Movie City News Archive for January, 2019
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”Instead of apologizing for the show’s length, the academy should resolve to pack the Oscar broadcast full of major moments, no matter how long it goes. Instead of antagonizing the craftspeople who should be celebrating the biggest night of their careers, the Oscars should find a way to honor them by making every presentation a…
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A dead-on piece from the NYTimes' @kylebuchanan about how this year's Oscars are becoming "an entertainment show determined to divest itself of all entertainment…Does the academy understand why we still tune into this show?" (Spoiler: Nope.) https://t.co/G0sqKPEMcn — Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) January 31, 2019
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RIP Dick Miller, surely the king of character actors. A friendly, funny face in Gremlins (1&2), Piranha, the original Little Shop Of Horrors, Not Of This Earth, After Hours & my personal beatnik fav, Walter Paisley in 'A Bucket Of Blood'. Any role of his was cult movie nirvana. pic.twitter.com/StRqrWHgBS — edgarwright (@edgarwright) January 31,…
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Farewell, Dick Miller pic.twitter.com/8VdHRuhpdP — Kim Morgan (@SunsetGunShot) January 31, 2019
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The HEAT sequel/prequel *NOVEL* co-written by 5-time New York Times bestselling author @ReedFColeman & 4-time Oscar nominated filmmaker Michael Mann will be out later this year. This will be the second book from @MannBooks & Harper Collins. The first is Hunting Leroux out 2/19. pic.twitter.com/gkdWwseLQu — Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 30, 2019
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BREAKING: Chicago police officials have surveillance images that show two persons of interest in the alleged racist and homophobic attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, @NaderDIssa reports. Check back for more on this developing story: https://t.co/n15lr8uRCa. — Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) January 30, 2019
Read the full article »Glenn Kenny: “An early, unsuccessful, attempt at #MeToo in Hollywood”
Glenn Kenny: “An early, unsuccessful, attempt at #MeToo in Hollywood”
Read the full article »Criterion Channel Vimeo/VHX
I just realized the new Criterion Channel service appears to be using Vimeo OTT / VHX, which I find personally very exciting as I was an early angel investor in VHX! https://t.co/fRmqsRR29Y — Keith Calder (@keithcalder) January 30, 2019
Read the full article »Kot on DeRogatis on R. Kelly
A solid NY Times profile on my @soundopinions colleague @JimDeRogatis, and his ongoing R. Kelly reporting. But "cantankerous"? Nah, just persistent.https://t.co/XrfxtdfUwd — Greg Kot (@gregkot) January 29, 2019
Read the full article »“I don’t think anybody knows. It’s not going away. When things take off theatrically, there’s no real equivalent in any other revenue stream. When a movie really blows up, you can’t duplicate that on a platform. Everything. The cultural real estate that it takes up. The money that it brings in. If you are somebody who works for a streaming platform and feel that theatrical is dead or is dying I would say to you, oh, really? Why don’t you tell that to the makers of Get Out, who in a typical streaming deal would have gotten somewhere in the teens for that movie. And that would be it, for the rest of their lives. Don’t tell me that there isn’t a business out there. The question becomes, what’s working theatrically? So that’s the more relevant question for me as a filmmaker. What’s working? I tried to test a few theories of mine about wide-release movies. In retrospect, I think the studios were right about everything.”
“I don’t think anybody knows. It’s not going away. When things take off theatrically, there’s no real equivalent in any other revenue stream. When a movie really blows up, you can’t duplicate that on a platform. Everything. The cultural real estate that it takes up. The money that it brings in. If you are somebody…
Read the full article »Good Dr, Bordwell Extends His Remarks on Christopher Nolan, As Well As A Kerfuffle With Another Film Cricket
Good Dr, Bordwell Extends His Remarks on Christopher Nolan, As Well As A Kerfuffle With Another Film Cricket
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We never safe. — tarell 'wilding' (@octarell) January 29, 2019
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pic.twitter.com/EWqEwAZUwz — Empire (@EmpireFOX) January 29, 2019
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“I built my name on two people talking in a room. And I still believe in the power of something seemingly so small as two people talking in a room. I still think that is how everything begins. You can look at the largest global narrative that you can find, and you can trace it…
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Michael Jackson family calls Sundance doc a 'public lynching' https://t.co/vCD0rRznHI pic.twitter.com/BKVyhmybAW — Screen International (@Screendaily) January 29, 2019
Read the full article »Harris Concurs Bird
At this point, I would not be at all surprised if someone on the Oscars–presenter or winner–goes off script during the show and says, "This is wrong and insulting." And if they go through with this plan, I'll be rooting for that moment. pic.twitter.com/PEKarqOS2g — Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) January 29, 2019
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There are so many things I want to say on Twitter that I just…can’t pic.twitter.com/qoR0yKtQlR — Megan Ellison (@meganeellison) January 29, 2019
Read the full article »Brad Bird
Hear, hear! It also doesn’t help when actors and presenters make easy jokes about how dull the “technical” categories are. ALL categories are interdependent and vital to the power of cinema. https://t.co/Reo5VS8LpO — Brad Bird (@BradBirdA113) January 29, 2019
Read the full article »Minhal Baig’s Hala Appeals To Apple
Minhal Baig’s Hala Appeals To Apple
Read the full article »Kubrick by Weegee
Weegee’s photo of Stanley Kubrick on the set of DR. STRANGELOVE (1964). pic.twitter.com/haZDEVL1yi — The Daily (@CriterionDaily) January 28, 2019
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