In If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins and cinematographer James Baxton worked with location designers who knew the details both of the New York of today and of James Baldwin’s New York. That meant letting the Bronx stand in for Greenwich Village, and not letting Washington Square Park, which is “like Versailles” compared the park of Baldwin’s story, be itself. – The New York Times
Tag: 02.03.19
As Facebook Turns 15, Only Disconnect
The 2010 movie Social Network isn’t perfect – though the fact that it looks like a horror movie now feels eerily accurate. But “the movie mocks one of the ideas that, from the beginning and definitely in the nearly 10 years since The Social Network premiered, has become one of Facebook’s own dearest myths: connection. Connection as origin; connection as mission; connection as justification.” – The Atlantic
Speaking Of Those Super Bowl Ads: An Evaluation
NPR’s TV critic, Eric Deggans, explains the great, the not-so-great, the surprising (spoiler alert: There were a lot of ads with surprise celebrity sightings), the useless (Pepsi, please just stop), and the bad. – NPR
Yes, That Was Andy Warhol In The Burger King Super Bowl Ad
He had 45 seconds in this particular iteration of his fame. – AdAge
The Latest In The Digital Media Apocalypse
Yes, it’s old news (a week old) that BuzzFeed was laying off huge numbers of journalists. And HuffPost. And TechCrunch. But it’s more recent – if still last week’s – news that Vice is laying off journalists too. What gives? No surprise: Facebook. “Digital media companies typically generate ad revenue based on the size of their audiences, and consumers discover many of those videos and articles through sites such as Facebook and YouTube.” – Los Angeles Times
If The Directors Had Their Way, ‘Roma’ Would Be Best Picture
Or actually, that’s what was chosen by the Directors’ Guild of America – and the film’s director, Alfonso Cuarón, also won best director, probably cementing his status as frontrunner for the Academy Award. (See a list of all winners at the link.) – Los Angeles Times