Movie City News Archive for May, 2019
Korean Film Archives
A Korean film has finally won the Palme d’Or. For anyone who doesn’t know the Korean Film Archive has uploaded a bunch of classic films on YouTube with English subtitles. It’s free and an excellent resource for film history education.https://t.co/3UJQHEAXST — Cathy Brennan (@TownTattle) May 25, 2019
Read the full article »booksmart screenwriter
Today @Booksmart comes out. And it’s hilarious and the reviews are blowing my mind. It began with a script that I wrote with Emily Halpern TEN YEARS ago. It was our first baby. And, like you would hope for your real child, every new person in its life has made it even better. — sarah_haskins…
Read the full article »Fox Searchlight and Malick Reunite
CANNES, FRANCE, May 23, 2019 – Fox Searchlight Pictures Chairmen Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired North American and select international territory distribution rights to writer-director Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life.” Fresh off its World Premiere in competition at the 72nd Festival de Cannes, the film reunites Malick with Searchlight following…
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"I just reject your hypothesis" is the "fake news" of aging edgelords. — Mary Gillis (@living_marble) May 23, 2019
Read the full article »The DVD Wrapup: Big Brother, Iceman, Upside, White Chamber, Trading Paint, Dark Place, Ruben Brandt, Lords of Chaos, Earthquake, Seduction, Les Miz … More
I can’t recall whether Chen has a degree or was trained as a teacher, but he’s committed to using unconventional methods to reach the dead-enders.
Read the full article »Arikan
This is my favourite response to being ratioed. Person makes silly, unsubstantiated claim, gets owned, and then doubles down with “I know you are, but what am I?” pic.twitter.com/kZgkzF1lid — Ali Arikan (@aliarikan) May 23, 2019
Read the full article »Whedon Fleabag
Okay, I finally watched FLEABAG, it was fine I guess but I have an issue, minor spoilers – at the end, how do I watch anything else or make anything else or live my life or breathe or feel or care or walk or fly did I fly am I here is it me do…
Read the full article »Hypothesis
I love how little we ask of men, and how much they resent even that. https://t.co/hk0MVPkaUE — Carmen Maria Machado (@carmenmmachado) May 22, 2019
Read the full article »Annapurna neg
Our ONE negative review and it’s hilarious. Simply put — he thinks it’s not dark enough, a criticism we rarely get at @AnnapurnaPics https://t.co/2jx0uAYXu5 — Megan Ellison (@meganeellison) May 23, 2019
Read the full article »Wolcott On QT
So Tarantino not only bluntly rejected the hypothesis but did so with “a scowl on his face”—a dastardly scowl!—and you’d think he’d whipped out a switchblade like Vic Morrow in BLACKBOARD JUNGLE from the way some in my timeline are breathing smoke. — James Wolcott (@JamesWolcott) May 22, 2019
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Quentin Tarantino on his relationship to Roman Polanski, who's featured in #OnceUponaTimeinHollywood alongside Margot Robbie's Sharon Tate #Cannes2019 https://t.co/9TD1XcPcpB pic.twitter.com/kEoukglNHX — Variety (@Variety) May 22, 2019
Read the full article »Bilge Ebiri on Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite
“Tuesday was supposed to be Quentin Tarantino’s big day at Cannes — and for a while, it was, as Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was well-received. But then came Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite and suddenly, all anyone wanted to talk about was Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite. The response to the latest from the Korean director was levitational: The film received spontaneous,…
Read the full article »Ava DuVernay On Employing Donald Trump Only In Archival Footage
“I was telling the story of the men. They knew a rich, bloated, flamboyant guy who owned buildings across town had said something about them. They were much more concerned with their families and their lives than some guy in a golden tower. It made him feel like a player and important. Press conferences ensued….
Read the full article »Cannes Reviewer Says Don’t See QT9 If You Can’t See It On 35mm
“Watching this story on a digital medium would feel false; it needs to look lived-in, worn, graspable.” Cannes Reviewer Says Don’t See QT9 If You Can’t See It On 35mm
Read the full article »“We had no problem stopping the entire process instantly,” Reed Morano, who won an Emmy for directing three episodes of Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ said. “There is no way we would ever bring our money to that state by shooting there.”
“We had no problem stopping the entire process instantly,” Reed Morano, who won an Emmy for directing three episodes of Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ said. “There is no way we would ever bring our money to that state by shooting there.”
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“Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida underscored the importance of Sony Pictures Entertainment to the conglomerate’s strategy going forward at a media briefing Tuesday, citing the global boom in subscription streaming services.”
Read the full article »Parallax view at Cannes
True. Many times, especially if you can’t wait in line for a long time, you’re doomed to postage-stamp views of the screen. There are many, many bad seats in the Palais. It’s better unless you’re on deadline to watch repeats in more viewer-friendly rooms. @Festival_Cannes — Robert Koehler (@bhkoe) May 22, 2019
Read the full article »Fleabag
I rarely make recommendations but if you’re not watching #Fleabag on Amazon Prime, you’re missing out on brilliant acting and spectacular writing. Binged both seasons while sick this weekend and now making my husband watch it because it was THAT good. pic.twitter.com/2Z1RbCDlV7 — Jocelyn (Elsdon) Heenan (@JocelynHeenan) May 22, 2019
Read the full article »“It goes without saying that this sort of plea is a great marketing strategy. Tarantino doubtless remembers the ad campaign for Hitchcock’s Psycho: “After you see Psycho, don’t give away the ending.”
“It goes without saying that this sort of plea is a great marketing strategy. Tarantino doubtless remembers the ad campaign for Hitchcock’s Psycho: “After you see Psycho, don’t give away the ending.”
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