“Incredibly, the situation is worse today than it was a century ago. In the 1920s, there were almost as many female screenwriters in Hollywood as male ones. Writers such as Frances Marion and Anita Loos were among the most revered in the industry, and brought a raft of complex, multi-dimensional female characters to the big screen.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What Was The Future Like, 120 Years Ago In The White City?
The Field Museum assesses (and reassesses) the 1893 World Columbian Exposition.
Bonding With Lou Reed Backstage, When Backstage Was No Big Deal
“Lou was gracious and kind, talking about everything from a weird diet he was thinking about — eating nothing but lettuce — to his love of Dion and his total dislike of Frank Zappa.”
Yep, It’s Time For The Behind The Scenes ‘Spider-Man’ Tell-All
Julie Taymor’s playwright, who says he worked on multiple secret scripts in the men’s room: “Every now and then, you’ve got to put manure on the fields. This was high-grade manure.”
Are Universities Headed For Extinction?
Novelist J.M. Coetzee: Universities have “come to an end not just because the neoliberal enemies of the university have succeeded in their aims, but because there are too few people left who really believe in the humanities and in the university built on humanistic grounds.”
Gérard de Villiers, 83, France’s Spy Novelist Who Never Got The Fame He Wanted
“He told Le Monde he chose to make his hero Austrian as ‘nobody would take a Frenchman seriously.’ ‘Besides cheese and wine, nothing about us is credible abroad.'”
Dance: So Powerful It Can Stop (And Start) Traffic
“Between the rows of moving cars, she struts her stuff and never flinches. Her sneakers pound the painted traffic lines and her uniform — the bright green reflective vest and the white gloves — highlights her moves.”
Netflix Goes Documentary (And Wants A Shot At An Oscar – For Real)
“Weeks after picking up its first statuette for original series ‘House of Cards,’ Netflix is set to join the awards hunt on the film front with its first documentary acquisition in several years.”
Why Can’t Toronto Honor Canadian Instead Of US Musicians?
“As of yet, the Hall knows no other members. Bon Jovi *is* the Air Canada Centre Hall of Fame.”
Not Everyone In Russia Is Happy With An Exhibit Of 40 Years Of Sylvester Stallone’s Art
They “see it as something of an outrage that a hobbying painter – particularly one whose most famous films have been described as outright anti-Soviet propaganda – could be given pride of place in one of Russia’s most prestigious museums.”