“I have threatened, in my 80s, to direct porn. I haven’t watched enough to know what the problems are. Most pornography is brutal and doesn’t look pleasurable from a female point of view. So I’ve been saying that when I no longer want to act, I want to do that.”
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Richard Thomas Will Never Stop Being John-Boy, But Now He’s Jimmy Carter Too
“I’ve never been interested in obliterating John-Boy. I loved that character and show. Families come up to me now with very young children who watch the show, and it thrills me. I’m very happy that John-Boy is still up in his room writing on his tablets for a lot of people.” [Warning: This story contains spoilers for Season 4 of The Americans.]
Is Snapchat The Closest Thing (On Our Phones) To Pure Emotional Communication?
“This is not to say that text is irredeemable. A significant humanization of our text interactions happened quietly in 2011, when emoji were introduced as part of an Apple iOS software update. They offered a palette of punctuation that clarified intent. Tacking on emoji like hearts, skulls, grins and bugged-out eyes to a short message made it infinitely easier to confidently project sarcasm, humor, grief and love across a medium that had been, until then, emotionally arid.”
At Cannes, At Long Last, Progress For Women
“After years in which the festival was criticized for favoring male auteurs, this year three female directors have strong films in competition … Even if Cannes’s selection, like the film industry itself, hardly achieves gender parity, there’s been more conversation this year about the challenges of getting more women behind the camera and in front of it.”
Robin Wright Fought For Equal Pay With Kevin Spacey For ‘House Of Cards’ – And Won
“I was looking at statistics and Claire Underwood’s character was more popular than [Frank’s] for a period of time. So I capitalized on that moment. I was like, ‘You better pay me or I’m going to go public.’ And they did.”
Is It Time For Film To Concentrate On Muslim Women?
Luc Dardenne: “‘Muslim women; women [in general] are the future of society, I truly believe that.’ He continued by drawing a parallel between how women react to injustice, compared to men. ‘They feel responsible and they are free and make a society move forward.'”
The Director Of ‘Oldboy’ Sweeps Through Cannes With A 1930s Korean Adaptation Of ‘Fingersmith’
“Park had finished the book and agreed to the film before he realised the BBC had already made a series based on the source material. He was, he says, “deflated” for a while, but then saw an opportunity: this would be his chance to examine a period of his own country’s history that had always intrigued him.”
Remember ‘Cop Rock’? It Wasn’t A Disaster, It Was Ahead Of Its Time
The 1990 prime-time series was “a high-profile failure that has become the stuff of television legend. It was an effort to tell a cop-shop story with the tools of a Broadway musical, an idea that generated a smattering of admiration but a whole lot of ridicule that remains to this day.” Yet, argues Neil Genzliger, “what immediately strikes a 2016 viewer is how current the story seems.”
BBC To Start Paid Subscription Streaming Service
“BBC plans to launch a homegrown rival to Netflix and Amazon Prime are a step closer to reality after the government gave it the green light to launch a new paid-for subscription service.”
The British Government Is Threatening The BBC’s Recipe Archive, And The Reaction Is Strong
“There is no rationale for getting rid of such a valuable resource, other than a lack of financial resources and pressure from a zealous government that has an ideological problem with a popular, not-for-profit organisation.”