MCN Curated Headlines Archive for October, 2016
“Underwhelmed by I, Daniel Blake. Preachy and poorly made. A povvo safari for middle class people… Poor Ken Loach. I’d be fucking angry if I wasn’t Mike Leigh, too.”
Murdoch Sunday Times Film Cricket Goes After Ken Loach
Thanks @Geoff_Andrew but @camillalong's ghastly review only adds fuel to fire. Outrageous and, considering meticulous research, just wrong. https://t.co/WbJk96K0KX
— Ken Loach (@KenLoachSixteen) October 23, 2016
“The DVD and Blu Ray market worldwide has dropped 80% in the last three years. I just cannot afford to make movies.”
Dr. Uwe Boll Says He’s Quitting The Motion Picture Racket
With – Dr. Boll At His Most Sentimental (language; 1’26” vid)
“In 20 or 50 years, taking a personalized blue pill you just hallucinate in an entertaining way and then a white pill brings you back to normality is perfectly viable. And if the source of human entertainment in 30 or 40 years is pharmacological we’ll be in real trouble.”
Netflix’s Reed Hastings Looks To The Future Of Entertainment
“From the opening seconds of Moonlight, when Boris Gardiner’s blaxploitation-era gem ‘Every —— Is a Star’ electrifies the bright Florida sunlight, until the screen goes dark, the feeling is like that of first cracking the spine of ‘Invisible Man’ or pressing play on ‘A Love Supreme’: a shocking, sustained encounter with the sublime.”
And – There’s Astrological Meaning In Chiron’s Name
“He’d just be with his people and walk away. People would come and then he’d stand there. There was a guy who held his chocolates in a little Tupperware. Whenever he needed chocolate, he’d come running over and give him a chocolate. That’s what divas are like, I guess. Or people who need therapy.”
Not Breaking News, But Good To Know Anyway: Mike Myers Was A Shit On The Set Of Cat In The Hat
“It’s a reminder of the big-movie movie ability that Hollywood has and how that can translate to European subject matter. And you can see there is still a great appetite for Tom Hanks in that character and for the way Ron Howard interprets it.”
Inferno Slated As Latest H’wd Attraction Meant As Much For Overseas As Downhome Consumption
Watch Trump H’wd Star Demolished With Jackhammer And Pickaxe 1’38” vid
And – Will Trump Ask For A Refund On The $15,000 Someone Paid For It?
“’Since he’s a billionaire [sic], he would like the line changed accordingly,’ the note read. In the end, Mr. Jacobson changed the script to say ‘zillionaire.’ He also framed the note. ‘It’s so bizarre and so narcissistic that somebody would want something like that changed. It’s a sitcom.”
“How Donald Trump Used Hw’d To Create ‘Donald Trump'”
Freedom Of Expression Crises Spread
Press Freedom Threatened In Burundi
And – “Journalism is already one of the most dangerous professions in Ethiopia”
And – Gannett To Cut Workforce By 2% At Its 100-Plus Papers
“In order to fully appreciate Moment by Moment, one has to understand three fundamental concepts of ‘queer”’cinema that seem difficult for critics and audiences alike to grasp: camp, classical Hollywood female melodrama, and feminism. A close examination of the film reveals how deliberate, adept and self-conscious the film is in its utilization of all three.”
Bruce LaBruce Anatomizes Jane Wagner’s Most Personal Picture
“While Chinese films have mastered delivering the action the country’s swelling audience loves, they fall far short of knowing how to pull off ideology. What is superhero ideology?”
Why Does China Find It Hard To Create Cinematic Superheroes?
“Keep that love close to your heart, and you will make a difference; cinema needs people like that.”
Terrence Malick Talks
“Compare and despair is a useless time suck. Nobody has it together. Nobody has the answers.”
Producer Effie Brown Keynotes Film Independent Forum