Movie City News Archive for November, 2017
James Wolcott VF Hall-Of-Fames The Four New York Times Journalists—Jodi Kantor, Michael Schmidt, Emily Steel, Megan Twohey—Who “Brought Sexual Harassment Out Of The Shadows”
James Wolcott VF Hall-Of-Fames The Four New York Times Journalists—Jodi Kantor, Michael Schmidt, Emily Steel, Megan Twohey—Who “Brought Sexual Harassment Out Of The Shadows”
Read the full article »Vice Takes Income Claims Of PureFlix Church-Driven Productions At Face Value
“Christian viewers propelled God’s Not Dead to rank as the sixth most profitable film in cinema history.” Vice Takes Income Claims Of PureFlix Church-Driven Productions At Face Value
Read the full article »“Why The Disaster Artist Needed The Franco Brothers”
“What makes a collaboration between siblings so compelling is exactly that kind of shared history. It forever defines aesthetics, ambitions, influences, dynamics. For the most part it’s implied, informing the work quietly. It’s rare for siblings to direct each other, as James does with Dave here, and also to co-star alongside one another. But it’s…
Read the full article »Cinematographer Dan Laustsen On Shooting Shape Of Water
“Of course dialogue is important, but Guillermo and I were thinking very much about the old style Hollywood way of making movies. For us it was important to tell the story by painting with light and painting with the camera.” Cinematographer Dan Laustsen On Shooting Shape Of Water
Read the full article »Mystery-Cloaked National Board of Review Selects
Mystery-Cloaked National Board of Review Selects The Post; Director Greta Gerwig; Coco; Jane; Foxtrot; Laurie Metcalf, Willem Dafoe, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep; Disaster Artist, Phantom Thread Scripts
Read the full article »In Her Film About Afghan Life, the Woman Slaps Back
“In Her Film About Afghan Life, the Woman Slaps Back”
Read the full article »Slate Goes A Little Unhinged Hectoring Armie Hammer
Slate Goes A Little Unhinged Hectoring Armie Hammer Grauniad Goes A Little Unhinged Hectoring Jake Gyllenhaal
Read the full article »Comcast Hints “Paid Prioritization” For “Fast Lanes” After Net Neutrality Repeal
Comcast Hints “Paid Prioritization” For “Fast Lanes” After Net Neutrality Repeal “Meredith is using cash flow from its TV business — and the $650 million from the Koch brothers — to buy Time Inc.’s troubled business to build digital scale and momentum.” “With the Koch brothers’ interest in Time, Inc. come more questions about billionaire-influenced…
Read the full article »Hideo Kojima On The Shape of Water and “The Struggle of the Auteur”
Hideo Kojima On The Shape of Water and “The Struggle of the Auteur”
Read the full article »Who Wants Jeff Zuckerberg To Control The World?
Who Wants Jeff Zuckerberg To Control The World?
Read the full article »Harvey Weinstein Quits DGA, Preempting Expulsion
Harvey Weinstein Quits DGA, Preempting Expulsion
Read the full article »“Do I Need to See The Room Before I See The Disaster Artist?” Banter Jada Yuan and Kyle Buchanan
“Do I Need to See The Room Before I See The Disaster Artist?” Banter Jada Yuan and Kyle Buchanan
Read the full article »David Hudson Translates The Berlin Fest Transition
David Hudson Translates The Berlin Fest Transition
Read the full article »“Australian TV legend Don Burke has been accused of indecent assault, sexual harassment and bullying of women during his time as the star of Channel Nine’s ratings juggernaut ‘Burke’s Backyard.'”
“Australian TV legend Don Burke has been accused of indecent assault, sexual harassment and bullying of women during his time as the star of Channel Nine’s ratings juggernaut ‘Burke’s Backyard.’” “Now a major Fairfax Media/ABC investigation can reveal that behind the scenes those who worked with Burke claim he was a “psychotic bully”, a “misogynist”…
Read the full article »Angela Lansbury, At Greater Length
“There are two sides to this coin. We have to own up to the fact that women, since time immemorial, have gone out of their way to make themselves attractive. And unfortunately it has backfired on us – and this is where we are today. We must sometimes take blame, women. I really do think…
Read the full article »Armie vs Anne-Helen
The Buzzfeed/Armie Hammer piece ignores the idea that an artist would take a job for reasons other than just stardom/commercial interests. It's a disturbing trend in academia and journalism: writing about art without acknowledging that it is a form of self-expression. — Akash Shetye (@AkashShetye) November 28, 2017
Read the full article »Gary Goddard On Leave From The Goddard Group After Multiple Allegations Of Molestation
Gary Goddard On Leave From The Goddard Group After Multiple Allegations Of Molestation
Read the full article »Thirty-Four More Canadian Publications To Be Shut; As Many As 300 More Jobs Junked
Thirty-Four More Canadian Publications To Be Shut; As Many As 300 More Jobs Junked
Read the full article »John Cameron Mitchell Opens The Gothams
“Everything’s unacceptable now. Everything’s f—ed up. You can’t read the news. Everything is fast-forwarding and rewinding at the same time. Everything is like zooming in and dollying out. We’re all in Taxi Driver now, we’re in Network, we’re in Nashville, it’s like the seventies.” John Cameron Mitchell Opens The Gothams
Read the full article »Gothams: Audience, Best Screenplay, Get Out
Gothams: Call Me By Your Name; Strong Island; James Franco, Saoirse Ronan; Audience, Best Screenplay, Get Out; Best Ensemble, Mudbound; Breakthrough, Timothée Chalamet
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