A.O. Scott, in conversation with Manohla Dargis and Kyle Buchanan:
“For 11 or 12 days, the festival becomes a cinematic universe in its own right. When you’re inside it, the rest of the world seems unreal. From outside, it looks like a strange snow globe full of movie stars. But it matters because, behind all the frantic photo calls and yacht parties and swanny red carpet marches is an almost religious devotion to cinema, an ardor for the art that isn’t snobbish or cynical.” – The New York Times
Tag: 05.12.20
How Jerry Saltz Acquired His (Very Strange, Very Strong) Appetites
A compelling sort-of mini-memoir, in which Jerry proceeds from describing his (barely developed) way of cooking and his (odd and specific) consumption of coffee to recounting his (nearly nonexistent) upbringing, his (inventively checkered) young adulthood and how he basically willed himself into a career as an art critic. – New York Magazine
Does It Make Sense For Amazon To Buy AMC?
“Everybody thinks about it one way. They think, Okay, Amazon is going to buy movies or produce movies. AT&T or Comcast is going to start skipping theater distribution and go straight to your TV set. It makes sense, right? But there are opportunities to go the other way. And that is, I think, if Amazon owned AMC, it might release the first four episodes of season three of Jack Ryan in the theater.” – New York Magazine
Philanthropists Are Trying To Take The Baltimore Sun Non-Profit
“The Baltimore Sun is owned by Tribune Publishing. Alden Global Capital, a New York-based hedge fund infamous for purchasing, then gutting, newspapers across the US, owns a 32% stake in Tribune Publishing.” The campaign, called “Save Our Sun” and led by the Goldseker and Abell Foundations, “mirrors that of The Salt Lake Tribune, which transitioned to non-profit status in 2019.” – The Guardian
Carolyn Reidy, CEO Of Simon & Schuster, Dies Suddenly At 71
“Reidy was known for her warm and candid manner, for sending handwritten letters to authors and for her alertness to the bottom line. She confronted many crises and upheavals at Simon & Schuster, whether the rise of e-books, the financial crash of 2008 that happened within months of her becoming CEO or the current coronavirus pandemic.” – AP
Live Classical Concerts Gingerly Return To London
They’ll take place in an empty venue, though — the Wigmore Hall, where such artists as Stephen Hough, Angela Hewitt, Iestyn Davies, Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida will perform for BBC Radio 3. “Twenty hour-long concerts featuring soloists or duos will take place at 1pm each weekday throughout June and will be livestreamed on [Wigmore’s] website and broadcast on Radio 3 and BBC Sounds.” – The Guardian
Slowly, Carefully, Berlin Starts Reopening Its Museums To Public
“Berlin State Museums, an umbrella group overseeing 17 museums in the city, … decided to start small, reopening just four of the institutions under its control on Tuesday. Christine Haak, the organization’s deputy director general, said in a phone interview that she wanted to observe how visitors behave in the spaces before deciding about the rest.” – The New York Times
Zoom Etiquette: What Your Bookshelf Says About You
The bookshelf has become the background of choice on Zoom calls from home. These aren’t random choices. The books and objects on your shelves say things about you. And now the game of figuring out what you’re saying… – The New York Times (Video)
Romeo + Juliet | Lockdown Theatre Club 9
Hester Lees-Jeffries explores what exactly makes Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of Shakespeare so striking (not least Catherine Martin’s design). – David Jays
The Daily Zoom Call Of New York’s Arts Leaders…
More than just a logistical feat, the phone call has become a singular measurement of how worried, desperate and vulnerable cultural organizations have become since the virus hit. And just as notable, how much they are actually acting these days like the “arts community” to which they often aspire. – The New York Times