For 24 years, The New Yorker has leaned on the talents of actors, writers, and others from the world of Hollywood to be a part of its annual New Yorker Festival, which will be held this year Oct. 6-8.
The ongoing Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes have thrown a wrench in many plans that have traditionally relied on Hollywood talent, but the festival will go on, New Yorker editor David Remnick tells The Hollywood Reporter. And there will still be plenty of star power.
The New Yorker, of course, is not owned by a struck company, but SAG has advised its members not to promote projects from studios that have not signed interim agreements, and the Condé Nast-owned publication has had to adapt accordingly: “We faced a challenge or two,” Remnick says.
“I think a lot of the navigation is on the side of the talent, and what they...
The ongoing Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes have thrown a wrench in many plans that have traditionally relied on Hollywood talent, but the festival will go on, New Yorker editor David Remnick tells The Hollywood Reporter. And there will still be plenty of star power.
The New Yorker, of course, is not owned by a struck company, but SAG has advised its members not to promote projects from studios that have not signed interim agreements, and the Condé Nast-owned publication has had to adapt accordingly: “We faced a challenge or two,” Remnick says.
“I think a lot of the navigation is on the side of the talent, and what they...
- 9/6/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Oscar show this year will be led by two women with strong producing credentials, sending us this message: There’s a new generation of self-styled “badass” women filmmakers out there, ready to leave their mark on the film culture.
The arrival of awards season, however, may carry a different portent: The possibility that women directors may again be under-represented on the list of serious contenders.
“No industry has given women a bigger opportunity than motion pictures,” noted Clara Beranger, a leading screenwriter and producer. But she declared this in 1919, when women occupied a near-dominant position creatively in the industry (see below). Many believe her perspective has yet to be fulfilled.
The newly named Oscar producers, Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain, should have high hopes in the kudos prospects of Greta Gerwig (Little Women), Melina Matsoukas (Queen & Slim), Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) and Kasi Lemmons...
The arrival of awards season, however, may carry a different portent: The possibility that women directors may again be under-represented on the list of serious contenders.
“No industry has given women a bigger opportunity than motion pictures,” noted Clara Beranger, a leading screenwriter and producer. But she declared this in 1919, when women occupied a near-dominant position creatively in the industry (see below). Many believe her perspective has yet to be fulfilled.
The newly named Oscar producers, Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain, should have high hopes in the kudos prospects of Greta Gerwig (Little Women), Melina Matsoukas (Queen & Slim), Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) and Kasi Lemmons...
- 11/21/2019
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.Recommended VIEWINGJonathan Glazer's The FallA surprise new short from Jonathan Glazer, entitled The Fall, dropped on BBC Two with little introduction on Sunday night, exposing viewers to 7 minutes of mob violence. “The day I saw a picture of the Trump sons grinning with a dead leopard,” Glazer says, was the inspiration for the harrowing visual centerpiece of the film. The official U.S. trailer for Ken Loach's drama Sorry We Missed You, about a man who decides to be his own boss, only to fall into a harsh and unrelenting gig economy. Diao Yinan returns with The Wild Goose Lake, which follows a gangster and a call-girl on the run from the police. Read our review of the film here. Recommended READINGDennis Hopper, "Peter Fonda (With Tripod)" (1966)On The Guardian, an exclusive look...
- 10/31/2019
- MUBI
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