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At least 5 more editors plus part timers were laid off at bustle today https://t.co/uc9niAUEvg
— B. Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) November 7, 2019
Stop making films for 'audiences' — at any rate, a term of abuse and studio marketing scam — and start making them as labyrinths for protean lost souls to find themselves or get lost further.
— Uncas Blythe (@punicgoddess) November 7, 2019
Christopher used to live directly across the street from me on Sycamore Avenue, just off Hollywood Boulevard. He’s one of many boulevard regulars that I remember from 2006-2012. RIP. https://t.co/iuy2ysQPnj
— Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) November 7, 2019
Neon acquires Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s 'Memoria' starring Tilda Swinton https://t.co/Dq1q6MjtBa pic.twitter.com/xPyGILo5BT
— Screen International (@Screendaily) November 7, 2019
AFM: Neon Buys Tilda Swinton’s ‘Memoria’ for North America https://t.co/SVVbgFrD5t
— Variety (@Variety) November 7, 2019
Congratulations to the @sltrib, which did what I honestly thought it couldn't: convince the IRS to let it convert from a for-profit to a nonprofit business https://t.co/SsuVGt2COD
— Joshua Benton (@jbenton) November 4, 2019
MARRIAGE STORY could become only the 16th film—and 1st in 6 years—to land Oscar noms in all 4 acting categories. Leads Adam Driver and ScarJo and supporting actress Laura Dern are slam dunks. Supporting actor Alan Alda is less assured, but very possible. https://t.co/0SnYRJ02Lb
— Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) November 7, 2019
It is with great sadness @NFTSFilmTV announces the death of our former Director and friend Nik Powell who passed away this morning. He loved the School deeply and was incredibly proud of every one of our graduates. Nik leaves a lasting legacy and will be deeply missed by us all. pic.twitter.com/qzv3bkYYbi
— NationalFilmTVSchool (@NFTSFilmTV) November 7, 2019
I love that Pesci disappeared into retirement for a long time and is now on a multi-pronged comeback tour as the new King of All Media https://t.co/DgaPGLzSUY
— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) November 7, 2019
I’m sure he’d be thrilled 🙄
This is awful.
Maybe we can get a computer to paint us a new Picasso. Or write a couple new John Lennon tunes.
The complete lack of understanding here is shameful. https://t.co/hkwXyTR4pu
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) November 6, 2019
“Today we move ahead as one Vox Media, creating a sustainable, diversified business and a culture built on our commitment to the highest quality work and shared values.” https://t.co/ioog8Lthek
— Vox Media (@voxmediainc) November 6, 2019
“Goodfellas” wasn’t even that big a hit, and Henry Hill got a better quality of life benefit from it than Bill Mantlo did from “Guardians of the Galaxy.” But go ahead and kid yourselves about the kind of people we’re dealing with here.
— Glenn Kenny (@Glenn__Kenny) November 6, 2019
I don't think people who love marvel movies think they're high art they think the concept of high art is for snobs or whatever
— Mafia Girlboss (@victoriaxxviii) November 6, 2019
If you permit an English-language film from Nigeria to compete, then you have to permit English-language films from the UK, Canada, Australia, etc, to compete. If you do that, the category's purpose in giving a platform to under-represented cinema is effectively compromised.
— Guy Lodge (@GuyLodge) November 5, 2019
“When @RealByronAllen first sued in 2015, few would have guessed he would get to the Supreme Court with a case that could transform the way discrimination lawsuits are handled.” The more I read about this case, the more fascinated I become. Brave and bold. https://t.co/DZ99F9wMWZ
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) November 4, 2019
First poster for Wong Kar-wai's TV series/feature film BLOSSOMS. pic.twitter.com/fn3h7hqrao
— MUBI (@mubi) November 4, 2019
Scorsese is now and has always been DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE of gatekeeping. So, fuck off with this “opinion” please. https://t.co/Ojpb5xT17Y
— Tomris Laffly (@TomiLaffly) November 5, 2019
When I go to the movies, I’m with Martin Scorsese. I want to “see something absolutely new and be taken to unexpected and maybe even unnameable areas of experience.” https://t.co/F8vFJqmeG4 via @NYTOpinion
— Motoko Rich (@motokorich) November 6, 2019
This person sprayed me with some kind of suffocating disinfectant at a press screening once while trying to sanitize her seat pic.twitter.com/BsGe8afyie
— Screen Slate (@ScreenSlate) November 5, 2019
Trump spiritual advisor, Paula White, w/ hubby Jonathan Cain, keyboardist for Journey, who wrote the song “Faithfully” for his 1st wife, Tané McClure, who sang “Burning in the Third Degree” in the Tech Noir shootout scene in THE TERMINATOR. pic.twitter.com/hf6HxrmdFt
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 5, 2019
“This is not an echo chamber of women talking about #MeToo,” says Witherspoon. “It’s actually a very gender-balanced conversation because we need men watching the show. Real change doesn’t happen unless the incumbent power structure accepts it.”
This calls attention to the delineation of "foreign film" vs "foreign-language film". Which makes more sense? Can a "foreign film" be in OUR language (i.e. English)? Can a domestic (i.e American) film be in a foreign language? What does it mean to be foreign? And to be American? https://t.co/JqyvVeW5RQ
— Lulu Wang (@thumbelulu) November 5, 2019
I love that Scorsese has decided to lean into this discussion rather than treat it as an irritating press tour mishap. This is such a great piece, with lots for all of us to reflect on – especially critics. https://t.co/niUBEC0YZN
— Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews) November 5, 2019
Seriously why argue about the opinions of one filmmaker when you could go after the ones who are the real gatekeepers who actually decide what gets made and who gets hired to make it?
— Aaron Stewart-Ahn (@somebadideas) November 5, 2019
Scorcese shouldn't write about movies. Now there's a hell of a take, mate.
— Chet (@realchet) November 5, 2019
French star Adèle Haenel on sexual harassment as a child actor: “Monsters don’t exist. This is our society we’re talking about. Our fathers, our friends, our brothers. As long as we don’t see this, we’ll never move forward.” https://t.co/MMY6MGybmQ
— Angelique Chrisafis (@achrisafis) November 5, 2019
“Here I ask the question any newspaperman might be expected to put to a highly accomplished nonagenarian arts critic: Have the arts declined in the past half-century? I expect him to say yes, or at least to indulge a little nostalgia for the cultural world of 1969, when his friends and associates included Lionel Trilling, Jacques Barzun, Dwight Macdonald and W.H. Auden.”
WSJ Despatches Editorial Page Writer To Elevate 94-Year-Old John Simon As “The Last Man Of Letters”
“Important, too, are so-called drama queens, who expect published confirmation for their lightly earned personal enthusiasm. The great critic Kenneth Tynan spoke of two kinds of prevalent wit—and presumably two kinds of theatergoers–Jewish and homosexual.”
John Simon Still Blogs In That Unstanched John Simon Fashion
— Amy Nicholson (@TheAmyNicholson) November 2, 2019