MCN Curated Headlines Archive for January, 2018

“We saw this as an opportunity to create a space for women directors to speak directly to consumers through their work and artistry.”
“Majority” Shingle Launched To Nurture And Employ Female Filmmakers by Senain Kheshgi and Jonathan Ker
A dos días de su estreno, @Cinemex eliminó de su programación LA REGION SALVAJE de Amat Escalante, ganador al mejor director en el Festival de Venecia 2016. La excusa, no tener espacio por la cantidad de títulos. Esto es ofensivo e indignante. Espero @Cinemex reconsidere.
— Alfonso Cuaron (@alfonsocuaron) January 31, 2018
Alfonso Cuaron on The Treatment In Mexico of the Latest Film From Amat Escalante
“Starting with Gawker and L.A. Weekly, we’re backing up entire news sites that might be threatened by the ‘billionaire problem,’ in which wealthy buyers can erase coverage they dislike.”
Freedom of the Press Foundation Announces

“Zero tolerance does not mean the absence of due process, or that there is a one-size-fits-all punishment for every incident. The WGAW supports a fair and legal process that is consistently and transparently applied.”
Writers Guild Sets “Zero Tolerance” For Sexual Harassment

“The Resurrection. Big subject. Oh, my God.”
The New Passion Of The Mel
“The time is now to listen to these women’s stories and as I was putting it together I realized that that refrain of ‘listen to women’—people kept on saying it like it was a burden to bear. Like, ‘You have to listen to women, even though it’s a bummer,’ and I was like, ‘It’s not a bummer to listen to women!'”
College Roommates Nellie Killian And Jennie Slate Talk About Programming Women’s Voices on Film
“With all the issues that we have going on in the world and the country, to see [the government] focusing in one mill which has complained about unfair pricing seems ludicrous to me. It’s bizarre. I don’t understand it. I don’t agree with it. I think this is one of the things that makes people dissatisfied with government.”
Trump Dept. of Commerce Paper Tariffs Could Cost Jobs at U.S. Publishers

“Our collaboration will push New York Times stories onto new screens and new platforms.”
Anonymous Content
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— NYT Styles (@NYTStyles) January 31, 2018
“Clarity is the abiding virtue.”
Ray Pride On Dave Kehr’s “Movies That Mattered”

“A sensibility that seemed sweet, skeptical and self-scrutinizing may have been cruel, cynical and self-justifying all along.”
A. O. Scott On The Case Of Woody Allen
And – Times Creates Allen-Farrow-Farrow Timeline
“As a general matter, Harvey Weinstein and his attorneys have refrained from publicly criticizing any of the women who have made allegations of sexual assault against Mr. Weinstein…”
From His Sanctuary, Harvey Weinstein Via Spokeslawyer
“An Afternoon with Jerry Lewis:
Jerry Lewis interviewed by members of the Documentary Film Group of the University of Chicago, January 26, 1971”
“I felt so dirty. I had been so violated and I was sad to the core of my being. I kept thinking about how he’d been sitting behind me in the theater the night before it happened. Which made it – not my responsibility, exactly, but – like I had had a hand in tempting him. Which made it even sicker and made me feel dirtier.”
Previewing Rose McGowan’s “Brave”
WV’s Charleston Gazette-Mail, Pulitzer Winner for Pioneering Portrait of Small-Town Opioid Crisis, Declares Bankruptcy
“Follow the pills and you’ll find the overdose deaths. The trail of painkillers leads to West Virginia’s southern coalfields, to places like Kermit, population 392. There, out-of-state drug companies shipped nearly 9 million highly addictive — and potentially lethal — hydrocodone pills over two years to a single pharmacy in the Mingo County town. Rural and poor, Mingo County has the fourth-highest prescription opioid death rate of any county in the United States.”
With – Their Coverage
“I finished the script not knowing. I knew that I wanted to direct, but I thought, I think this script is good, maybe I could use it to get to direct a movie later. Surely, there’s no way I could get someone to back me directing it. So maybe I could get someone else to direct it and then it would be successful. At a certain point I approached Richard Ayoade, and he said, “I love the script. But, dude, the only person who could direct this is you.” And I was like, ‘Nobody’s going to give me any money to do it.’ And he said, ‘Look, they’ll just give you less money. It’s clear from the script. You’re already directing the movie.'”
Sundance Breakout Boots Riley
“It’s a similar scenario every time: eulogise the battle won and ignore the war lost. The intention is to project the US as the strong, dependable world policeman when in real life – especially given the present commander in chief – it’s more like Eastwood’s Dirty Harry: brutal, macho, not overly concerned with the rules, and overcompensating for something with its penchant for big guns.”
Grauniad Commissions Clint Hit Piece