President Donald Trump is now a permanent fixture at Walt Disney World — or the animatronic version of the president that is.
On Monday, the Orlando, Florida, theme park debuted what was meant to be a life-like robot of the 45th president to mark the reopening its famed Hall of Presidents exhibit, which tells the story of the United States and those who have governed it. Trump – dressed in his signature unbuttoned suit jacket and extra long tie – was placed next to a seated Abraham Lincoln near the center of the stage.
And similar to his 43 predecessors, Trump also speaks.
“Above all,...
On Monday, the Orlando, Florida, theme park debuted what was meant to be a life-like robot of the 45th president to mark the reopening its famed Hall of Presidents exhibit, which tells the story of the United States and those who have governed it. Trump – dressed in his signature unbuttoned suit jacket and extra long tie – was placed next to a seated Abraham Lincoln near the center of the stage.
And similar to his 43 predecessors, Trump also speaks.
“Above all,...
- 12/19/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
“Literally no one was a fan of the Silver Screen movies.” And thus is the legacy of Silver Screen Cinema Pictures International, perhaps Hollywood’s least loved and most unnecessary grindhouse movie distributor. As the Silver Screen team giddily jumped on board the exploitation movie craze of the ’70s and ’80s, the movie house churned out film after film, most of them very poor facsimiles of other, better films, nearly all of them avoided and derided by both the public and the critical sectors. (Never heard of it? You’re not alone.)
And then it was all gone. Every single Silver Screen print and negative was destroyed in a 1984 fire — talk about too hot for the screen — eradicating the legacy of a brand that most people have absolutely zero knowledge of ever having existed. But even Silver Screen, seemingly always destined to exist in wacky obscurity, couldn’t be kept totally down,...
And then it was all gone. Every single Silver Screen print and negative was destroyed in a 1984 fire — talk about too hot for the screen — eradicating the legacy of a brand that most people have absolutely zero knowledge of ever having existed. But even Silver Screen, seemingly always destined to exist in wacky obscurity, couldn’t be kept totally down,...
- 11/3/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
David, Jeff, and Devindra discuss Kathryn Bigelow’s newest film, Detroit. Be sure to check out Angelica Jade’s review, Jason Bailey’s review, and Zeba Blay’s review. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(At)gmail(Dot)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Listen in Browser Subscribe to the /Filmcast: Shownotes What We’ve Been Watching Slashfimcourt (31:30) Featured review: […]
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- 8/11/2017
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
Following the revelation that Mike Pence won’t dine alone with women other than his wife, numerous social media users took to Twitter to address the more serious implications of the vice president’s personal decree.
In a Washington Post article detailing aspects of the vice president’s and Karen Pence’s 32-year marriage, journalist Ashley Parker reported that Pence further told The Hill in 2002 that he won’t attend events where alcohol is served without his wife.
Many wrote that Pence’s rule directly impacts job opportunities available to women hoping to work under the vice president.
“The revolting...
In a Washington Post article detailing aspects of the vice president’s and Karen Pence’s 32-year marriage, journalist Ashley Parker reported that Pence further told The Hill in 2002 that he won’t attend events where alcohol is served without his wife.
Many wrote that Pence’s rule directly impacts job opportunities available to women hoping to work under the vice president.
“The revolting...
- 3/30/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
The French filmmaker on his Personal Shopper collaboration with Kristen Stewart and what he hates about contemporary film criticism.
Amidst all the press for Personal Shopper, I think we’ve finally cracked the case of What Makes Kristen Stewart So Good — she’s a director in an actor’s agile body. This works marvelously well when paired with French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, because he began as a film writer who’d studied literature and art — making him a curious scholar in a director’s competent frame.
Assayas often speaks of the collaborative chemistry between himself and Stewart, and it’s easy to note the pair’s similarities. To begin with, Stewart is 26 and Assayas 62, a numerical palindrome. During our interview, Assayas writhed enthusiastically in his chair, combing the room with his eyes, restless though never disinterested (or so he led me to believe). Spit flew from his mouth when he spoke. He...
Amidst all the press for Personal Shopper, I think we’ve finally cracked the case of What Makes Kristen Stewart So Good — she’s a director in an actor’s agile body. This works marvelously well when paired with French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, because he began as a film writer who’d studied literature and art — making him a curious scholar in a director’s competent frame.
Assayas often speaks of the collaborative chemistry between himself and Stewart, and it’s easy to note the pair’s similarities. To begin with, Stewart is 26 and Assayas 62, a numerical palindrome. During our interview, Assayas writhed enthusiastically in his chair, combing the room with his eyes, restless though never disinterested (or so he led me to believe). Spit flew from his mouth when he spoke. He...
- 3/15/2017
- by Anya Jaremko-Greenwold
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Anyone who spends more than a few days at a major festival like the Toronto International Film Festival gets used to hearing the same question: “What’s the best thing you’ve seen?”
For this year’s edition of the Tiff Critics Poll, we asked a variety of writers covering the festival exactly that. The results, culled from 45 ballots, point to a particularly interesting mixture of awards season hopefuls and some of the festival’s standout international offerings.
Read More: ‘La La Land’ Review: A Lively Supercut of Classic Musicals Starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
The quartet at the top? Fan favorite “La La Land” (which was named by seven different critics), followed closely by Barry Jenkins’ tender coming-of-age story “Moonlight” (six), Maren Ade’s “Toni Erdmann” (five) and Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival” (four). However, there were many other votes cast for under-the-radar titles.
