Movie City News Archive for September, 2019
“I Love Gwyneth Paltrow. There. I Said It,” Headlines Wesley Morris
“I am some other kind of person, the kind of who believes that Paltrow was, for a while, the best young American actor in Hollywood. She’s still among the very last generation of movie performers — including Cotillard and Cate Blanchett, Winslet and Nicole Kidman — for whom stardom and skill seem scarily, thrillingly natural….
Read the full article »Vidiots
“Starting later this year and into 2020, Vidiots will also feature programming partnerships with The Black List, The Bob Baker Marionette Theater and Cinema Eye Honors. Vidiots is looking to partner with Art House Convergence, Film Independent, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Outfest, Oxy Arts and the Occidental Media Arts & Culture Department, Sundance Institute,…
Read the full article »Brody Jessye
In memory of Jessye Norman, whose performance in The Makropulos Case, at the Met in 1996, is the most powerful, sonically and dramatically, that I've ever experienced; when she sang in my direction, I literally felt my eardrums shiver; not volume—intensity. — Richard Brody (@tnyfrontrow) October 1, 2019
Read the full article »Jessye norman
The Met mourns the loss of Jessye Norman (1945–2019), one of the great sopranos of the past half-century, who sang more than 80 unforgettable performances with the company. We extend our condolences to Ms. Norman’s family and friends. https://t.co/38WXiHkKPgPhoto: Met Archives pic.twitter.com/DXzWKl8o7U — Metropolitan Opera (@MetOpera) September 30, 2019
Read the full article »Illinois and Chicago film offices
Film Leaders of the Moment: Kwame Amoaku and Peter Hawley "It’s about making Chicago and Illinois a great place to make films." The new heads of @ChiFilmOffice and @ILFilmOffice speak with @RayPride about permits, perceptions, and Chicago vs. Toronto.https://t.co/DreZhJWiHC — Newcity Chicago (@newcity) September 25, 2019
Read the full article »Wayne Fitzgerald
Wayne Fitzgerald, who designed main titles for films as diverse as THE GRADUATE, PILLOW TALK, TOTAL RECALL, THE CONVERSATION, and CHINATOWN, has died. He was 89.@DEADLINE — https://t.co/J0rIIrwGFh Watch his work @ArtoftheTitle — https://t.co/DKsR5AWxpD pic.twitter.com/64vJ9oifvu — The Daily (@CriterionDaily) September 30, 2019
Read the full article »Santos on Variety on Irishman
I really don’t know what an article like this accomplishes especially when it doesn’t really address why the film wasn’t financed by the studios for a theatrical release in the first place. https://t.co/w2RMEa5Dds — Steven Santos (@stevensantos) September 29, 2019
Read the full article »Variety on Irishman
“The Irishman was made as a work of cinema to be shared in the secular temple that the movie theater still is. Yes, even with all those trailers, with the $10 Cokes and the idiots on their cellphones. I think a great many people will want to experience it that way. I would argue that…
Read the full article »Hustlers
Jennifer Lopez is perfect and Hustlers is the punchline to Gwyneth Paltrow’s comment that Ben Affleck’s perfect woman is a stripper in a bikini at Scores bringing him a cold beer — Molly Lambert (@mollylambert) September 15, 2019 J. Lo really is as good as you’ve heard in HUSTLERS. It’s one of those full-throttle holy-shit…
Read the full article »“Mikey & Nicky isn’t the story of two men attempting to escape the mob, nor two men reckoning with themselves—it’s the story of two boys wholly unequipped to mediate the complex emotions of male adulthood.”
“Mikey & Nicky isn’t the story of two men attempting to escape the mob, nor two men reckoning with themselves—it’s the story of two boys wholly unequipped to mediate the complex emotions of male adulthood.”
Read the full article »Michael Chabon: “What’s The Point?”
Michael Chabon: “What’s The Point?”
Read the full article »Not the Joker
as the utterly delightful “joker” discourse ramps up even more in the next week, a reminder that james holmes never dressed as the joker or said he was the joker https://t.co/D6t0UZmCRK — your pal andy (@andylevy) September 29, 2019
Read the full article »ad astra
Ad Astra: James Gray and his crew built a movie about men who avoid vulnerability and responsibility by becoming professional adventurers and workaholics. Anti-colonialist, pro-vulnerability. The personal becomes, quite literally, the universal. — Aleš Kot (@ales_kot) September 29, 2019
Read the full article »Rob Cohen Again Accused Of Sexual Assault
Rob Cohen Again Accused Of Sexual Assault
Read the full article »Momoa
I hadn’t expected to be crying thie moring, but here we are. I wish all these news outlet would acknowledge that Momoa is Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) and that indigenous people have been at the forefront of this fight. https://t.co/1rAMjQCo7I — Jeanne (@fangirlJeanne) September 28, 2019
Read the full article »Joker Oz
So there are security guards with metal detectors checking every individual bag at the Australian Joker press screening which is … unheard of, honestly. And I’ve been doing this job for 15yrs. — Maria Lewis (@moviemazz) September 26, 2019
Read the full article »Apple Plans to Bring Feature-Length Films to Theaters
Apple Plans to Bring Feature-Length Films to Theaters
Read the full article »Amazon Studios Strategizes
“We don’t pretend to think we would suddenly have 30 million people watching our movie in a theater, it’s just a portion of what our strategy is… stunt theatrical… event-izing… We’re really pivoting to a goal of getting these movies to the global customers as quickly as possible.” Amazon Studios Strategizes
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