Movie City News Archive for May, 2017
Jeff Bewkes Says Trump Not Factor In Justice Approval Of AT&T-Time Warner Deal
Jeff Bewkes Says Trump Not Factor In Justice Approval Of AT&T-Time Warner Deal
Read the full article »Molly Lambert Connects Dots
“The racist alt-right’s clumsy embrace of Depeche Mode reminds me of the way that Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will and Olympia were reclaimed in the 1970s by clueless film-theory feminists who painted Riefenstahl’s contributions to the cinematic arts as undervalued due to her gender — when, in truth, she was just another monstrous opportunist…
Read the full article »“What Abolishing The NEA Will Mean For Women Artists”
“What Abolishing The NEA Will Mean For Women Artists”
Read the full article »Lebanon Repels Wonder Woman At Final Hour Over Casting Of Gal Gadot, With Her Service In Israeli Defense Force
Lebanon Repels Wonder Woman At Final Hour Over Casting Of Gal Gadot, With Her Service In Israeli Defense Force
Read the full article »Netflix Hastings Says The Streamer Will Start Axing Shows Because They’re Too Successful
“Our hit ratio is way too high. So, we’ve canceled very few shows. I’m always pushing the content team: We have to take more risk, you have to try more crazy things. Because we should have a higher cancel rate overall.” Netflix Hastings Says The Streamer Will Start Axing Shows Because They’re Too Successful; Intends…
Read the full article »Legendary Warner Publicist Joe Hyams Was 90: Key to Campaigns For Kubrick, Streisand, Truffaut, Redford, Fellini, Stone, Friedkin, And Until Mystic River, Eastwood
Legendary Warner Publicist Joe Hyams Was 90: Key to Campaigns For Kubrick, Streisand, Truffaut, Redford, Fellini, Stone, Friedkin, And Until Mystic River, Eastwood
Read the full article »Ray Pride On A Retrospective Of The “Electric Cool” Of Jean-Pierre Melville
Ray Pride On A Retrospective Of The “Electric Cool” Of Jean-Pierre Melville
Read the full article »NYObserver Fires 78-Year-Old Film Critic Rex Reed
“The shocking truth is that the Observer has been going down the drain financially for quite some time. The end of what was the remains of a once-vital and responsible New York paper came when [Jared Kushner] threw what was left of a great weekly paper under the bus and lost all interest in bringing it back to life…
Read the full article »World’s Oldest Underground Film Festival Turns 24 In Chicago This Week; A Few Words From Its Artistic Director
World’s Oldest Underground Film Festival Turns 24 In Chicago This Week; A Few Words From Its Artistic Director
Read the full article »“Bond Girl” Molly Peters Was 75
“Bond Girl” Molly Peters Was 75
Read the full article »An Oral History Of Radiohead’s “OK Computer, ” 20 Years On
An Oral History Of Radiohead’s “OK Computer, ” 20 Years On
Read the full article »The Reporter Tweets What It Really Thinks About Women Directing Studio Pictures
“#WonderWoman: Warner Bros. is gambling $150M with a filmmaker whose only prior big-screen credit was an $8M indie” The Reporter Tweets What It Really Thinks About Women Directing Studio Pictures
Read the full article »Adam Wingard Graduates To “Godzilla vs. Kong” Project
Earlier – “Adam Wingard, who made a name for himself with low-budget horror thrillers such as You’re Next and The Guest, is going big for his next movie. Monstrously big.”
Read the full article »Former Mega-Producer Andy Vajna On “Bringing Hw’d” To Troubled Hungary
Former Mega-Producer Andy Vajna On “Bringing Hw’d” To Troubled Hungary
Read the full article »Farrah Smith Nehme On Lubitsch Silent Masterpieces
Farrah Smith Nehme On Lubitsch Silent Masterpieces
Read the full article »Ebony Magazine Blocking Writers It Hasn’t Paid
Ebony Magazine Blocking Writers It Hasn’t Paid
Read the full article »NYTimes Kills Public Editor
NYTimes Kills Public Editor
Read the full article »Further Proceedings In Spinal Tap Vs H’wd
Further Proceedings In Spinal Tap Vs H’wd
Read the full article »Boston Globe Tightens Paywall
Boston Globe Tightens Paywall
Read the full article »Wonder Woman Banned In Lebanon
Wonder Woman Banned In Lebanon
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