Movie City News Archive for October, 2017
Actress, singer and dancer Janis Paige writes about one terrifying night many years ago: “Even at 95, I remember everything.”
“Actress, singer and dancer Janis Paige writes about one terrifying night many years ago: ‘Even at 95, I remember everything.’”
Read the full article »WeinsteinCo Amityville Sequel Release Grosses $742 On Ten Screens
WeinsteinCo Amityville Sequel Release Grosses $742 On Ten Screens
Read the full article »The Weekend Report
There was no puzzling as the debut of Jigsaw ascended to the top of the weekend with an estimated $16.2 million. Two other films bowed nationally to dismal results in a depressed marketplace. Thank You for Your Service — a story of returning soldiers from Iraq — opened to $3.7 million while the Coens-penned comedy Suburbicon fled with $2.8 million.
Read the full article »Danny Lloyd Was Promised He’d Get That Tricycle After Shooting The Shining
“I’m quite happy with how things went, really. I feel like I pretty much hit the lottery with the The Shining. I have seen those kids from ‘Stranger Things.’ That popularity must be dizzying for ’em. I don’t regret trying acting. When I decided to stop, I don’t regret that either. At the end of the…
Read the full article »Griffin Dunne on Making His Doc About His Aunt, Joan Didion
Griffin Dunne on Making His Doc About His Aunt, Joan Didion
Read the full article »DoP Erik Messerschmidt Gets As Technical As You’d Ever Want About Shooting “Mindhunter” With David Fincher’s Custom Red Xenomorph
DoP Erik Messerschmidt Gets As Technical As You’d Ever Want About Shooting “Mindhunter” With David Fincher’s Custom Red Xenomorph
Read the full article »Writer-Director Daniel Waters Reflects On A Storied Career (With Words For Harvey Weinstein)
Writer-Director Daniel Waters Reflects On A Storied Career (With Words For Harvey Weinstein)
Read the full article »“The afternoon I spent with the Goons’ inimitable Harry Secombe”
“The afternoon I spent with the Goons’ inimitable Harry Secombe”
Read the full article »The Purge
Look for a wave of folks leaving companies and agencies “to pursue other opportunities.” That’s the euphemism in the harassment purge. — Kim Masters (@kimmasters) October 29, 2017
Read the full article »“Halfway through an effervescent confession in a coffee shop, the following words came out of my friend’s mouth: ‘Technically, I don’t think I’ve raped anyone.'”
“Halfway through an effervescent confession in a coffee shop, the following words came out of my friend’s mouth: ‘Technically, I don’t think I’ve raped anyone.’”
Read the full article »“Wim Wenders on his Polaroids – and why photography is now over”
“Wim Wenders on his Polaroids – and why photography is now over”
Read the full article »China Director Feng Xiaogang
“I’m 60 years old. Can I shoot films for another 10 years? There’s not much time left for me. I’m going to devote my limited time to shooting films as I want. I won’t spend time thinking about how to get money out of the audience’s pockets.” China Director Feng Xiaogang
Read the full article »Glenn Kenny On Late 20th-Century Investigative Journalism At Premiere, Including On Schwarzenegger And The New Line Man-Zoo
Glenn Kenny On Late 20th-Century Investigative Journalism At Premiere, Including On Schwarzenegger And The New Line Man-Zoo
Read the full article »“Bill Maher suggests married men sexually harass women ‘because they have shitty sex lives.'”
“Bill Maher suggests married men sexually harass women ‘because they have shitty sex lives.’”
Read the full article »“‘I like to tell everybody that The Matrix’s code is made out of Japanese sushi recipes,’ says Whiteley, a production designer based at Animal Logic. He scanned the characters from his wife’s Japanese cookbooks. ‘Without that code, there is no Matrix.”’
“‘I like to tell everybody that The Matrix‘s code is made out of Japanese sushi recipes,’ says Whiteley, a production designer based at Animal Logic. He scanned the characters from his wife’s Japanese cookbooks. ‘Without that code, there is no Matrix.”’
Read the full article »Adam Cook And Shelly Kraicer Celebrate The Spatial Genius Of Hong Kong’s Great Director Johnnie To
Adam Cook And Shelly Kraicer Celebrate The Spatial Genius Of Hong Kong’s Great Director Johnnie To
Read the full article »Your Weekend James Schamus Double-Header
Your Weekend James Schamus Double-Header “Twenty-five years ago, all of us independent filmmakers thought, ‘Oh, fantastic, there’s this new thing called cable TV, and there will be 5,000 channels and narrowcasting, so that if anybody is interested in low-budget coming-of-age movies, like the one I just made, there’ll be a whole channel for them, and…
Read the full article »And – “Last year was the turning point. The actual death knell of the business was heard by those with their ears to the ground…We’re in a fight for the survival of American film.”
And – “Last year was the turning point. The actual death knell of the business was heard by those with their ears to the ground…We’re in a fight for the survival of American film.”
Read the full article »Kim Morgan On The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Kim Morgan, Rightly Rhapsodic On The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Read the full article »Ashley Judd
.@AshleyJudd bravely sat down with Teen Vogue to talk about her sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein. pic.twitter.com/D8wjHxH7RJ — Teen Vogue (@TeenVogue) October 28, 2017
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