The close race partly reflects...
For this year’s edition of the Tiff Critics Poll, we asked a variety of writers covering the festival exactly that. The results, culled from 45 ballots, point to a particularly interesting mixture of awards season hopefuls and some of the festival’s standout international offerings.
Read More: ‘La La Land’ Review: A Lively Supercut of Classic Musicals Starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
The quartet at the top? Fan favorite “La La Land” (which was named by seven different critics), followed closely by Barry Jenkins’ tender coming-of-age story “Moonlight” (six), Maren Ade’s “Toni Erdmann” (five) and Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival” (four). However, there were many other votes cast for under-the-radar titles.
The close race partly reflects...
- 9/22/2016
- by Steve Greene and Zipporah Smith
- Indiewire
Axl Rose might serve as AC/DC‘s frontman for the remainder of their tour now that lead singer Brian Johnson has been forced to suspend his touring for health reasons. Axl Rose Fronting AC/DC Atlanta Radio 100.5 DJ Jason Bailey started the rumors about Rose joining AC/DC on tour on Wednesday during his show. He claimed that […]
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- 3/24/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Dailies is a round-up of essential film writing, news bits, videos, and other highlights from across the Internet. If you’d like to submit a piece for consideration, get in touch with us in the comments below or on Twitter at @TheFilmStage.
All The President’s Men will opens the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival. See more films here.
Watch Yorgos Lanthimos and Ariane Labed discuss the making of The Lobster:
Little White Lies‘ Katherine McLaughlin on how Anomalisa echoes the existential blues of Chantal Akerman’s Je, Tu, Il, Elle:
What is it be human? What is it to ache? What is it to be alive?” asks customer service expert Michael Stone in Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s stop-motion masterpiece Anomalisa. These are the same questions that the late Belgium filmmaker Chantal Akerman posed over 30 years ago in her black-and-white debut feature Je, Tu, Il, Elle.
Watch a...
All The President’s Men will opens the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival. See more films here.
Watch Yorgos Lanthimos and Ariane Labed discuss the making of The Lobster:
Little White Lies‘ Katherine McLaughlin on how Anomalisa echoes the existential blues of Chantal Akerman’s Je, Tu, Il, Elle:
What is it be human? What is it to ache? What is it to be alive?” asks customer service expert Michael Stone in Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s stop-motion masterpiece Anomalisa. These are the same questions that the late Belgium filmmaker Chantal Akerman posed over 30 years ago in her black-and-white debut feature Je, Tu, Il, Elle.
Watch a...
- 3/14/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
Force Awakens fever is still gripping the film industry two months after the release of the seventh Star Wars entry, and the world of cinema-centric books is just as Snoke-obsessed. But there’s plenty more worth snagging, including in-depth analyses of Pixar and Spike Lee’s Bamboozled, a lavish study of musicals, and a graphic stunner called Filmish.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary by Pablo Hidalgo (Dk Publishing)
Dk’s Star Wars visual dictionaries are, quite simply, must-owns. (Even the three prequel editions are fascinating.) And the Force Awakens Visual Dictionary might be the best yet. Author Pablo Hidalgo goes deep, providing everything you wanted to know about Jakku (but were afraid to ask), offering insight on briefly seen characters like Max Von Sydow’s Lor San Tekka, and breaking down exactly why the “crossguard blades” of Kylo Ren’s lightsaber are a necessity. Plus, the film stills...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary by Pablo Hidalgo (Dk Publishing)
Dk’s Star Wars visual dictionaries are, quite simply, must-owns. (Even the three prequel editions are fascinating.) And the Force Awakens Visual Dictionary might be the best yet. Author Pablo Hidalgo goes deep, providing everything you wanted to know about Jakku (but were afraid to ask), offering insight on briefly seen characters like Max Von Sydow’s Lor San Tekka, and breaking down exactly why the “crossguard blades” of Kylo Ren’s lightsaber are a necessity. Plus, the film stills...
- 2/11/2016
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Dailies is a round-up of essential film writing, news bits, videos, and other highlights from across the Internet. If you’d like to submit a piece for consideration, get in touch with us in the comments below or on Twitter at @TheFilmStage.
Martin McDonagh‘s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri will begin shooting in April and will be distributed by Fox Searchlight, Deadline reports.
Watch a video essay on how Mad Max: Fury Road effectively uses long shots to convey its story:
Movie Mezzanine‘s Jaime N. Christley reflects on Taxi Driver as it turns 40:
A year before the word was spoken by Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), “force” held Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) transfixed. More accurately, “true force,” followed by a line about “All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,” incoherent ramblings that don’t amount to anything presentable, but exhibit vividly enough the...
Martin McDonagh‘s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri will begin shooting in April and will be distributed by Fox Searchlight, Deadline reports.
Watch a video essay on how Mad Max: Fury Road effectively uses long shots to convey its story:
Movie Mezzanine‘s Jaime N. Christley reflects on Taxi Driver as it turns 40:
A year before the word was spoken by Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), “force” held Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) transfixed. More accurately, “true force,” followed by a line about “All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,” incoherent ramblings that don’t amount to anything presentable, but exhibit vividly enough the...
