Movie City News Archive for February, 2017
Moonlight Brightens 1,500 Screens This Weekend
Moonlight Brightens 1,500 Screens This Weekend
Read the full article »Random House Buys Memoirs From Both Obamas
Penguin Random House Buys Memoirs From Both Obamas
Read the full article »Warren Beatty Wants Cheryl Boone Isaacs To Speak Up
Warren Beatty Wants Cheryl Boone Isaacs To Speak Up
Read the full article »Five Suitors For Time Inc.
Five Suitors For Time Inc.
Read the full article »Kim Masters Considers Beatty From Journalistic Experience
“Unlikely as it is, I find myself rising to defend Warren Beatty.” Kim Masters Considers Beatty’s Perplex From Journalistic Experience
Read the full article »Read Eric Vespe’s Unpublished 2013 Two-Hour Interview With Bill Paxton, Cinephile
Read Eric Vespe‘s Unpublished 2013 Two-Hour Interview With Bill Paxton, Cinephile
Read the full article »Canadian Filmmaker Bruce LaBruce On His Latest Provocation
For independent cinema there’s no limits except the law. So if you explore certain taboos then it’s a question of legality and morality, depending on where your moral compass leads you. I am trying to make films about provocative subjects but get larger budgets for them, but that’s when you start to realize how deeply…
Read the full article »Why Asghar Farhadi Sent Two Scientists To Accept Oscar
“As I said last night, once you go away from the Earth and look back at the Earth, you see no borders, no lines separating countries. It is one, whole, beautiful unit.” Why Asghar Farhadi Sent Two Iranian Scientists To Accept Oscar And – Jafar Panahi On Farhadi’s Win
Read the full article »Indian Film Censors Hard At Work
Indian Film Censors Hard At Work
Read the full article »On Sunday Night’s Oscar Fracas As Vindication Of Marisa Tomei’s Win
“Sunday’s madness offers a sweet measure of vindication for Marisa Tomei: It demonstrated that, in the case of a miscalled name, show officials are ready and willing to rush out and correct it — no matter how much embarrassment or humiliation might ensue.”
Read the full article »On Jimmy Kimmel’s Casual Racism At Oscar
“The problem is that unfamiliarity is the punchline. Not Kimmel’s unfamiliarity due to ignorance, mind you, but rather the perceived abnormality or exoticism of the names in question, a perspective that is comes from a limited, geo-centric worldview wherein any name that doesn’t fit America’s Amy/Patrick/Jimmy canon is worthy of derision.” On Jimmy Kimmel’s Casual…
Read the full article »Zoë Kravitz Says H’wd Still Has A Race Problem
Zoë Kravitz Says H’wd Still Has A Race Problem
Read the full article »Warren Beatty On His Life Before Sunday Night
Warren Beatty On His Life Before Sunday Night
Read the full article »Pakistanis Astir; Mahershala Ali’s Faith Not Considered Muslim
“Adherents of the Ahmadiyya faith—Ahmadis—cannot practice it without facing legal prosecution or the wrath of a vigilante mob.” Pakistanis Astir; Mahershala Ali’s Faith Not Considered Muslim
Read the full article »Jimmy Kimmel’s “Gary From Chicago” Found Religion And Fiancée After 20 Years Serving Sentence
Jimmy Kimmel’s “Gary From Chicago” Found Religion And Fiancée After 20 Years Serving Sentence
Read the full article »The Academy Statement About PwC Best Picture Failure
“We have spent last night and today investigating the circumstances, and will determine what actions are appropriate going forward. We are unwaveringly committed to upholding the integrity of the Oscars and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.” The Academy Statement About PwC Best Picture Failure
Read the full article »Four great success lessons from the spectacular Oscars disaster
“Straight talk is a strong way for both managers and employees to handle a crisis. Radical transparency strengthens teams and confers authority on the managers who use it.” “Four Great Success Lessons From The Spectacular Oscars Disaster”
Read the full article »Mark Evanier On The Year Laurence Olivier Nearly Had A Warren Beatty Moment
Mark Evanier On The Year Laurence Olivier Nearly Had A Warren Beatty Moment
Read the full article »Jeffrey Fleishman’s Bristling Backstage Oscar Tick-Tock
“He in sleek tux, she resplendent in white gown, they took the stage. The night was nearly done, a touch of class for the final prize. No one saw or anticipated the iceberg.” Jeffrey Fleishman‘s Bristling Backstage Oscar Tick-Tock
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