MCN Curated Headlines Archive for March, 2013
“Trying to convey the essence of a film stretches a reviewer’s capacity for lucid, engaging expression.”
Film Cricket Michael Sragow Introduces Himself To The Readers Of The O. C. Register
“It is the most shattering experience of a young man’s life when one morning he awakes and quite reasonably says to himself, ‘I will never play the Dane.'”
THE GREAT RICHARD GRIFFITHS WAS 65; “Uncle Monty” In Withnail & I; Beloved Stage Actor Whose Roles Included “The Sunshine Boys” With Danny DeVito, Alan Bennett’s “The History Boys”; Also In Chariots Of Fire, A Private Function, As Well As “Uncle Vernon” To Harry Potter
With – Peter Bradshaw On The Comic Masterpiece And Avatar Of Loneliness That Is Uncle Monty
And – “I’ve Always Hated The Way I Looked”
Plus – Download His Desert Island Discs Show 45’00” mp3
It’s The Minimum Wage, Stupide
“Breaking News : Le cinéma français indépendant est mort“ français
Aljean Harmetz‘s Obit For Oscar-Nom’d Screenwriter, Academy Figure Faye Kanin
With – Ms. Harmetz’s Most Recent Mortal Publications For The Grey Lady
Good Dr. Bordwell Proffers 9,000 Good Words On “Murder Culture: Adventures In 1940s Suspense”
And – Offers A Fair Cornucopia Of Sources Of The Current Project
“‘The dark heart of shiftless American youth’ just got darker.”
Podhoretz On Spring Breakers
“I’m embarrassed in that I’m 16 years in, and the company isn’t far more successful than it is.”
Harry Knowles On His Ongoing Financial Distress
Former AMPAS President Faye Kanin, Oscar- And Tony-Nominated, Wrote “Friendly Fire,” “Hustling”
With – A 2001 Susan King Profile
The Fantastic, Epic Story Of The Making Of The Place Beyond The Pines‘ Lovely, Lengthy Opening Shot
And – Listen To Mike Patton’s Score
UK Newspaper Contractions
Scotsman Firing One-Quarter Of Journos
And – Telegraph Goes Behind Paywall
Plus – Murdoch’s Sun To Erect Barrier