It’s really time, with Dee Rees’ Mudbound and a string of longlisted Oscar documentaries. “Netflix’s rival Amazon has previously cracked the Oscar race by playing nice with an old-fashioned cinema-first release for prestige hopefuls such as Manchester by the Sea. How Mudbound performs this week may tell us just how swiftly the goldrush game is about to change.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What Happens When A Fiercely Bad Review Goes Viral
We can easily get addicted to harsh reviews. “The appeal of negativity to the reader, that mysterious quality which makes the pan and the broadside irresistible, should alone warn the cautious critic of indulging in bouts of vitriol too freely, or too frequently. Harsh criticism has an intoxicating effect on writer and reader alike: both ought to be wary of its influence. Like any drug, censure has its benefits, its attractions and its resounding pleasures. But it is also dangerous.”
Surely The Channel Bridge Isn’t Serious, But Just In Case It Is, Here Are Some Ideas
We can’t top this writing: “The clown king of novelty infrastructure fantasies has once again stolen the limelight with his preposterous plan for a 22-mile bridge across the Channel. As spending priorities go, Boris Johnson’s idea is madness. Most places outside the south-east UK languish with medieval infrastructure – and there’s also the fact that it’s the busiest shipping lane in the world.”
If British School Kids Don’t Have Time To Go To The Art, The Art Will Go To Their Schools
And it’s not a new initiative, either (but the original was scotched by parents, who didn’t like abstract art). “Wakefield’s Hepworth Gallery has revived a pioneering scheme from the 1940s to introduce children to the best in contemporary art. It has commissioned several contemporary artists to produce prints of their work especially for local schools.”
What Happened In Architecture’s Big Awards Controversy This Year?
Nothing was good enough, apparently, to win the American Institute of Architects’ 25 Year Award. Blame post-modernism? “The 1980s and early ’90s were a transitional period in architecture and in some ways a fallow one. Post-modernism was enjoying an unsteady reign in those years. Having finally toppled corporate modernism — and thus having been robbed of a villain to help inspire new work — the movement was having trouble figuring out what kinds of landmarks to produce on its own terms.”
LA’s Sunset Boulevard Lives One Life In Movies, And A Parallel Life In Reality
It’s not just a myth, but a real street. “Drive east to west, from where the street begins downtown to where it ends 22 twisting miles later at the Pacific Ocean, and at any point along the route, you will see the images that movies, TV shows and magazines have implanted in your brain.”
In Children’s Books, It’s Not Only The Heroes Who Are Mostly Male
In the top 100 children’s books in the UK in 2017, “the lead characters were 50% more likely to be male than female, and male villains were eight times more likely to appear compared to female villains.”
Dorothy Malone, Academy Award Winner And Star Of ‘Peyton Place,’ Dies At 93
Malone, who won her Oscar for playing the unapologetically sexy woman in Written on the Wind, was a fighter for her own rights, perhaps to the detriment of her career. After she made a splash on TV’s Peyton Place, “She was written out of the show’s final season after she complained that her character’s story lines were lackluster. Ms. Malone sued the producers, and the matter was settled out of court.”
Who Protects The Work Of Directors And Designers?
Their unions, of course, but they often have to track down offenders themselves. “Production photos, fight choreography clips, even bootleg production videos are often just a Google search away. While it’s never been easier to copy someone else’s work, it’s also never been easier for directors and designers to find potential offenders.”
So You Can’t Make It To Sundance? Streaming Can Make You Feel Better
Where did Dee Rees, Ava DuVernay, Karyn Kusama and other directors get their big festival breaks? Sundance, of course.