What’s actually wrong with the Weinsteins? Part One: Wu xia
When I heard the news that the Weinsteins had acquired Peter Chan’s Wu xia I responded in the way I normally do upon hearing of the Weinsteins picking up the rights to a new Asian film, mostly with frustration and anger. I was at Cannes, where the film was about to premiere, and had also just found out … Read more
Special Features For Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret
After a very, very long delay Kenneth Lonergan’s wonderful Margaret has finally made its way into homes on Blu-ray and DVD and, crucially, the film is now available to see in a 180 minute cut that is far closer to Lonergan’s original vision than the 150 minute cut that was released in cinemas earlier this year. … Read more
David Lynch on America in Primetime
David Lynch on the experience of watching television when it’s first broadcast. There’s something about a shared experience. You used to know that millions of other people were watching the same thing and there’s something, something kind of cosmic about that… You feel a deeper thing. And you know that deeper thing. The quote comes courtesy of a … Read more
“But the movies set you up and no matter how bright you are, you believe it.”
An extract from Gena Rowlands’ beautiful monologue in John Cassavetes’ Minnie and Moskowitz, You know, I think that movies are a conspiracy… because they set you up… They set you up from the time you’re a little kid. They set you up to believe in everything…in ideals and strength and good guys and romance—-and, of … Read more