Movie City News Archive for April, 2017
Bilge Ebiri’s Swell Reminiscence Of Jonathan Demme
“With the death of Demme, American cinema loses one of its greatest humanists. His work didn’t simply glow with a generosity of spirit. You got the sense that he understood people — that he understood us. He was a kind of secret-sharer, a creator of cinematic worlds where anything was possible and anything could be…
Read the full article »Kathryn Bigelow On Her Elephant Conservation VR Film
Kathryn Bigelow On Her Elephant Conservation VR Film
Read the full article »Words From The Internet “Troll” With The White House Press Credentials
“To get younger audiences interested in the actual news, you have to play that up. Half of what I do — well, on social media specifically — is fucking with people.” Words From The Internet “Troll” With The White House Press Credentials
Read the full article »Laura Poitras’ Risk Gets Additional Edits On Evolving Story Up To May 5 Release
Laura Poitras’ Risk Gets Additional Edits On Evolving Story Up To May 5 Release
Read the full article »George Miller Says Next Two Mad Max Scripts Are Ready
George Miller Says Next Two Mad Max Scripts Are Ready
Read the full article »Performance Art Impresario Vito Acconci Was 77
Performance Art Impresario Vito Acconci Was 77
Read the full article »Did Falling Down, Filmed During L. A. Riots 25 Years Ago, Predict The Fox News Reign?
Did Falling Down, Filmed During L. A. Riots 25 Years Ago, Predict Fox News Reign?
Read the full article »The DVD Wrapup: Girl With All the Gifts, Girl From Brothel, Underworld V, Detour, Catfight, We Are X, Borowczyk, Three Brothers and more
The more I learn about the business of distributing DVDs, Blu-ray and VOD, the less sense key business decisions make. Take, for example, Colm McCarthy and writer Mike Carey’s very representative horror flick The Girl With All the Gifts. Apart from being extremely well made and unusually thought-provoking, it features a performance by Glenn Close that almost has to be seen to be believed. Looking a bit like her cross-dressing butler Albert Nobbs – for which she won an Obie and received an Oscar nominated – but with an authoritative bearing not unlike her Nova Prime, in Guardians of the Galaxy, Close plays Dr. Caroline Caldwell, a no-nonsense biologist determined to find a vaccine for a zombie plague. The novelty of such casting, alone, would appear to be sufficient cause for an arthouse release. After debuting at last year’s Locarno, Stuttgart Fantasy Film and Toronto festivals – where it received excellent reviews — The Girl With All the Gifts was accorded little more than an Internet premiere, in January. Then, apparently, no one could figure out what to do with the darn thing,
Read the full article »Tribeca Announces Jury Nods
[PR] New York, NY – The 16th Tribeca Film Festival announced the winners of its competition categories at the awards ceremony tonight at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Top awards went to Keep the Change for Best U.S. Narrative, Son of Sofia for Best International Narrative, and Bobbi Jene for Best Documentary. The Festival, presented by…
Read the full article »Universal Home Entertainment Launches Get Out Video With Garden Party, Inviting BFCA And HFPA Members
Universal Home Entertainment Launches Get Out Video With Garden Party, Inviting BFCA And HFPA Members
Read the full article »Jada Yuan Visits With Elisabeth Moss
“When they were both in Los Angeles for the Emmys, Moss found a note scribbled on a napkin and slipped under her hotel door: “I have it saved. It says, ‘Room No. 1209. TOTL 2? Love, Jane.’” Jada Yuan Visits With Elisabeth Moss
Read the full article »“Damien Chazelle is attached to helm ‘The Eddy,’ a musical drama set in contemporary multicultural Paris that revolves around a club, its owner, the house band and the volatile city that surrounds them.”
“Damien Chazelle is attached to helm ‘The Eddy,’ a musical drama series set in contemporary multicultural Paris that revolves around a club, its owner, the house band and the volatile city that surrounds them.”
Read the full article »Anne Thompson Sees A24 Chasing The Oldies
“They are low-key, organic, humble, small, not flashy, honest, and earnest. They are nice people who really love films. They don’t have the arrogance.” Anne Thompson Sees A24 Chasing The Oldies
Read the full article »Val Kilmer Does An AMA
“Imagine being able to say, “Al and Bob” for the rest of your life. Not many people can do that. I have seen Bob, giggling like a school girl in a van in the middle of the night, because we have to be quiet cause they are filming outside… I have been hugged by Al…
Read the full article »Cannes Adds Films By Barbet Schroeder, Polanski, Ruben Östlund
Cannes Adds Films By Barbet Schroeder, Polanski, Ruben Östlund
Read the full article »William Gibson Reimagines The World After The 2016 Election
“Every imaginary future ever written is about the time it was written in. People talk about science fiction’s predictive possibilities, but that’s a byproduct. It’s all really about now.” William Gibson Reimagines The World After The 2016 Election
Read the full article »20-Year Austin Powers Oral History Can Now Reveal Mike Myers Would Like To Work Again, Perhaps Donning The Shite Teeth Once More
20-Year Austin Powers Oral History Can Now Reveal Mike Myers Would Like To Work Again, Perhaps Donning The Shite Teeth Once More
Read the full article »Slaying Bill O’Reilly: The New York Times Reporter Who Took Down Fox News’ Star
Slaying Bill O’Reilly: The New York Times Reporter Who Took Down Fox News’ Star
Read the full article »Chris Heath On “The Love And Terror Of Nick Cave”
Chris Heath On “The Love And Terror Of Nick Cave”
Read the full article »Lewis Black On His Friend Jonathan Demme
“You can have a deep affection for your characters, you can feel that they have a future. Tomorrow has the possibility of being as good or even better than today. In their lives there is always the possibility as well as the reality of things getting better. There are, however, many other options for what…
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