Movie City News Archive for February, 2018
Infowars Potentate And Trump Advisor Alex Jones Accused Of Discrimination And Sexual Harassment
Jones “often spent his time shirtless, and endlessly leering…at female employees and guests,” a “disgusting, hostile environment” Infowars Potentate And Trump Advisor Alex Jones Accused Of Discrimination And Sexual Harassment
Read the full article »QT9 Gets DiCaprio, Pitt And A Title: “Once Upon A Time In Hw’d”; Release Date Will Be The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Manson Murders
“I’ve been working on this script for five years, as well as living in Los Angeles County most of my life, including in 1969, when I was 7 years old. I’m very excited to tell this story of an L.A., and a Hollywood that don’t exist anymore. And I couldn’t be happier about the dynamic…
Read the full article »Ramin Setoodeh On His Two-Hour Audience With Barbra Streisand
“Streisand, on some level, feels that Trump shares the blame for the recent Florida high school shooting, which claimed the lives of 17 students and teachers. ‘I think even that shooter was affected because Trump brings out the violence in people. He says, “It’s OK — rally, lock her up.”‘” Ramin Setoodeh On An Audience…
Read the full article »Kevin Smith Does A Good Twenty Minutes On Being Alive
Kevin Smith Does A Good Twenty Minutes On Being Alive
Read the full article »The Int’l Documentary Association Looks Behind The Nominated Shorts:
The Int’l Documentary Association Looks Behind The Nominated Shorts: Edith + Eddie; Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405; Heroin(e); Knife Skills; Traffic Stop
Read the full article »“Industry analyst predicts just three major film studios by 2023”
“Industry analyst predicts just three major film studios by 2023”
Read the full article »Greta Gerwig Floats Four-Chapter Sacramento Extended Cinematic Universe
Greta Gerwig Floats Four-Chapter Sacramento Extended Cinematic Universe
Read the full article »“I used to say about Cynthia [Heimel]’s writing, and her being, that she had the soul of Janis Joplin in the voice of Hedda Hopper. She was a voice for liberation with manners, freedom without regret and the blues with a grain of salt.”
“I used to say about Cynthia [Heimel]’s writing, and her being, that she had the soul of Janis Joplin in the voice of Hedda Hopper. She was a voice for liberation with manners, freedom without regret and the blues with a grain of salt.”
Read the full article »Josephine Livingstone On Annihilation
“The lighthouse is surrounded by crystal trees that resemble the synapses of the brain. This lighthouse is desire, as with Virginia Woolf, and also the frontier that separates our own minds from others’. Here we see an embodied meditation on subjectivity and trauma. Lena finds the meteor that has punched through the lighthouse’s wall, and…
Read the full article »Netflix Fires “Fuller House” Showrunner Jeff Franklin; Warner Bros. TV Severs Deal Over Complaints
“Franklin has been accused of being verbally abusive to staffers and making inappropriate statements in the writers’ room, including making sexually charged comments about his personal relationships and sex life. Franklin has not been accused of directly sexually harassing or engaging in physical misconduct with any staffers.” Netflix Fires “Fuller House” Showrunner Jeff Franklin; Warner Bros….
Read the full article »CIA Publicly Indicates Displeasure With “The Looming Tower”
“There’s been a huge refusal in many quarters to criticize the CIA for fear of undermining the morale of the agency. I find that to be a kind of cheap excuse. It’s time the agency was held to account, because I don’t think anyone has done that.” CIA Publicly Indicates Displeasure With “The Looming Tower”
Read the full article »Phantom Thread Got Some Bad Takes. Pick One.
Phantom Thread Got Some Bad Takes. Pick One.
Read the full article »Bernardo Bertolucci
Guadagnino “is similar to me in that he often uses cinema rather than reality as the point of departure for his inspiration. There are many directors who use reality as their basis. Luca’s reality is in the films that precede him, the cinema that he loves. So since he loves my body of work, it’s…
Read the full article »Pussy Riot In Support Of Oleg Sentsov
we came with action to occupied Crimea to stand for Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who in prison in Russia and who will die without our help. we've been arrested. we've been attacked. but we made it. share! #freesetsov pic.twitter.com/vCftoJ6fkI — Pussy Riot (@pussyrrriot) February 28, 2018
Read the full article »CBC, Canada’s Public Broadcaster, Closing Music Library, Digitizing And Destroying CDs
CBC, Canada’s Public Broadcaster, Closing Music Library, Digitizing And Destroying CDs
Read the full article »Last Man In Aleppo Producer Gets Visa To Attend Oscars
Last Man In Aleppo Producer Gets Visa To Attend Oscars
Read the full article »Of Course Paul Thomas Anderson’s Got A Mixtape For 70mm Showings Of Phantom Thread
Of Course Paul Thomas Anderson’s Got A Mixtape For 70mm Showings Of Phantom Thread
Read the full article »Twin Cities Theater Awards Group Shutters
Twin Cities Theater Awards Group Shutters
Read the full article »“The Walking Dead” Profit Participation Lawsuit Sparks To Life Once More
“The Walking Dead” Profit Participation Lawsuit Sparks To Life Once More
Read the full article »Spotify
I’ve seen Spotify’s IPO filing. Here are the key facts: The company is losing money at the rate of $30 million per month. Growth is slowing & the company is sitting on almost $2 billion in liabilities. Trust me, this company’s business model is broken. https://t.co/8EDmy6Wbs7 — Ted Gioia (@tedgioia) February 28, 2018
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