Movie City News Archive for March, 2018
Paul Thomas Anderson And Richard Linklater in Conversation
Paul Thomas Anderson And Richard Linklater in Conversation
Read the full article »Anonymous Solo Actor Tells Some
“It was crazy. They fired our bosses. Everyone was texting each other: ‘Did you see the news? Do you think they’re doing reshoots?’ It was messy. And it was crazy how everything got leaked to the press.” Anonymous Solo Actor Tells Some
Read the full article »Spielberg on Netflix And the Oscars
“I don’t believe that films that are given token qualifications, in a couple of theaters for less than a week, should qualify for Academy Award nominations. Once you commit to a television format, you’re a TV movie. If it’s a good show, you deserve an Emmy. But not an Oscar.” Spielberg on Netflix And the…
Read the full article »A24 Co-Founder John Hodges Exits
A24 Co-Founder John Hodges Exits
Read the full article »“Stormy Daniels refused to indulge our appetite for more of the lurid flash and distraction that emanates from Trump’s orbit. She sat quietly and related facts. She was balanced. She even bored us a little. But how better to remind us that she is not just an X-rated spectacle on a screen? That she is a woman, a mother who puts her baby in a car seat to drive to a workout class? Stormy Daniels reminded us that “porn star” is just a sensationalizing term for “person” — and no person should be threatened or harassed.”
“Stormy Daniels refused to indulge our appetite for more of the lurid flash and distraction that emanates from Trump’s orbit. She sat quietly and related facts. She was balanced. She even bored us a little. But how better to remind us that she is not just an X-rated spectacle on a screen? That she is…
Read the full article »“I am a congenital movie-sleeper, and I wouldn’t dare suggest that my falling asleep in a film is any indication of its quality. Except, in this case, I didn’t seem to be the only one. Multiple other Vulture staffers reported that they, too, had fallen asleep in Isle of Dogs. Those who didn’t fall asleep reported that, while they had kept their eyes open, their friend, or maybe their friend’s friend, could not.”
“I am a congenital movie-sleeper, and I wouldn’t dare suggest that my falling asleep in a film is any indication of its quality. Except, in this case, I didn’t seem to be the only one. Multiple other Vulture staffers reported that they, too, had fallen asleep in Isle of Dogs. Those who didn’t fall asleep reported…
Read the full article »French Critics Protest Cannes Simultaneous Competition Premieres And Press Screenings français
French Critics Protest Cannes Simultaneous Competition Premieres And Press Screenings français
Read the full article »“Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg’s prestige panoply of fanboy lore, represents the final suck of a two-decades-old everlasting gobstopper for author Ernest Cline, who turned his life as an Amblin-and-Atari-bred suburban dork into a commercial pop empire.” No, No, Thanks, The Lede’s Enough, Thanks Anyway
“Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg’s prestige panoply of fanboy lore, represents the final suck of a two-decades-old everlasting gobstopper for author Ernest Cline, who turned his life as an Amblin-and-Atari-bred suburban dork into a commercial pop empire.” No, No, Thanks, The Lede’s Enough, Thanks Anyway
Read the full article »“My experience with the film has always been deeply self-conscious. As a spectator, at no moment do I lose awareness of my position as such. As for this idea of the slack-jawed, unthinking Showman viewer, I can safely say that few films in recent memory have made me wrack my brain as much as this one, both during screenings and after. A big part of this intense reflection stems from my belief that, as odd and inept as the film can be at times, it is also intensely self-aware.”
“My experience with the film has always been deeply self-conscious. As a spectator, at no moment do I lose awareness of my position as such. As for this idea of the slack-jawed, unthinking Showman viewer, I can safely say that few films in recent memory have made me wrack my brain as much as this…
Read the full article »“What I like about a man or woman’s body is its flaws … I like the idea of time leaving its mark… perfection stinks.”
“What I like about a man or woman’s body is its flaws… I like the idea of time leaving its mark… perfection stinks.” Agnès Varda
Read the full article »Horowitz
This is very silly and super harmful. Zero consideration for how OTT/streaming will completely revolutionize the types of films studios can and will make. https://t.co/vYhzKQx9fW — Jordan Horowitz (@jehorowitz) March 26, 2018 "You certainly, if it’s a good show, deserve an Emmy. But not an Oscar" https://t.co/9rE5T2tyEZ — Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 26, 2018
Read the full article »BBC Plummerizes Agatha Christie Actor After Rape Allegations
BBC Plummerizes Agatha Christie Actor After Rape Allegations
Read the full article »“We don’t know anything about making television. So what skills does Apple bring to that? And the viewpoint is: very little. There’s other things we bring. We know how to create apps, we know how to do distribution, we know how to market. But we don’t really know how to create shows.”
“We don’t know anything about making television. So what skills does Apple bring to that? And the viewpoint is: very little. There’s other things we bring. We know how to create apps, we know how to do distribution, we know how to market. But we don’t really know how to create shows.”
Read the full article »Romesh Ranganathan On “Diversity”
“Before A Wrinkle In Time came out, you would be hard pushed to find anybody to describe what it was about. All the press centred on how great it was to have a female director of colour, to have a female protagonist of colour and how DuVernay “wasn’t just casting actresses” but “leaders – icons”….
Read the full article »Academy Prez John Bailey Defends Against Accusations
“There was a single named complaint regarding an allegation dating back more than a decade ago in which I am alleged to have to attempted to touch a woman inappropriately while we were both riding in a transport van on a movie set. That did not happen.” Academy Prez John Bailey Defends Against Accusation
Read the full article »“The movie was finished, we all reviewed it together with J.J. and his team. We all decided there were things about it that made us have a pause about its commercial playability in the traditional matter. There was an ability for us to be fiscally prudent and monetize. For fans of Cloverfield, the fact is many, many more millions of people saw the movie. It’s a positive on every level.”
“The movie was finished, we reviewed it with J.J. and his team. We all decided there were things about it that made us have a pause about its commercial playability in the traditional matter. There was an ability for us to be fiscally prudent and monetize. For fans of Cloverfield, the fact is many, many…
Read the full article »Maureen Dowd Makes Some Mega With Barry Diller
“Red Sparrow has some of the most violent and extreme sexual messiness that you could imagine. O.K., it was made a year and a half ago. Would it be made today in the same way? Probably so. So I don’t think it affects content. I mean, if you take the effect of pornography on young…
Read the full article »Critics Roundup Website Quits
“I enjoyed not having movies on my brain 24/7. I haven’t looked at anything movie-related since that notice and it felt fucking great. No Twitter, no RSS, no movies whatsoever.” Critics Roundup Website Quits
Read the full article »Cynthia Nixon On Why Politics Now
Cynthia Nixon On Why Politics Now
Read the full article »The Iowa teacher who found a priceless film collection in a farmhouse basement”
“The Iowa teacher who found a priceless film collection in a farmhouse basement”
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