- 2/10/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
"When Nate Parker appeared before Monday’s world premiere of The Birth of a Nation," reports Flavorwire's Jason Bailey, "he introduced it as 'a film I’ve been carrying for seven years.' The gifted actor, familiar from Beyond the Lights, Red Tails, and Arbitrage, put everything on the line to make this dramatization of the 1831 slave revolt led by Nat Turner; he not only plays Turner, but wrote, directed, and produced the film as well. You can feel his blood pulsing through every frame." Now the film has set off the fiercest bidding war in Sundance history. And we're collecting reviews as they come in. » - David Hudson...
- 1/26/2016
- Keyframe
"When Nate Parker appeared before Monday’s world premiere of The Birth of a Nation," reports Flavorwire's Jason Bailey, "he introduced it as 'a film I’ve been carrying for seven years.' The gifted actor, familiar from Beyond the Lights, Red Tails, and Arbitrage, put everything on the line to make this dramatization of the 1831 slave revolt led by Nat Turner; he not only plays Turner, but wrote, directed, and produced the film as well. You can feel his blood pulsing through every frame." Now the film has set off the fiercest bidding war in Sundance history. And we're collecting reviews as they come in. » - David Hudson...
- 1/26/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
Dailies is a round-up of essential film writing, news bits, videos, and other highlights from across the Internet. If you’d like to submit a piece for consideration, get in touch with us in the comments below or on Twitter at @TheFilmStage.
Barack Obama‘s favorite movie of the year is The Martian (and The Knick his favorite TV show), while Michelle Obama‘s pick is Inside Out, People reports.
If you’re in New York City, Punch-Drunk Love is screening with a live orchestra score this March at Bam:
Bam and Wordless Music present a special screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2002 film Punch-Drunk Love, featuring Jon Brion’s original score re-orchestrated and performed live by the Wordless Music Orchestra. For this unique experience, Sony Pictures and Anderson have produced a new score-less print of the film to be screened alongside the 40-plus member orchestra, led by conductor Ryan...
Barack Obama‘s favorite movie of the year is The Martian (and The Knick his favorite TV show), while Michelle Obama‘s pick is Inside Out, People reports.
If you’re in New York City, Punch-Drunk Love is screening with a live orchestra score this March at Bam:
Bam and Wordless Music present a special screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2002 film Punch-Drunk Love, featuring Jon Brion’s original score re-orchestrated and performed live by the Wordless Music Orchestra. For this unique experience, Sony Pictures and Anderson have produced a new score-less print of the film to be screened alongside the 40-plus member orchestra, led by conductor Ryan...
- 12/10/2015
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2, the fourth and final film of the franchise, will conquer the global box office this weekend. That's a given. Before we turn to the reviews, though, we collect a couple of pieces that attempt to explain why. Then it's on to Jennifer Lawrence and the performances of Donald Sutherland and Julianne Moore, with honorable mentions for Elizabeth Banks and Stanley Tucci. "Director Francis Lawrence sometimes builds to his set pieces better than he executes them," finds Flavorwire's Jason Bailey, but for Screen's Tim Grierson, "Mockingjay — Part 2 proves to be the most satisfying, gripping and emotional film in the franchise." » - David Hudson...
- 11/19/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2, the fourth and final film of the franchise, will conquer the global box office this weekend. That's a given. Before we turn to the reviews, though, we collect a couple of pieces that attempt to explain why. Then it's on to Jennifer Lawrence and the performances of Donald Sutherland and Julianne Moore, with honorable mentions for Elizabeth Banks and Stanley Tucci. "Director Francis Lawrence sometimes builds to his set pieces better than he executes them," finds Flavorwire's Jason Bailey, but for Screen's Tim Grierson, "Mockingjay — Part 2 proves to be the most satisfying, gripping and emotional film in the franchise." » - David Hudson...
- 11/19/2015
- Keyframe
"Don Cheadle’s been involved in his fair share of biographical films (Hotel Rwanda, Talk to Me, The Rat Pack, Rebound)," begins Flavorwire's Jason Bailey. "His feature directorial debut, Miles Ahead, [is] a film about Miles Davis—and not about him, as it manufactures situations from whole cloth, jettisons huge swaths of his life, and basically focuses (much like last spring’s Love & Mercy) on two moments in his life, interspersed. This unconventional approach is both the movie’s blessing and its curse; it’s what makes it unique, while simultaneously blunting its effect." We're gathering reviews and we've got a clip. » - David Hudson...
- 10/12/2015
- Keyframe
"Don Cheadle’s been involved in his fair share of biographical films (Hotel Rwanda, Talk to Me, The Rat Pack, Rebound)," begins Flavorwire's Jason Bailey. "His feature directorial debut, Miles Ahead, [is] a film about Miles Davis—and not about him, as it manufactures situations from whole cloth, jettisons huge swaths of his life, and basically focuses (much like last spring’s Love & Mercy) on two moments in his life, interspersed. This unconventional approach is both the movie’s blessing and its curse; it’s what makes it unique, while simultaneously blunting its effect." We're gathering reviews and we've got a clip. » - David Hudson...
