“There are three things we know about the movies. One: Hollywood will franchise anything if it made money. Two: Hollywood does not like new things. New is scary—new writers, female directors, black directors, scripts, ad infinitum. Three (and this is possibly the most important): Remakes and sequels are never very good.”
Tag: 03.18.16
Why Are Documentaries So Hot Right Now?
“In 1979, HBO hired her to launch its documentaries division. Ms. Nevins remembers having to look up what ‘cable television’ meant (HBO had started just seven years earlier). And, she adds, ‘I didn’t even know what documentary was. I thought documentary was about Hitler.'”
South Africa Is Struggling, Like The US, With Diversity Issues In Film And TV
“Discontent has been growing, and South Africa has faced an unprecedented moral reckoning in the past year. Triggered by a wave of student protests that have often mirrored — and been inspired by — the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S., the country is in the midst of a roiling debate over race and privilege that has put to the test the enduring myth of a ‘Rainbow Nation.'”
Federal Raids On Manhattan Galleries Just Keep Piling Up
“This is a transnational crime but also a boutique crime, and that makes for very complex investigations.”
Kathryn Reed Altman Kept The Archives, And The Flame Of Her Husband’s Artistic Legacy, Alive
“Altman became her husband’s indispensable amanuensis, uncredited on the screen but indelibly helpful on the set, where she was a smoother of feathers, a personal connector among the various layers of personnel, a social director at gatherings that followed the viewing of dailies. She was also a keeper of the Altman history.”
Is ‘To Tate Modern’ A Real Verb Now, And Can The New Design Museum Do It?
“Before Tate Modern was built there was a sense that contemporary art was at the periphery of things, on the edge and even seen as not relevant to British life. It has changed so much. We can do that with design as well.”
You Think Boulez And Harnoncourt Were Opposites? Let’s Take A Closer Look
“Each gleefully took sides. Each sought to kill off suffocating traditions. Each confronted a conservative establishment and created new ensembles in response. Each advocated repertoire that was formerly marginal and later became central. Each yoked the once-growing power of the recording industry to his own purposes.”
A New Movie Brings Nora Ephron’s Hilarity And Toughness Briefly Back To Life
“At the screening I attended, Jacob Bernstein said the thing that surprised him, going back through his mother’s work, was ‘how many people she whacked.’ I have wondered, reading and re-reading Ephron, if she always knew she was whacking them.”
Is Baltimore Now The Most Fashion-Forward Orchestra?
“These people are like athletes. … The clothes that they had, the men especially, were too hot and too restrictive. The shirt plackets and jacket lapels, for example, can really get in the way of someone playing a string instrument.”
Even Passion Plays, With An Almost Guaranteed Religious Audience, Are Facing Shrinking Crowds
“As Fox aims for a ratings bonanza from Sunday’s live telecast of ‘The Passion’ — a modern-dress musical production featuring pop stars Trisha Yearwood, Seal and Chris Daughtry — staged Passion plays across the country say they are facing dwindling audiences and a challenging financial environment.”