Movie City News Archive for September, 2017
April Wolfe In The Embers And Ashes Of Fantastic Fest
April Wolfe In The Embers And Ashes Of Fantastic Fest
Read the full article »Thirst Street’s Nathan Silver Says “The Movie Industry Doesn’t Have Any Etiquette, Just Fear”
Thirst Street‘s Nathan Silver Says “The Movie Industry Doesn’t Have Any Etiquette, Just Fear”
Read the full article »“Amazon doesn’t have Netflix’s sharp elbows. Likewise, Bob Berney, a bookish sort who exudes affability, isn’t eager to get into a battle of put-downs with its streaming rival. “They can take their swipes, but it’s more about showing that our model is actually working,” he says. “We’ve done that. They’ve done some great projects,” Berney adds, complimenting Netflix. “They have their own very religious philosophy that everything just goes online. I think that our approach is working. It enhances and incentivizes artists globally, and that encourages filmmakers to come work with us.”
“Amazon doesn’t have Netflix’s sharp elbows. Likewise, Bob Berney, a bookish sort who exudes affability, isn’t eager to get into a battle of put-downs with its streaming rival. “They can take their swipes, but it’s more about showing that our model is actually working,” he says. “We’ve done that. They’ve done some great projects,” Berney…
Read the full article »Academy Releases Renderings Of Its Eventual Museum
Academy Releases Renderings Of Its Eventual Museum
Read the full article »Alex Haley’s 1965 Playboy Interview with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Alex Haley’s 1965 Playboy Interview with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Read the full article »“The 15 Worst Things Playmates Have Said About Life in the Playboy Mansion”
“The 15 Worst Things Playmates Said About Life in the Playboy Mansion”
Read the full article »“Progress necessarily requires the exchange of outdated ideas for new and better ones. By keeping open all lines of communication in our culture, every new idea—no matter how seemingly perverse, improper or peculiar, has its opportunity to be considered, to be challenged, and ultimately to be accepted or rejected by society as a whole or…
Read the full article »Hefner
“That I changed attitudes toward sex. That nice people can live together now. That I decontaminated the notion of premarital sex. That gives me great satisfaction.” Hugh Hefner Was 91; Survived By His Bathrobe, Which Is 66
Read the full article »Anne Thompson Says A24 Has Nine Oscar Contenders
Anne Thompson Says A24 Has Nine Oscar Contenders
Read the full article »Netflix Set For $500 Million In Canadian Product Over Five Years
Netflix Set For $500 Million In Canadian Product Over Five Years
Read the full article »Playwright Albert Innaurato Was 70; Work Includes “Gemini,” “The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie,” “The Idiots Karamazov”
Playwright Albert Innaurato Was 70; Work Includes “Gemini,” “The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie,” “The Idiots Karamazov”
Read the full article »Wanda’s AMC Entertainment Partners With Startup Dreamscape To Build “Multi-Person, Room-Scale VR Stories And Adventures”
Wanda’s AMC Entertainment Partners With Startup Dreamscape To Build “Multi-Person, Room-Scale VR Stories And Adventures”
Read the full article »Mike Fleming Jr and Dino-Ray Ramos Have Posted
“The shocking allegations of sexual harassment and groping of women by bloggers popular in the fringe film community is a microcosm of what happens when bad behavior isn’t addressed head-on. Just as we saw with Ailes, Cosby, O’Reilly and even filmmaker Nate Parker, there is no statute of limitations on the emotional scars inflicted upon…
Read the full article »“It’s a pattern we’re going to see until either we collectively stop believing that people who have geeky interests are somehow still wacky, misunderstood outcasts in this day and age, or the Universe grinds to a halt. You know, whichever comes first.”
“It’s a pattern we’re going to see until either we collectively stop believing that people who have geeky interests are somehow still wacky, misunderstood outcasts in this day and age, or the Universe grinds to a halt. You know, whichever comes first.”
Read the full article »Another Meandering Film Website Mea Culpa
“Even well-meaning allies are guilty of missing the bigger picture, of not realizing that their words have power and that they can do more to create a positive, safe environment for women. Over the past few weeks, the /Film staff has grappled with the knowledge that we could have done more, that we could have…
Read the full article »Another AICN Contributor Says It Ain’t Cool No More
Another AICN Contributor Says It Ain’t Cool No More
Read the full article »“Last-minute Oscar-hopeful buys are relatively rare; awards campaigns aren’t meant to be rush jobs. Sometimes it pays to be opportunistic and the 2018 race looks like one of those years.”
“Last-minute Oscar-hopeful buys are relatively rare; awards campaigns aren’t meant to be rush jobs. Sometimes it pays to be opportunistic and the 2018 race looks like one of those years.”
Read the full article »Academy Museum Gets $50 Million Gift From Cheryl And Haim Saban
RON MEYER TO LEAD NEWLY ESTABLISHED MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announces a landmark donation of $50 million from philanthropists Cheryl and Haim Saban. This commitment—the largest gift to the Academy Museum Campaign—brings the museum’s fundraising success to $288 million, nearly 75% of its $388 million goal. In recognition of…
Read the full article »Louis C. K.’s Hot-Button Clandestinely-Produced Woody Allen Homage Gets November NY/LA Release
THE ORCHARD ANNOUNCES LOUIS C.K.’S “I LOVE YOU, DADDY” TO OPEN THEATRICALLY NOVEMBER 17 IN NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES Comedy Stars Louis C.K., John Malkovich, Chloë Grace Moretz, Rose Byrne, Edie Falco, Charlie Day, Pamela Adlon, Helen Hunt, and Ebonee Noel Photo credit: Courtesy of The Orchard. Click here for artwork. NEW YORK (September 27, 2017) – The Orchard announced…
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