- 10/12/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Back in January, Flavorwire's Jason Bailey declared Brooklyn, an adaptation of Colm Tóibín's novel written by Nick Hornby, directed by John Crowley and starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters, to be "the best film I saw at Sundance," adding that "few films in recent memory more evocatively convey the emotion and intensity of homesickness, and of how the place where you’re most comfortable can become an inescapable flypaper." For the Av Club's A.A. Dowd, too, Brooklyn "really snuck up on me." Now it's hitting festivals in New York and London, and we've got more reviews and the trailer. » - David Hudson...
- 10/8/2015
- Keyframe
Back in January, Flavorwire's Jason Bailey declared Brooklyn, an adaptation of Colm Tóibín's novel written by Nick Hornby, directed by John Crowley and starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters, to be "the best film I saw at Sundance," adding that "few films in recent memory more evocatively convey the emotion and intensity of homesickness, and of how the place where you’re most comfortable can become an inescapable flypaper." For the Av Club's A.A. Dowd, too, Brooklyn "really snuck up on me." Now it's hitting festivals in New York and London, and we've got more reviews and the trailer. » - David Hudson...
- 10/8/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Stig Björkman’s Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words tracks the actress's life and career from Sweden to Hollywood, then Italy, where she'd work with Roberto Rossellini, France and back to Hollywood. We hear from her children, including Isabella Rossellini and Pia Lindström. Michael Nyman's score "soars across the images" and Alicia Vikander reads from Ingrid Bergman's journals. Flavorwire's Jason Bailey: "Focusing more on her inconvenient romances and rootless nature—she called herself a 'bird of passage'—than Casablanca or Notorious, Björkman’s film is dreamlike and lovely, unfolding like a trip through her photo albums, or even a log of her dream-life." We've got more reviews and the trailer. » - David Hudson...
- 10/5/2015
- Keyframe
Stig Björkman’s Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words tracks the actress's life and career from Sweden to Hollywood, then Italy, where she'd work with Roberto Rossellini, France and back to Hollywood. We hear from her children, including Isabella Rossellini and Pia Lindström. Michael Nyman's score "soars across the images" and Alicia Vikander reads from Ingrid Bergman's journals. Flavorwire's Jason Bailey: "Focusing more on her inconvenient romances and rootless nature—she called herself a 'bird of passage'—than Casablanca or Notorious, Björkman’s film is dreamlike and lovely, unfolding like a trip through her photo albums, or even a log of her dream-life." We've got more reviews and the trailer. » - David Hudson...
- 10/5/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The world is no stranger to cringey and incredibly awkward press junket interviews, but this one really takes the biscuit. Three quarters of the new Fantastic Four, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell were being interviews by Jason Bailey and Southside Steve of the Rock 100.5 Morning Show in Atlanta, and things got off on the wrong foot when the pair couldn’t get their heads around the fact that Mara and Jordan were playing brother and sister, because of their different skin colour, uttering the immortal words, “you’re white and you’re black. How does that happen". Yes, this again. While it has actually been explained away by the fact that Sue Storm is adopted in this iteration, Jordan, who has answered this question time and time again, made a good attempt to explain it to his interviewers, saying, “There is a whole bunch of family dynamics...
- 8/3/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
“You’re white and you’re black. How does that happen?” And that isn't even the worst of it folks! Apparently the Rock 100.5 Morning show interviewer was on a mission to make Fantastic Four stars Kate Mara and Michael B. Jordan feel as uncomfortable as possible when they appeared on the show (along with a silently bemused Jamie Bell) to promote the movie. It's a credit to both actors that they took it in their stride and laughed it all off for the most part, but man this is a tough watch. “You’re way, way hot. Why’d you cut the hair? Your hair was beautiful.” F*cking hell! The show's main host, Jason Bailey, tried to defend the interviewer’s questions to Buzzfeed and just ended up doing more damage.. “Look, not a huge fan of these controlled 5-7 minute interview junkets they run in the first place...
- 8/3/2015
- ComicBookMovie.com
“Fantastic Four” stars Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara and Jamie Bell sat through a series of dumb questions during an interview that has gone viral for being fantastically awkward. “From what I understand, you’re brother and sister. Am I missing something?” Atlanta radio personality Jason Bailey asked Jordan and Mara during an interview promoting this Friday’s 20th Century Fox release. “But your white and your black. But how does that happen? Because in the other one, they’re just brother and sister, there was no back story.” The “Fruitvale Station” actor plays Marvel superhero Johnny Storm, a.k.
- 8/3/2015
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
First it was Cara Delevingne, now it's the cast of "Fantastic Four." Sigh. This interview, though, almost seems designed to go viral -- like that was the only point of the awkward commentary. But Buzzfeed talked to Rock 100.5 Morning host Jason Bailey, after his and Southside Steve Rickman's interview, and he insisted the questions and comments -- about Johnny and Sue Storm as black and white siblings, and Kate Mara having sexy toes and unsexy short hair -- weren't meant to get anyone worked up.
First, here's the interview, which was filmed to show the radio hosts as well as the cast:
Afterward, Jason Bailey had an e-mail exchange with BuzzFeed and said the questions weren't intended to be incendiary.
Absolutely not! That's not mine or the show's thing. Look, not a huge fan of these controlled 5-7 minute interview junkets they run in the first place but I...
First, here's the interview, which was filmed to show the radio hosts as well as the cast:
Afterward, Jason Bailey had an e-mail exchange with BuzzFeed and said the questions weren't intended to be incendiary.
