“The film, written and directed by Robbie Pickering, is a comedy about a woman who gets to know the eldest son of her husband, who has been a regular donor at a sperm bank.”
Category: media
TV Producers Begin Using Subtitles To Help Explain Plots
“The on-screen subtitles function as a primer of sorts, appearing every few minutes to flesh out a twisty plot turn or reveal a character’s sinister motives.”
Rome’s Cinecitta, Endangered by Eastern European Competitors, Goes the Theme Park Route
“With productions heading east to cheaper locations such as Hungary, the studio … has seen its earnings shrink. It is now pinning its hopes for income on an amusement park, hotel and spa being built on the site.”
Arthur Laurents Revokes Permission for Streisand Gypsy Film
“The much-talked about Gypsy musical film project that envisions Barbra Streisand as Mama Rose is not going to happen, according to playwright-director Arthur Laurents, one of the rights holders to the work.”
David Lynch to Direct Interactive Video Stream of Duran Duran Concert
“In addition to the ability to switch camera angles, viewers (or are they users now?) can also ask questions to the band on Twitter, upload pictures of body parts for the show’s background, and use something called the ‘Now Pulse Visualizer’.”
Shoot Your Next Film In… Newark!
“Newark, New Jersey is auditioning to be Hollywood’s next great backdrop — a cheaper alternative to nearby New York with the architectural diversity to allow it to play almost any urban role.”
Public Broadcasting Officials Fear Deep Cuts In Public Funding
“The cuts would be significantly deeper for small and rural stations, including nearly two dozen that get at least half of their revenue from federal money distributed by the Corp. for Public Broadcasting.”
PBS Stations Devote Increasing Time To On-Air Fundraising
“Since 2005, the average amount of time PBS member stations devote to on-air pledge drives has increased by 9 percent, according to PBS. Some stations now devote a full 10 weeks a year to the special shows.”
Is Hollywood in Artistic Crisis? New York Times‘s Chief Film Critics Debate
Manohla Dargis: “I think that the movies are rotten when they’re not brilliant or blah, and that Hollywood is in crisis, a recurrent state for its affairs.” A.O. Scott: “You remind me that the decline of movies started long before most of the current movie audience was born. It was first reported, as far as I can tell, around the time of the introduction of sound.”
Incendies, Canada’s Best Foreign Film Oscar Nominee, Wins Eight Genie Awards
“Denis Villeneuve’s searing drama Incendies inched ahead of Barney’s Version” – an adaptation of the Mordecai Richler novel – “to take the most Genies on Thursday night, earning eight awards, including best motion picture,” director, actress and adapted screenplay.