Fascinating article about the Chinese response to the Oscars, including the fact that they were "betting" on Avatar, which we think should be taken literally. Besides, they are big on spectacle.
We have to wait a little while yet to see the Oscar night's big winner. In the meantime, business returns to normal. The also-available-in-2D blockbuster du jour takes top spot, only a couple of films make small gains on their previous week's performance, and early trailers for part three are released even while part two (of the Twilight saga) is still in cinemas.
It seems the industry is now so flat that "multimillion" = "big budget" at least for the media in Logan. Anyway, Limelight International Media Entertainment is revisiting Sinbad for US cable.
"..you know, you start to wonder, Where is the authority in this coverage? What is there to set any paper apart as the paper of record? How is it different from people just filing random articles on blogs?” Indeed.
What is happening inside the Melbourne International Film Festival? Karl Quinn, Age journalist, has a swag of allegations, which have been tipped onto page five with a juicy headline.
Wellington is about to erect a 28m by 3.5m sign on a hill - WELLYWOOD. Sadly, it is not a homage to the local boot industry, but an embarrassing genuflection to a terrible pun about cinema. We think they should have gone for THE SHIRE.
For the fifth time, Weta Digital's Joe Letteri will be leaving LA with a lethal weapon in his luggage. The gold statuette, this time for Avatar, was won alongside Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew Jones and adds to an impressive collection.
With films like Valentine's Day and It's Complicated charming the box office, and a soggy history of cheery love in the Australian cinema, the Australian Film Television and Radio School provided an emergency box of ideas in a week-long course on creating the Romantic Comedy.
Avatar lined up against the usual suspects for a number of awards today, with a number of other films with a Kiwi interest also in the running for statuettes.
After the Mary and Max and Samson & Delilah moments of gross injustice, the focus on the golden man is subdued for us this year. So far, it hasn't got any better..
Why would you refuse to show a film in Indonesia on the grounds that showing it might damage Indonesia's reputation outside the country? Jakarta chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists is suing the Indonesian Censorship Institute.
The Film Archive (NZFA) despatched staff to Auckland yesterday to talk about changes to procedures for access to material in the NZFA collection, and particularly the new charging regime for NZFA services. The free wine and nibbles tempted an audience of around 30, mostly production and research personnel.
The film that will not die, even if half its cast does, continues to dominate, slipping past $16 million and still screening on more screens than anything else. By comparison, The Lovely Bones (a Kiwi take on an American loss) and Invictus (an American take on a Kiwi loss) both look as though they'll bottom out in the region of $3.5 million.
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