Absolutely not! That's not mine or the show's thing. Look, not a huge fan of these controlled 5-7 minute interview junkets they run in the first place but I...
- 8/3/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
The cast of Fantastic Four are the latest stars to endure an awkward interview during the press tour for the new film.
Michael B Jordan, Kate Mara and Jamie Bell sat down with Jason Bailey and Southside Steve of an Atlanta radio show, only to be barraged with dubious questions.
Bailey starts by asking how Sue Storm and Johnny Storm could possibly be related due to their different ethnicities.
Jordan tried to diffuse the line of questioning by responding with: "There's a whole bunch of different family dynamics that it could be [even without] an obvious adoption."
http://susenstorm.tumblr.com/post/125531088539
Ignoring him, Southside Steve changes the line of questioning, and in a bad attempt at a compliment tells Mara she is "way, way hot".
After the actress laughs uncomfortably, he mocks her new haircut, to which Mara quips: "This is a great interview."
After Bailey asks her if talking about...
Michael B Jordan, Kate Mara and Jamie Bell sat down with Jason Bailey and Southside Steve of an Atlanta radio show, only to be barraged with dubious questions.
Bailey starts by asking how Sue Storm and Johnny Storm could possibly be related due to their different ethnicities.
Jordan tried to diffuse the line of questioning by responding with: "There's a whole bunch of different family dynamics that it could be [even without] an obvious adoption."
http://susenstorm.tumblr.com/post/125531088539
Ignoring him, Southside Steve changes the line of questioning, and in a bad attempt at a compliment tells Mara she is "way, way hot".
After the actress laughs uncomfortably, he mocks her new haircut, to which Mara quips: "This is a great interview."
After Bailey asks her if talking about...
- 8/1/2015
- Digital Spy
The press blitz for the new “Fantastic Four” movie has begun! Which means the cast will be subjected to a never-ending carousel of journalists asking variations of the same dozen questions. But hey, it’s part of the job and most actors are consummate professionals…even when the people interviewing them aren’t. Recently Jason Bailey and Southside Steve — the morning show hosts of Wnnx Rock 100.5 in Atlanta — sat down with Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, and Jamie Bell to ostensibly talk about the movie. Instead, things went off the rails almost immediately. http://susenstorm.tumblr.com/post/125531088539 Straight out of the gate, Jason Bailey brings up the question of Sue Storm being white and Johnny Storm being black. Kate Mara answers, “Sue Storm was adopted.” End of line of questioning, right? Nope. Bailey can’t seem to let it go, completely ignoring Mara’s succinct response. Over and over...
- 7/31/2015
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
By the time the 87th Academy Awards are over this Sunday, two men and two women will have joined the elite ranks of those actors to have won an Oscar for Best Performance (in either a leading or supporting role). Regardless of what the predictions might be, we all have our favorites. Maybe you think someone’s overrated. Or your friend just doesn’t get the hype. Or you know in your gut the best performance will lose out to the more “Oscar bait” role. But you’re still going to fill out your ballot for the office pool, or root along with whomever you want to win the coveted statuette, because that’s half the fun of watching, no? Well, let’s take a brief, seven-minute break from speculating who might win to take a look at some of the earliest roles these 20 nominees had (we recently highlighted 20 Great...
- 2/19/2015
- by Zach Hollwedel
- The Playlist
Tired of Top Ten lists and best-of polls? Too bad! Some of the best and most anticipated have hit the internet in the past week, including Senses of Cinema's epic World Poll featuring countless contributors the world over including myself and our own Daniel Kasman. Reverse Shot has published their Best of 2014 featuring eloquent annotations from various contributors. Meanwhile, Movie Mezzanine does the same but with a Top 50. On the latest episode of The Cinephiliacs, Peter Labuza and Keith Uhlich discuss their favorites of the year. The latest issue of Film Comment is on shelves now and you can find some of the articles online now. The National Society of Film Critics selected Jean-Luc Godard's Adieu au langage as their Best Picture. Jason Bailey writes on the controversial choice for Flavorwire.
Above: a New Year's message/poem/film from Apichatpong Weerasethakul via our official Tumblr. Head over to Sight...
Above: a New Year's message/poem/film from Apichatpong Weerasethakul via our official Tumblr. Head over to Sight...
- 1/7/2015
- by Notebook
- MUBI
In today's roundup on cinema-related books, we preview Peter Labuza's Approaching the End: Imagining Apocalypse in American Film, Jason Bailey's The Ultimate Woody Allen Companion, Frederic Lombardi’s Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios, The George Kuchar Reader (edited by Andrew Lampert), Be Sand, Not Oil. The Life and Work of Amos Vogel (with a forward by Werner Herzog), David Cronenberg's Consumed, Cary Elwes's As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride and Russell Brand's Revolution. » - David Hudson...
- 10/16/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
In today's roundup on cinema-related books, we preview Peter Labuza's Approaching the End: Imagining Apocalypse in American Film, Jason Bailey's The Ultimate Woody Allen Companion, Frederic Lombardi’s Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios, The George Kuchar Reader (edited by Andrew Lampert), Be Sand, Not Oil. The Life and Work of Amos Vogel (with a forward by Werner Herzog), David Cronenberg's Consumed, Cary Elwes's As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride and Russell Brand's Revolution. » - David Hudson...
