MCN Curated Headlines Archive for May, 2013
“You have to shut your brain off and be like, ‘They’re not real people!'”
When Tavi Met Emma
“Wasting state money in any field is unacceptable and so is misuse of funds.”
Putin Grips Purse Strings For Russian Film Subsidies
“We are students of world religion.”
Will Smith On Jaden Smith After Birth
“But thank you again. For your messages, your joy, your support… Make comics, it’s cool.”
Blue Is The Warmest Color Artist Julie Maroh Responds Briefly
“No boos—talk about a low bar.”
Dargis On Gray On The Croisette: A Sweet Snapshot
“He showed me a mockup of the DVD box set of his complete oeuvre (six films, 251 minutes long—not long, yet over an hour longer than the complete works of Jean Vigo), and asked me if I would write his obituary.”
Jonnie Rosenbaum Remembers Filmmaker And Friend Peter Thompson, Who Was 68
“It takes a measureable amount of cowardice to betray reality and the struggle of society, but spinelessness has its perks.”
“Why Frances Ha Is A Cowardly Movie”
Chicago’s 1920 Portage Theater Shuttered By Owner Over Revocation Of Liquor License
And – Padlocked Without Warning
And – In A Second Stroke, The City’s 1925 Patio Theater Can’t Afford To Fix Its Broken A/C
With – How The Patio Tells It
“Two-hundred-fifty minutes later, the lights came up, I stood with tears in my eyes, and clapped as loudly as I ever have for any movie in my life. (Note: I’ve actually never clapped for a movie before.)”
From Cannes, Wesley Morris Says The Philippines Has Found Its Masterpiece