Movie City News Archive for August, 2019
“From afar, Pop resembles a bronze statuette. He is lithe, sinewy, and deeply tanned, with a torso that, for decades, has appeared so exquisitely and minutely muscled that an onlooker might reasonably assume it was painted on. In recent years, his midsection has relaxed a bit, but he assured me, while patting it, that it remains quite firm. His hair is blond, shoulder length, pin straight, and parted in the middle, and his eyes are an oceanic blue. Though he has had Lasik surgery—“In Colombia, before it was legal here”—his vision is still imperfect, a malady he chalks up to doing too much intravenous cocaine. He has retained a bit of a round, Midwestern accent from his upbringing, outside Detroit. In conversation, he is nearly guileless, and he listens intently and carefully. Periodically, his face will collapse into a benevolent grin.”
“From afar, Iggy Pop resembles a bronze statuette. He is lithe, sinewy, and deeply tanned, with a torso that, for decades, has appeared so exquisitely and minutely muscled that an onlooker might reasonably assume it was painted on. In recent years, his midsection has relaxed a bit, but he assured me, while patting it, that…
Read the full article »“Harry Styles isn’t exactly dressed down for lunch. He’s got a white floppy hat that Diana Ross might have won from Elton in a poker game at Cher’s mansion circa 1974, plus Gucci shades, a cashmere sweater, and blue denim bell-bottoms. His nail polish is pink and mint green. He’s also carrying his purse — no other word for it — a yellow patent-canvas bag with the logo “Chateau Marmont.” The tough old ladies who work at this Beverly Hills deli know him well. Gloria and Raisa dote on him, calling him “my love” and bringing him his usual tuna salad and iced coffee. He turns heads, to put it mildly, but nobody comes near because the waitresses hover around the booth protectively.”
“Harry Styles isn’t exactly dressed down for lunch. He’s got a white floppy hat that Diana Ross might have won from Elton in a poker game at Cher’s mansion circa 1974, plus Gucci shades, a cashmere sweater, and blue denim bell-bottoms. His nail polish is pink and mint green. He’s also carrying his purse —…
Read the full article »That’s Chappie
Dave Chappelle calls Michael Jackson rape accusers liars, defends Louis C.K. and Kevin Hart https://t.co/7bVkFENtKR — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 26, 2019
Read the full article »Cronenbergundian
“I really thought that I was finished with filmmaking. I was getting bored with it. I thought that I would end up writing another novel, and then I got interested in the whole Netflix thing and the idea of a streaming series,” David Cronenberg says. “To my surprise, I found myself flying down to L.A….
Read the full article »Tracking
“As soon as I logged on that day, I was swarmed — ad trackers surrounded me, and, identifying me by a 19-digit number I think of as a prisoner tag, they followed me from page to page as I traipsed across the web.” — Faris (@faris) August 26, 2019
Read the full article »A24
THANK YOU to everyone across the country who came out over the past 6 weekends to celebrate the movies and the places they came from. #A24PublicAccess pic.twitter.com/hlaG9gwgeX — A24 (@A24) August 26, 2019
Read the full article »Leonardo
Leonardo DiCaprio launched a $5M fund to help fight fires in the Amazon. The money is being sent directly to local groups and Indigenous communities, whose lands are where many of the fires are located. pic.twitter.com/bxNWacnCki — AJ+ (@ajplus) August 26, 2019
Read the full article »Boss Baby versus The Amazon
Just for reference, "Boss Baby" cost $200 million https://t.co/7wBMXI3GmC — hussein kesvani (@HKesvani) August 26, 2019
Read the full article »Friends on Netflix
Netflix paid $100 million to stream Friends. https://t.co/bkE2sO4Cch — Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) August 26, 2019
Read the full article »Spaghetti Westerns
is there a film movement with fewer worthwhile movies than the spaghetti western. boring as hell, dirt cheap and ugly movies. — Bront (@bmrow) August 26, 2019
Read the full article »Star Wars generations
the Star Wars sequel trilogy as an assessment of how boomers ultimately failed to vanquish the social evils they claimed to have overcome, leaving those problems to a generation of millennials who will more than likely just end up making all the same mistakes — Paul Krueger (@NotLikeFreddy) August 26, 2019
Read the full article »McManus
If 65 is this good, I can’t wait for the rest.Thank you to all my family and friends for their love and surprises pic.twitter.com/SQFh9X4IZh — Elvis Costello (@ElvisCostello) August 25, 2019
Read the full article »“The Song Hunter Who Gets Music for Quentin Tarantino’s Movies”
“The Song Hunter Who Gets Music for Quentin Tarantino’s Movies”
Read the full article »“Taylor Swift’s Nashville apartment is an Etsy fever dream, a 365-days-a-year Christmas shop, pure teenage girl id. You enter through a vestibule clad in blue velvet and covered in gilt frames bursting with fake flowers. The ceiling is painted like the night sky. Above a koi pond in the living area, a narrow staircase spirals six feet up towards a giant, pillow-lagged birdcage that probably has the best view in the city. Later, Swift will tell me she needs metaphors “to understand anything that happens to me”, and the birdcage defies you not to interpret it as a pointed comment on the contradictions of stardom. Swift, wearing pale jeans and dip-dyed shirt, her sandy hair tied in a blue scrunchie, leads the way up the staircase to show me the view. The decor hasn’t changed since she bought this place in 2009, when she was 19. “All of these high rises are new since then,” she says, gesturing at the squat glass structures and cranes.”
“Taylor Swift’s Nashville apartment is an Etsy fever dream, a 365-days-a-year Christmas shop, pure teenage girl id. You enter through a vestibule clad in blue velvet and covered in gilt frames bursting with fake flowers. The ceiling is painted like the night sky. Above a koi pond in the living area, a narrow staircase spirals…
Read the full article »Brit Marling and OA
🐙 pic.twitter.com/81AL9tzsuF — brit marling (@britmarling) August 23, 2019
Read the full article »Profiling Gary Busey As He Prepares To Play “God”
Profiling Gary Busey As He Prepares To Play “God”
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Vincent Gallo buys Trump Tower condo at heavy discount in all cash deal https://t.co/C0E6Uufsop pic.twitter.com/6pn2nLf2IC — Variety (@Variety) August 22, 2019
Read the full article »Tbilisi
An abandoned theater in Tbilisi, Georgia that I got to visit and photograph today pic.twitter.com/FbJQnVxb3S — Abandoned America (@abandonedameric) August 24, 2019
Read the full article »The DVD Wrapup: All Is True, Patrick Swayze, Harder They Come, Aniara, Alice Guy-Blache, Akio Jissoji, Orcas, Ronja, Walking Dead … More
I wonder how many of the teenagers who dug ‘Romeo + Juliet’ and ‘O’ in theaters or on video enrolled in Shakespeare courses in college and went on to support local theater companies.
Read the full article »Post-Iger Succession+ At Disney
Post-Iger Succession+ At Disney
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