- 10/16/2014
- Keyframe
Iris Barry is "one of the secret heroines of the history of cinema—in fact, of the very idea that there is such a thing as a history of cinema," argues Richard Brody. Also in the New Yorker, Hilton Als reviews John Lahr's Tennessee Williams biography. For the Los Angeles Review of Books, Jordan Cronk talks with Michael Koresky about his new book on Terence Davies. At Flavorwire's Jason Bailey has posted an excerpt from his book on Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. And now that David Cronenberg's written a novel, Saul Austerlitz looks back on the many other filmmakers who've tried their hands at literature. » - David Hudson...
- 10/14/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
Iris Barry is "one of the secret heroines of the history of cinema—in fact, of the very idea that there is such a thing as a history of cinema," argues Richard Brody. Also in the New Yorker, Hilton Als reviews John Lahr's Tennessee Williams biography. For the Los Angeles Review of Books, Jordan Cronk talks with Michael Koresky about his new book on Terence Davies. At Flavorwire's Jason Bailey has posted an excerpt from his book on Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. And now that David Cronenberg's written a novel, Saul Austerlitz looks back on the many other filmmakers who've tried their hands at literature. » - David Hudson...
- 10/14/2014
- Keyframe
"Ethan Hawke, who has made a very lovely portrait of virtuoso pianist and teacher Seymour Bernstein, is going to be his own worst enemy in terms of getting people to actually see the damn thing," predicts Michael Sicinski in Cinema Scope. Seymour: An Introduction has screened at Telluride and Toronto and now arrives at the New York Film Festival. And so far, nearly all critics agree that, as Flavorwire's Jason Bailey puts it, it's "a lovely film, thoughtful and modest (in the best possible sense: brief, intimate, and true). Hawke shows real skill as a documentarian: He’s got a good eye and a crisp style, his archival footage is well-chosen and sparingly used, he moves between scenes and ideas gracefully and seamlessly, and there’s a real elegance to the film, one which seems to key off its subject." » - David Hudson...
- 9/26/2014
- Keyframe
"Ethan Hawke, who has made a very lovely portrait of virtuoso pianist and teacher Seymour Bernstein, is going to be his own worst enemy in terms of getting people to actually see the damn thing," predicts Michael Sicinski in Cinema Scope. Seymour: An Introduction has screened at Telluride and Toronto and now arrives at the New York Film Festival. And so far, nearly all critics agree that, as Flavorwire's Jason Bailey puts it, it's "a lovely film, thoughtful and modest (in the best possible sense: brief, intimate, and true). Hawke shows real skill as a documentarian: He’s got a good eye and a crisp style, his archival footage is well-chosen and sparingly used, he moves between scenes and ideas gracefully and seamlessly, and there’s a real elegance to the film, one which seems to key off its subject." » - David Hudson...
- 9/26/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. There will be a quiz later. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “Release Windows’ Death Spiral” — Erik Gruenwedel at Home Media Magazine gets wonky on a potentially large revolution coming to Hollywood. The short version: by 2024, most movies will be released in theaters and VOD/streaming at virtually the same time. “The Movie Press’ Oscar Obsession Is Ruining Fall Film Festivals For Everyone” — Jason Bailey at Flavorwire describes how events meant to celebrate cinema have morphed into breeding grounds for golden speculation. I’ll pardon the graphic imagery. “If you’ll pardon the graphic imagery, the Oscar Industry has become a giant circle-jerk, and perhaps the film press assembling at fall festivals could put their junk away and just watch some movies. Viewing every single high-profile, high-prestige fall film through the diminutive prism of what awards it could win at the industry’s spring dog-and-pony...
- 9/5/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Pulp Fiction has become so canonized as a modern classic, it's easy to forget how transgressive it was on its release twenty years ago. But when Quentin Tarantino's film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1994, it thrilled and shocked the audience in equal measures.
'Pulp Fiction,' A to Z
No scene upended more expectations than the pawn shop sequence (Spoiler Alert — if you haven't ever seen the movie, this is the moment when you should stop reading and go do that. Really! It's streaming on Netflix!
'Pulp Fiction,' A to Z
No scene upended more expectations than the pawn shop sequence (Spoiler Alert — if you haven't ever seen the movie, this is the moment when you should stop reading and go do that. Really! It's streaming on Netflix!
- 5/21/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Twenty years ago today, Quentin Tarantino and Harvey Weinstein unveiled the filmmaker’s sophomore movie — an ambitious anthology of crime stories, all interconnected and metatextualized — at a late Saturday night screening at the Cannes Film Festival. A little over three hours later, as the crowd staggered out of the Palais des Festivals, they knew they had an audience favorite on their hands. Soon, they would be able to add Palme d’Or winner, Best Picture Oscar nominee, the first indie film to break the $100 million mark, a gamechanger and a modern classic to the list.
- 5/21/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Quentin Tarantino ‘The Hateful Eight’ screenplay leak Quentin Tarantino will no longer be making the Western The Hateful Eight. Why not? Well, Tarantino claims he sent out the film’s screenplay to a group of six people, one of whom allegedly showed it to his agent, who then showed it to other agents, who then began calling Tarantino’s agent Mike Simpson, asking him to cast their clients in the film. (Photo: The Hateful Eight screenwriter Quentin Tarantino.) “I’m very, very depressed,” Tarantino was quoted as saying at Deadline.com, which first broke The Hateful Eight Screenplay Leak story on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. “I finished a script, a first draft, and I didn’t mean to shoot it until next winter, a year from now. I gave it to six people, and apparently it’s gotten out today.” Now, before they begin flailing and wailing, Quentin Tarantino fans should be...
