Movie City News Archive for July, 2017
UK Sunday Times Fires Columnist For Antisemitic Column; Misogyny Gets Tacit Nod
“As the editor of the Ireland edition I take full responsibility for this error of judgment. This newspaper abhors anti-Semitism and did not intend to cause offense to Jewish people.” “Jews are not generally noted for their insistence on selling their talent for the lowest possible price, which is the most useful measure there is…
Read the full article »The Mary Sue Sort Of Embraces Edgar Wright But Hates His Women, Of Which There May Be Too Few
“REALLY?! Girl. GUUUUUUUURL. Wake up and smell the Bad For You. She is what seems to be every man’s fantasy. The beautiful woman who will drop everything to follow him around with sex and comfort as he leads his life and follows his dreams.” Get Yer Hottakes Here The Mary Sue Sort Of Embraces Edgar Wright But Hates His…
Read the full article »San Francisco Shuttering Another Arthouse, The Four-Screen Opera Plaza
San Francisco Shuttering Another Arthouse, The Four-Screen Opera Plaza
Read the full article »Mike Leigh Goes Pre-Industrial With Peterloo
Mike Leigh Goes Pre-Industrial With Peterloo
Read the full article »Ben Phelps On How Venture Capitalists Sway Modern Music
“The debate over free music and royalties and streaming music can quickly get bogged down in entrenched, passionate arguments over ‘information wanting to be free’ – which I guess is true but is kind of an abstract metaphysical argument; who cares what information wants, I care about people – so it’s worth clarifying just exactly…
Read the full article »Henry Blodget Says We’re “Deeply Underestimating How Big Digital Media Can Be” In The Next Decade”
Henry Blodget Says We’re “Deeply Underestimating How Big Digital Media Can Be” In The Next Decade”
Read the full article »Ben Lerner Introduces “Chris Marker: Studio”
Ben Lerner Introduces “Chris Marker: Studio”
Read the full article »“It’s a Trojan Horse effect. The studio has been very supportive of Baby Driver, but the general sense is that with the more original, cutting-edge, idiosyncratic things in the film they’re like, “That’s all great, but can we cut together a trailer with car chases and shootouts?” They were very specific about it: ‘We need five trailer shots.’ If you can give people a commercial trailer then you can sneak in all this other stuff.”
“It’s a Trojan Horse effect. The studio has been very supportive of Baby Driver, but the general sense is that with the more original, cutting-edge, idiosyncratic things in the film they’re like, “That’s all great, but can we cut together a trailer with car chases and shootouts?” They were very specific about it: ‘We need five…
Read the full article »Angelina Jolie On Vanity Fair Cover Story
“I am upset that a pretend exercise in an improvisation, from an actual scene in the film, has been written about as if it was a real scenario. The suggestion that real money was taken from a child during an audition is false and upsetting. I would be outraged myself if this had happened.” Angelina…
Read the full article »Blade Runner 2049 Supplanting Jóhann Jóhannsson Score With Music By Hans Zimmer And Benjamin Wallfisch
Vanity Fair Linked To Film Music Reporter (below), Apparently Crashing The Smaller Site: Here’s Their Bloggy-Blog Adding Not Much At All Blade Runner 2049 Supplanting Jóhann Jóhannsson Score With Music By Hans Zimmer And Benjamin Wallfisch
Read the full article »The Weekend Report
Dunkirk held onto the top spot at the weekend box office … but only barely. Christopher Nolan’s World War II episode grossed an estimated $27.8 million while incoming The Emoji Movie surprised naysayers with a $25.5 million debut. The frame’s other new national release, Atomic Blonde. charted fourth with $18.6 million.
Read the full article »Hoberman On Nick Ray
“They Live by Night was a favorite of my college film professor, and as a class projectionist I saw it many times — running scenes in slow motion or playing only the soundtrack. As a result, I know the movie nearly by heart. And its emotional power is undiminished. I may be recalling my own…
Read the full article »Netflix Is Carrying $20 Billion In Debt
“Netflix is burning through cash at a growing clip. The company is pouring money into expensive prestige projects and expects to spend at least $6 billion in content this year. Its net cash outflow this year is forecast to grow to as much as $2.5 billion, up from $1.7 billion last year.” Netflix Is Carrying…
Read the full article »Josh Marshall Muses On Leslie Nielsen And The Meaning Of Life
Josh Marshall Muses On Leslie Nielsen And The Meaning Of Life
Read the full article » 1 Comment »Police Squad Lost Script
David Misch posted an unshot script for POLICE SQUAD! and it’s like Christmas in July: https://t.co/MP5kJ6aU93 pic.twitter.com/6EcDp0JPbY — R. Emmet Sweeney (@r_emmet) July 29, 2017
Read the full article »Apple Removes VPNs From App Store In China To Facilitate Gov’t Censorship
“We view access to internet in China as a human rights issue, and I would expect Apple to value human rights over profits.” Apple Removes VPNs From App Store In China To Facilitate Gov’t Censorship
Read the full article »Marie Claire’s Mehera Bonner Puts Up Her Dukes
“The thing is, I just don’t think Dunkirk is a very good movie—if your definition of the word movie is ‘moving images held together by a plot.’ It’s as if Christopher Nolan (sorry, “Nolan”) plucked out the war scene from a script, and was like ‘let’s just make this part extra long and call it a movie, lol.’…
Read the full article » 2 Comments »Andrei Tarkovsky Gets A First Monument In Suzdal, Russia, Also Marking Andrei Rublev
Andrei Tarkovsky Gets A First Monument In Suzdal, Russia, Also Marking Andrei Rublev
Read the full article »Sir Anthony Hopkins Models For Brioni
Sir Anthony Hopkins Models For Brioni
Read the full article »Wrangling Two Separate Large Formats In Dunkirk Post
Wrangling Two Separate Large Formats In Dunkirk Post
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