MCN Curated Headlines Archive for June, 2012
“One of the things the military has to do is go after this with the same seriousness and the same will that they fight a war.”
Kirby Dick On The Invisible War And Rape In The U. S. Military
“It could also be that artists should never, ever, worry about how they’re described by PR, as it’s not our job, and instead we should be writing music.”
Composer Nico Muhly On The Tyranny Of Genre And Self-Description
Jonnie Rosenbaum‘s 2001 Survey Of Sarris
And – Kenigsberg’s Assay Of His “Whadya Think?” Way Of Learning
Onion News Was Old….
“I didn’t create a brand or an image at 35 and play to it for 10 straight movies. I just wanted to be Gene Hackman, Alan Arkin. I wanted to be those guys who went from A to Z.”
Jeff Daniels On A Good Career
Who Is The Man That A Trade Calls When They Lose Faith In A Studio’s Screening Plan. Van Hoeij… Boyd Van Hoeij
The First American Review Of Amazing Spider-Man from Variety king-for-a-day Boyd Van Hoeij
“Andrew was not exactly Spencer Tracy. Over the years he reminded me of Gene Hackman (with his large man’s improbable grace), and FDR (the rings around the eyes, the fate-defying upward tilt of the head). But this Greek Spencer found his Hepburn—as much Audrey as Katharine—in Molly. Gifted, gorgeous, chic as Chanel, Molly also had that Sarrisish sand-in-the-oyster feeling of an outsider at the marvelous party to which her celebrity had made her an honored guest.”
Corliss, Sarris, Haskell
A Student Remembers Sarris
Plus – The VOICE’s Modest Selection Of Columns From Before His 1988 Dismissal
“Andrew Sarris was the man who taught me how to do what I do.”
Todd McCarthy Opens His Well-Worn Copy Of Sarris’ “American Cinema”