- 1/24/2014
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Now almost two decades old, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction almost singlehandedly changed the way Hollywood wanted to make movies in the '90s. Now, a comprehensive new book on the film -- Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece (by Jason Bailey from Voyageur Press) – reveals some intriguing casting near-miss and what if? details, from the possibilities of Daniel Day-Lewis as Vincent Vega (the role now owned by John Travolta) and Meg Ryan as Mia Wallace (the role now defined by Uma Thurman) to even Ellen DeGeneres starring in a supporting role...
Related: 5 Shocking Truths About the Making of 'Pulp Fiction'
After being reduced to playing third wheel to talking babies and dogs in the Look Who's Talking movies, Travolta's career was practically flatlining before the role of Vincent Vega gave him a second lease on life in Hollywood. But the role originally was meant for Michael Madsen, who played...
Related: 5 Shocking Truths About the Making of 'Pulp Fiction'
After being reduced to playing third wheel to talking babies and dogs in the Look Who's Talking movies, Travolta's career was practically flatlining before the role of Vincent Vega gave him a second lease on life in Hollywood. But the role originally was meant for Michael Madsen, who played...
- 11/15/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
Films screen all day at the Orpheum Theatre, Scottish Rite, Central Library, Historical Museum, Garvey Center, Hotel at Old Town and the C.A.C. Theatre at Wsu. Click here for Friday’s schedule.
Be sure to check out these films with Special Guests:
I Declare War, 1:30 pm at the Orpheum with Director James Lapeyre Lost On Purpose, 4:00 pm at the Orpheum with co-Director Josh Barrett Blackfish, 4:45 pm at the Scottish Rite with Producer Manuel Oteyza Her Aim Is True, 11:15 am at the Garvey Forum with Director Karen Whitehead Zipper: Coney Island’S Last Wild Ride, 1:30 pm at the Garvey Forum with Director Amy Nicholson A Band Called Death, 4:00 pm at the Garvey Forum with Director Mark Covino The Last White Knight, 11:30 am at the Garvey Med. with Director Paul Saltzman Barzan, 2:00 pm at the Garvey Med. with Producer Sarah Stuteville and...
Be sure to check out these films with Special Guests:
I Declare War, 1:30 pm at the Orpheum with Director James Lapeyre Lost On Purpose, 4:00 pm at the Orpheum with co-Director Josh Barrett Blackfish, 4:45 pm at the Scottish Rite with Producer Manuel Oteyza Her Aim Is True, 11:15 am at the Garvey Forum with Director Karen Whitehead Zipper: Coney Island’S Last Wild Ride, 1:30 pm at the Garvey Forum with Director Amy Nicholson A Band Called Death, 4:00 pm at the Garvey Forum with Director Mark Covino The Last White Knight, 11:30 am at the Garvey Med. with Director Paul Saltzman Barzan, 2:00 pm at the Garvey Med. with Producer Sarah Stuteville and...
- 10/18/2013
- by Staff
- The Moving Arts Journal
When Pulp Fiction was released in theaters in 1994, it was immediately hailed as a masterpiece. The New York Times called it a “triumphant, cleverly disorienting journey,” and thirty-one-year-old Quentin Tarantino, with just three feature films to his name, became a sensation: the next great American director. Nearly twenty years later, those who proclaimed Pulp Fiction an instant classic have been proven irrefutably right. In Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino’s Masterpiece, film expert Jason Bailey explores why Pulp Fiction is such a brilliant and influential film. He discusses how the movie was revolutionary in its use of dialogue (“You can get a steak here, daddy-o,” “Correct-amundo”), time structure, and cinematography—and how it completely transformed the...
- 10/17/2013
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Jason Bailey does good work over at Flavorwire.com, but as with anyone that has an opinion we have to disagree every now and then and in this instance it's not what he's written that bothers me, but his latest headline: "Who Cares If a Great Movie Like The Shining Is a Bad Adaptationc". How can a great movie come out of a bad adaptationc It's a contradiction of words, and while Bailey ran with that headline, his article says as much as he tackles author Stephen King's objections to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, which King calls "cold", saying Jack Nicholson's performance painted the character crazy from the start and adding, "We're looking at these people, but they're like ants in an anthill, aren't they doing interesting things, these little insects." Bailey, however, does a great job summing up when he writes: In adapting "The Shining", Kubrick...
- 10/2/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “Is 12 Years a Slave Really a Best Picture Lock?” — Mark Harris at Grantland tears into the absurd proclamations that we already have an Oscar winner. The best news? There are a ton of potentially worthy movies on the way. “The Long List of Successful Action Movies Starring Women” — Charlie Jane Anders at io9 provides overwhelming evidence that a superheroine movie (and more female-led action movies) would kick ass. “An Appreciation of Rounders on its 15th Birthday” — Jason Bailey applauds the movie that taught us what “runner runner” is on the eve of Runner Runner. “Ray Dolby, audio engineer who pioneered noise reduction, dies at 80” — A life we can celebrate with clarity.
