No Oscar category has become as big a flash point among cinephiles as the cinematography prize.
The entirety of the marketing for The Counselor suffers from what I’m calling “prestige-film fallacy.”
These Academy members possess an elementary school understanding of art, where films operate in a purely denotative register.
This is a film that most would agree boasts a whole lot of locks and scant few question marks.
In what sense, then, is Machete Kills not simply that: a cash-in sequel meant to make fast money?
So, Contagion is the reigning champion—at least, until Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity opens in IMAX 3D this Friday, the first AHB to open in the two-plus years since.
Baggage Claim, the other(ed) wide release this week, will likely be marginalized because of these “higher profile,” male-driven openers.
There are many, many articles railing against 3D: picture is too dim, glasses are uncomfortable, provide a distancing rather than immersive effect, and so on.
One Direction looks to steal the music industry’s spotlight back from Miley Cyrus this weekend with One Direction: This Is Us.