Michel Legrand, 86, Scored Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, F for Fake, The Other Side of The Wind

Triple Oscar Winner Michel Legrand, 86, Scored Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, F for Fake, The Other Side of The Wind 

Headland

Jennifer Kent’s THE NIGHTINGALE is a caustic brutal nightmare that hits you so hard you’ll never watch The Revenant or a Tarantino movie the same way again. A necessary reframing cinematic violence by my queen @IFCFilms — Leslye Headland (@LeslyeHeadland) January 26, 2019

Koehler

Daniel Zimmermann’s grand WALDEN, one of the few movies in #Sundance New Frontier, creates a chain of 360 degree pan shots from the forests & ports of Europe to Brazil, linking James Benning’s looking and listening to globalization and the life and death of forests. @sundancefest — Robert Koehler (@bhkoe) January 26, 2019

Jackson

Leaving Neverland premieres at #Sundance to a standing ovation and only a few protesters outside https://t.co/2OdqMUjBcs — Lindsey Bahr (@ldbahr) January 25, 2019

EXTREMELY GRAPHIC. Inside The Sundance Premiere of The Michael Jackson Alleged Child Molestation Documentary

EXTREMELY GRAPHIC. Inside The Sundance Premiere of The Michael Jackson Alleged Child Molestation Documentary

Kohn Crowe

“The fact that she would find any turbulence and that would happen is heartbreaking to me.” https://t.co/RTlqfLmmB7 — erickohn (@erickohn) January 25, 2019

“The Linux of social media”—How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging

“’The Linux of social media’—How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging”

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Wins Biennial Competition For Political Art, the Artes Mundi Prize

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Wins Biennial Competition For Political Art, the Artes Mundi Prize

“Minding the Gap pushes documentary to its limits; Hale County This Morning, This Evening attempts to apply a new framework entirely. Together, the two films herald an elevated form for the genre and drive at its expanding possibilities.”

“Minding the Gap pushes documentary to its limits; Hale County This Morning, This Evening attempts to apply a new framework entirely. Together, the two films herald an elevated form for the genre and drive at its expanding possibilities.”

Sundance Sees Jackson Sex Shocker

“The subjects of the Michael Jackson doc actually defended him years ago. Later, after coming to grips with what they experienced as boys, both men said they tried to sue Jackson’s companies; those cases never went to trial and were dismissed by the court.” Sundance Sees Jackson Sex Shocker

Irvine Welsh

“The conflict between human reason and animal instinct has always fascinated me, and sex, drugs and violence are manifestations of that. It’s where the drama lies.” Irvine Welsh

“How Cineplex Media president Salah Bachir made it to the top of Canada’s cinema scene”

“My brother ran one of Canada’s first video stores, and we ended up publishing a magazine about the video industry. Then we created a trade show to celebrate the Canadian scene.” “How Cineplex Media President Salah Bachir Made it to the Top of Canada’s Cinema Scene”

Slamdance Celebrates 25

Slamdance Celebrates 25

Gurus o’ Gold On The Oscar Chart No. 1

Weighing in on a first set of Oscar nominations, including acting nods after the Sunday night SAG awards. Harsh weather and (harsher?) Sundance delayed several Gurus, but the roster will be back to full strength in charts leading up to Oscar night.

Love for BlacKkKlansman pushes Spike Lee’s multi-nominated pic atop Green Book for second ranking for Best Pictures. Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor predications offer up a pretty solid consensus

Sundance: Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary, The Magic Life of V and Walden

What sets “Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary” apart is that about midway through the film there’s a plot twist, followed by another plot twist, followed by a period of tense relationship between documentarian and subject that left Berman sad, morose, feeling badly used, and uncertain as to whether he’d ever finish his film. It’s here that “Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary,” not unlike “Winnebago Man,” becomes a film as much about the filmmaker unearthing deep and sometimes unpleasant truths about himself and ultimately becoming part of his own film, as it is about the subject the film thought it was going to be when it grew up.

Wesley Morris on Serenity

“The more we learn about that the less sense the rest of Serenity makes. That includes a big reveal that’s like the worst of Christopher Nolan, M. Night Shyamalan and the condolence-card section at Walgreens.”

The DVD Wrapup: Mikey & Nicky, Apparition, Widowed Witch, Dis, Spiral, Wandering Muse, Jack the Ripper, Howling 3, Eating Animals, Scoundrels, Waterworld … More

Cassavetes and Falk may fit the mold of small-time wise guys, but the characters’ likability factor decreases from the moment May ratchets up the dial on Nicky’s booze-fueled paranoia. It plummets even further during their visits to former wives and girlfriends, who act as if they expect to be slapped around, fucked and forsaken.

“Bing Liu’s Minding the Gap Flips the Narrative on Domestic Violence”

“Bing Liu’s Minding the Gap Flips the Narrative on Domestic Violence”

Bryan Singer Red Sonja

Bryan Singer doing RED SONJA will be a total shit show plagued by media coverage and bad shit. It would give more reason for journalists to cover Singer and Avi Lerner, dragging them into the spotlight. Someone will make a riveting documentary about the making of this movie. — April Wolfe (@AWolfeful) January 25, 2019

Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre Offers Free Showings of The Manchurian Candidate

Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre Offers Free Showings of The Manchurian Candidate