- 9/13/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine is tearing up the box office in limited release, bringing in $2.3 million this weekend from only 229 theaters. Now he's out in Paris with Colin Firth and Emma Stone filming his next picture (see set pictures here and here) while Rio de Janerio mayor Eduardo Paes has taken Allen's comment about Brazil being a great place to tell a story and is offering to fully fun the film. Speaking with O Globe (via The Playlist), Paes said, "I'll pay 100% of the production. I'll pay whatever it takes to get him to come film here... I so want him to come. I've already done all kinds of things. I talked to his sister, I sent him a message through Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, who is his neighbor in New York." Of course, it isn't confirmed Allen actually has a story to tell in Brazil, at least not yet,...
- 8/19/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
While the name Emmett Till made its way up Twitter's list of trending topics Saturday night and a jury of six women determined that George Zimmerman was justified in killing 17-year-old teenager Trayvon Martin, another young black man's tragic fate unfolded once more on a national stage.
"Fruitvale Station," the story of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Oakland man who was fatally shot by a transit agency police officer in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009, opened in theaters on Friday, prompting heart-wrenching parallels to the Trayvon Martin case.
"In that courtroom, and in the coverage of the events within it, a young black man's death has prompted speculation, assumptions, and judgment about his life. And in theaters across the country, 'Fruitvale Station' considers those same questions about Oscar Grant," The Atlantic's Jason Bailey wrote Friday in his review of the film.
Bailey's comparison of "Fruitvale" and...
"Fruitvale Station," the story of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Oakland man who was fatally shot by a transit agency police officer in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009, opened in theaters on Friday, prompting heart-wrenching parallels to the Trayvon Martin case.
"In that courtroom, and in the coverage of the events within it, a young black man's death has prompted speculation, assumptions, and judgment about his life. And in theaters across the country, 'Fruitvale Station' considers those same questions about Oscar Grant," The Atlantic's Jason Bailey wrote Friday in his review of the film.
Bailey's comparison of "Fruitvale" and...
- 7/14/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Ever wonder what toy factories in China do with leftover parts? Generally, they try to make use of them by combining them in the creation of other toys, even when it isn't appropriate. In a hilarious slide show on Flavorwire, Jason Bailey has a remarkable collection of the worst bootleg superhero toys ever created. How about Superman using a parachute or riding a horse? Most of the toys change the name of the character, as though we're not supposed to believe he could possibly be based on Superman, Batman or Spiderman. Thus, we get Specialman, Spaderman and Silver Bat (who also rides a horse!) Click here to view
(Thanks to Nick Sheffo for the link) ...
- 6/23/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
After almost a two minute scene featuring George Clooney in 1987's Return to Horror High the following mash-up video from Flavorwire features several big name actors in their early horror film roles. I'm sure many of them have probably forgotten these films, but once reminded could probably tell you some fantastic stories. The video was edited by Flavorwire's Jason Bailey to the tune of John Lennon's "Scared". The names included in the video in order of appearance are: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Steve McQueen, Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Aniston, Julianne Moore, Isla Fisher, James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Naomi Watts, Sharon Stone, Johnny Depp, Patricia Arquette, Laurence Fishburne, Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Bacon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dana Carvey, Paul Rudd, Michelle Williams, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ted Danson, Holly Hunter, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Viggo Mortensen, Matthew McConaughey, Renee Zellweger, Jessica Alba, Leonardo DiCaprio, Angela Bassett, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Jack Black, Bill Maher,...
- 10/30/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
We can't say that we're necessarily the biggest fans of the "supercut," those viral videos that take a bunch of examples of a particular thing -- people cussing, or saying a particular line, or whatever -- pull them together with some natty editing, and then just hang around collecting views. Generally speaking, they feel like kind of a waste of time, and are sort of indicative of a depressing pick & mix engagement with culture. But having said that, Christian Marclay's "The Clock," which cuts together moments of instances of time in film over a 24-hour period, is one of the most amazing things we've ever seen, and that's essentially an extension of the supercut principle, so we're certainly open to it. A new video essay by Jason Bailey that just popped up at Flavorwire is no "The Clock," but it's certainly worth a watch; collecting 135 shots from 86 movies that...
- 7/18/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
We think Shoshanna Shapiro, the fourth and possibly quirkiest lady in the quartet on "Girls," is kind of amazing. Not only did she introduce us to the best game show ever, "Baggage," but her mile-a-minute observations about life and love always make us -- literally -- laugh out loud.
At first Shoshanna seems like the most innocent and timid of the group, but she's actually a lot braver than you might think -- could you show up to a warehouse party alone? Could you use your kickboxing skills on a real man? Could you rip off your sparkly skirt while running down an alley in Bushwick?
Her great track suits and adorable smile mean we'll always be on #TeamShosh. She’s so great, we could puke.
Video produced by Amber Genuske.
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At first Shoshanna seems like the most innocent and timid of the group, but she's actually a lot braver than you might think -- could you show up to a warehouse party alone? Could you use your kickboxing skills on a real man? Could you rip off your sparkly skirt while running down an alley in Bushwick?
Her great track suits and adorable smile mean we'll always be on #TeamShosh. She’s so great, we could puke.
Video produced by Amber Genuske.
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- 6/16/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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