engineered search; Microsoft focused on office software. It was all genial…
Read the full article »Canada’s Last Record Store Chain Will Liquidate
Canada’s Last Record Store Chain Will Liquidate
Read the full article »Stephen Galloway Deifies Irving Thalberg, Craving A Latter-Day Successor
“Like Thalberg, they knew there was a bottom line; but like him, they were sometimes willing to defy it for the love of the movies.” Stephen Galloway Deifies Irving Thalberg, Craving A Latter-Day Successor
Read the full article »A24 Takes U. S.-China Rights For Yiddish-Language Menashe Out of Sundance
A24 Takes U. S.-China Rights For Yiddish-Language Menashe Out of Sundance
Read the full article »Latest Tommy O’Haver And Joe Swanberg Joints Direct To Netflix After SXSW Bow
Netflix original films Win It All, from filmmaker Joe Swanberg and starring Jake Johnson, Aislinn Derbez and Keegan-Michael Key, and The Most Hated Woman in America featuring Academy Award® winner Melissa Leo, Adam Scott and Juno Temple, will make their world premieres at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival in March before launching on Netflix. A true-crime biopic about the disappearance of Madalyn Murray O’Hair,…
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